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I went a little crazy today.

Back in Central London this weekend, so I ventured to some familiar old stores around Soho. I’ve always found many of them overpriced and replete with tourists, but you can occasionally get lucky.

And get lucky I did at Reckless Records (yes, the one from the Oasis album cover).

The store in general has a pretty weak jazz section, but I guess they recently got a collection from a serious, potentially now deceased hepcat.

All of these are at least VG records, and 2-3 with torn top/bottom sleeve seams. That doesn’t bother me none - all of the artwork is pretty pristine. The Bartz record is still factory sealed (and potentially from a different collection).

The Gryce is the grail here, though my personal favorite is

I’ll start.

I’ll start.

All original pressings. Some deep cuts and two fun Scandinavian oddities.

An absolute giant but still somewhat underrated by the cursory jazz fan. Famed for his muscular style of tenor playing, tight riffing and commanding tone.

So many essential albums, and very few duds. This is one of 10 essentials.

Colossus indeed.