A top fiver and another obscure one

Here it is, I finally got this one, one of the very best improv records ever and number one record on my want list.

No need for further words, just grab this.

Derek Bailey & Han Bennink: Lijm / ICP 004 (Instant Composers Pool, 1969/71)

HERE

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And here's the other disc:

Turner and Russell are some of my favorite improv-dudes, so I've been looking for this for some time, being one of their earliest recordings.

Toshinori Kondo / John Russell / Roger Turner: Artless Sky (CAW Records 001, 1980)

Kondo: trumpet
Russell: guitar
Turner: percussion

(Sorry for the absence of a cover shot. There has just been no goddamn daylight around these parts lately.)

HERE

enjoy there, and please comment.

Another obscure Incus LP

Garry Todd & Roger Turner: Sunday Best (Incus 32, 1979)

I like Turners drumming a lot, so I've been looking for this (his first recording) for some time, and finally got it last week. This turned out to be a curious little record, not highly original, reminding me a lot of other British improv acts, not entirely essential either, but still a very nice and intimate feeling set, and it does warrant repeated hearings. So get it here, and enjoy.

Roger Turner -percussion, trombone
Garry Todd - tenor saxophone

Nicolette Amette - cover design
David Maclagan - cover drawing
Anthony David - engineer
James Lauritz - photography
Evan Parker - producer

The Ferals

I found this one on my latest trip to Stockholm. A kinda hard to come by, even in mp3-form, so grab it while you can. I'ts pretty much what you would expect from this combination of players and a good set at that. Seven improvisations clocking around 46 minutes.

The Ferals: Ruff (Leo Records LR 138, 1987)

Phil Minton, voice
Roger Turner, percussion
Hugh Davies, electronics
Alan Tomlinson, alto and tenor trombones


update:

I just noticed that there's some glitch on this one. I was too busy to let my computer record it unbothered, so it isn't perfect. IMO it's still very much listenable. Msg me if you find it unbearable, I'll try to rip it again, I just don't have the time to do it right away.