Neighbors who bothered to look might have been amused to see a grown man chase a mail truck down his street.
I had good reason. There was a pink 'sorry-we-missed-you' slip in the box instructing me to pick up my package the next day, and I wasn't about to wait. My regular carrier knew right away what was up, assured me my item was still on her truck and I could have it after signing in the right place.
After running up the hill, carefully opening the box and inspecting the contents, I've just completed listening to Japan's A&M album # 330 while simultaneously copying its 4 jammin' tracks onto cassette via my trusty 1980-vintage turntable/ tape deck. Nice way to celebrate conclusion of a 20-plus year search.
For over a year I've collected pennies, loose change and what I saved not paying for coffee while out to save for the day I'd bite the bullet and snag this album. Yes, it was expensive, but life's short and there are worse ways to splurge.
'STONEBONE' is in a typical A&M-CTI gray gatefold cover with an intact obi strip, the slightly heavy vinyl in mint shape and a brochure advertising the first nine A&M-CTI releases written in Japanese. Fortunately the gatefold liner notes are in English, and I am hopeful my scans are legible.
There's no track length information, but, judging from the 90-min. tape I used, it came in slightly short of 45 minutes, filling one side with room to spare. The credits are as follows:
SIDE ONE
Dontcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya (R. Stevenson)
Musings (J.J. Johnson)
SIDE TWO
Mojo (J.J. Johnson) -- arr. by J.J. Johnson (first three tracks)
Recollections (J. Zawinul) -- arr. by Bob James
Trombone - J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding
Electronic Keyboards - Herbie Hancock (courtesy of Warner Bros Records), Bob James, Ross Tompkins (on "Recollections" only)
Bass - Ron Carter
Drums - Grady Tate (courtesy of Skye Records)
Guitar - George Benson
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Rudy Van Gelder, engineer ...
... September 23, 24, 25, 1969
Produced by Creed Taylor
Cover photographs by Pete Turner; album design by Sam Antupit
I had good reason. There was a pink 'sorry-we-missed-you' slip in the box instructing me to pick up my package the next day, and I wasn't about to wait. My regular carrier knew right away what was up, assured me my item was still on her truck and I could have it after signing in the right place.
After running up the hill, carefully opening the box and inspecting the contents, I've just completed listening to Japan's A&M album # 330 while simultaneously copying its 4 jammin' tracks onto cassette via my trusty 1980-vintage turntable/ tape deck. Nice way to celebrate conclusion of a 20-plus year search.
For over a year I've collected pennies, loose change and what I saved not paying for coffee while out to save for the day I'd bite the bullet and snag this album. Yes, it was expensive, but life's short and there are worse ways to splurge.
'STONEBONE' is in a typical A&M-CTI gray gatefold cover with an intact obi strip, the slightly heavy vinyl in mint shape and a brochure advertising the first nine A&M-CTI releases written in Japanese. Fortunately the gatefold liner notes are in English, and I am hopeful my scans are legible.
There's no track length information, but, judging from the 90-min. tape I used, it came in slightly short of 45 minutes, filling one side with room to spare. The credits are as follows:
SIDE ONE
Dontcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya (R. Stevenson)
Musings (J.J. Johnson)
SIDE TWO
Mojo (J.J. Johnson) -- arr. by J.J. Johnson (first three tracks)
Recollections (J. Zawinul) -- arr. by Bob James
Trombone - J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding
Electronic Keyboards - Herbie Hancock (courtesy of Warner Bros Records), Bob James, Ross Tompkins (on "Recollections" only)
Bass - Ron Carter
Drums - Grady Tate (courtesy of Skye Records)
Guitar - George Benson
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Rudy Van Gelder, engineer ...
... September 23, 24, 25, 1969
Produced by Creed Taylor
Cover photographs by Pete Turner; album design by Sam Antupit
