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<br><br>This shoud be on any obscure album list.

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Bill Conners put out a few fusion albums in the 80's:<br><br>"Step It"<br>"Double Up"<br>"Assembler"

I'm taking notes, here. The only artists I listen to that I have seen so far in this thread have been Jeff Beck and Helmet (though I don't know how anyone could call Helmet a guitar album... there aren't many (if any?) solos or leads).

[quote author=Bukkake link=board=albums;num=1110631023;start=60#61 date=11/28/05 at 08:49:42]I'm taking notes, here. The only artists I listen to that I have seen so far in this thread have been Jeff Beck and Helmet (though I don't know how anyone could call Helmet a guitar album... there aren't many (if any?) solos or leads). [/quote]<br><br>I just like the way the parts fit together. A jazz guitar-educated guy playing metal is pretty interesting to me, too. Here's another one:<br><br><br><br>

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<br><br>mid-70's fusion from Eric Johnson. This album was out of print for over 25 years and was bringing huge money whenever a copy popped up. Kudos to Rhino for reissuing it on cd.

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[quote author=Ronnys Noomies link=board=albums;num=1110631023;start=45#59 date=11/24/05 at 12:56:33]HARVEY MANDEL!  He has a highly distorted smooth style and has several other great albums.[/quote]<br><br>Here's my favourite of Harvey's<br><br><br>

<br><br>Brad Gillis - Gilrock Ranch

The red Holdsworth album w/IOU.<br><br>vcf

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[quote author=jaypfunk link=board=albums;num=1110631023;start=15#24 date=03/17/05 at 08:59:44]<br><br>I am NOT weird!! I am normal.... everyone else is weird!! hahahaha<br><br>Yes!! Billy Cobham's Spectrum album features some of the most sick and intense playing by Mr. Tommy Bolin.<br>Anyone who doesn't own this record is a complete and utter fucking moron!!<br>Too bad the dumb mother fucker O.D.'d on 'H"!<br><br>[/quote]<br><br>i highly agree with you on this one. cobim's spectrum album is one of the sickist i've ever heard. another great album he did was the mahavishnu orchestra's lost trident sessions. fucking brilliant, and yes yer a little weird<br>

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[quote author=Ronnys Noomies link=board=albums;num=1110631023;start=60#67 date=12/01/05 at 15:39:33]<br>Are those fusion albums, where he plays electric? If so, I'm going to find them! His acoustic stuff doesn't do a thing for me, but on Hymn of the 7th Galaxy, he was incredible.[/quote]<br><br>Yes, he plays electric on these three.<br><br>And I'm sorry I misspelled his name, it's Bill Connors.<br>The three electric fusion cd's ("Step It", "Double Up", & "Assembler") are available at AudiophileImports:<br>http://www.audiophileimports.com/cgi-bin/ai/cart.cgi/command=listitems&pos=0&type=search?search=bill+connors<br><br>I see that he has a new one called "Return", but I've just now learned of it.  The first three I wrote about are trio's (bass, drums, & guitar), and this new one has piano and percussion too.<br><br>BTW, in case you didn't know about it, AudiophileImports is all fusion with a lot of obscure hard to find stuff.<br><br>Oh and check out that "Fusion For Miles" at the top of that link, looks interesting, Vinnie on drums and Alphonso Johnson on bass.<br><br>I just listened to a lot of the sound samples of Connors' new release "Return".  It's way 'smoothe' compared to the three (more rock oriented) fusion albums (mentioned earlier) that he did with the trio in the 80's, so don't let it scare you away.  Tom Kennedy is a monster bassist.  I'd recommend "Step It" first, because it has Weckl.

I have Spectrum on vinyl. Is it available on CD?

[quote author=radley link=board=albums;num=1110631023;start=60#70 date=12/02/05 at 22:43:07]I have Spectrum on vinyl. Is it available on CD?[/quote]<br><br>Yep, sure is. I got it about 18 months ago.

This one is pretty obscure:<br><br>LOVE  "out here"<br><br><br>

[quote author=Ronnys Noomies link=board=albums;num=1110631023;start=45#59 date=11/24/05 at 12:56:33]HARVEY MANDEL! This poor fool was invited to join the Stones but declined![/quote]<br><br>THe same thing happened to Jeff Beck. It was either join the Stones or record "Blow by Blow". It's a good thing BBB was such a big hit, eh?<br>

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[quote author=Billy link=board=albums;num=1110631023;start=60#73 date=12/03/05 at 11:50:56]<br><br>THe same thing happened to Jeff Beck. It was either join the Stones or record "Blow by Blow". It's a good thing BBB was such a big hit, eh?<br>[/quote]<br><br><br>I think they got the best person in Mick Taylor. I don't think that Jeff Beck would have been a good fit.

<br><br>James Blood Ulmer - Tales of Captain Black<br><br>All songs writen by Blood Ulmer<br><br>- James Blood Ulmer (guitar)<br>- Ornette Coleman (alto sax)<br>- Jamaaladeen Tacuma (electric-bass)<br>- Denardo Coleman (drums)<br><br>Recorded on Dec 5, 1978

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