I don't 'collect' records in the sense of building a portfolio of valuable items, and my 'wants list' is really just a reminder to myself of
records I've enjoyed hearing or would like to hear; of course I'd buy any of them at regular 2nd Hand prices.
Formed out of Salsa Celtica, Grupo Magnético are basically the group of Toby Shippey, augmented by a fluid mix of Latin-American musicians; Ricardo Fernandez Pompa, Lino Rocha, Alfonso de Jesus, Joe de Jesus, Magico Oritz, Rene Alvarez, see the gatefold scan for the complete list. 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone' may be their best-known track, but Vulcano V El Gato is really what Grupo Magnético are all about. [YouTube Video]
ReviewWanda Robinson usually combines her poetry with jazz except on John Harvey's Blues which is spoken unaccompanied. All poems are excerpts from her book "The Daze of Wine...Without Roses".
The Meeting Place, and all tracks from Tragedy to The Final Hour, form a segue of deep tragic thoughts about the despair she has felt in her own life. In these she is accompanied by 'The United Chair', Julius Brockington organ, piano and synth, Ralph Fischer percussion, Steve Turner alto and flute, Garry Langston guitar, Jim Wilson trumpet, and Marcell Turner bass and tambourine.