SATO MASAHIKO & JEAN LUC PONTY Astrorama RARE Japan Groovy Deep Jazz 1971 ORIG
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SATO MASAHIKO & JEAN-LUC PONTY: “Astrorama”
Label: Liberty Records
Label Number: LPC-8039
- RARE Japan Original Pressing out of 1970
- Comes housed in kind off silver foil laminated sleeve
- Fantastic groovy deep jazz slide
- Original FIRST PRESS ISSUE!!!
- Hardly ever surfaces
GRADING:
LP Record: Excellent – beautiful preserved copy with shiny and glossy surface without any damages
Jacket: VG++ ~ ~ has a lower middle seam split and general signs of wear
Some words on this issue: SATO MASAHIKO & JEAN-LUC PONTY: “Astrorama” (Liberty Records – LPC-8039) Rare 1971 groovy jazz head-spinner. Recorded in 1970, "Astrorama" contains four originals, three -Ponty's and one Sato's. With no doubt it is Ponty's album first of all - his violin fusion shredding absolutely dominates here even if experienced ear can hear some interesting Sato soloing in few places. Sato plays electric piano here trying to adapt his very different techniques to Ponty quite conservative jazz fusion's requirements. As a result he sounds more as Hancock on his very early fusion recordings. They get flanked by drummer Motohiko Hino (brother of renown trumpeter Terumasa Hino) guitarist & shredder Yoshiaki Masuo who brings some real heat with simmering psyched out fuzz licks and bassist Dane Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen. Ponty feels a true leader and obviously dominates with quite enthusiastic support from electric guitarist and drummer. Sato balances with different success between electric piano fusion passages and more complex, free and partially psychedelic pieces. The set pairs Ponty's great electric violin with the keyboards of Masahiko Santo - a player with a vision that's as far-reaching and searching as Ponty's music at this point in his career - deeply expressive, but without any of the cliches that might have come into this sort of a record a few years later - and often handled with some deeply spiritual overtones! This is definitely is one of Jean-Luc's best albums ever - even though it's one of his most obscure. A killer album only ever issued in Japan and a true deep jazz slide!
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Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.
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= EMS Shipping to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $25 for 1 LP, $29 for 2 LP's, and $33 for 3 LP's.
= EMS Shipping to UK/Europe/Russia = $28 for 1 LP, $32 for 2 LP's, and $36 for 3 LP's.
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