{"id":27469,"date":"2025-04-05T22:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T21:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27469"},"modified":"2025-04-06T12:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T11:14:52","slug":"music-groove-merchant-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27469","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Groove Merchant, \u201872"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here\u2019s a list of albums issued on Sonny Lester\u2019s cool but short-lived Groove Merchant record label, in 1972:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joy of Cookin<\/a><\/em>\u2019, Joe Thomas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have a thing for collecting this kind of music, esp\u2019 from \u201872, the year I was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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American Pie<\/em>, Groove Holmes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At present (at the time of first posting this), the only one of these I know<\/em> I have is Holmes\u2019 American Pie<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let\u2019s Stay Together<\/a><\/em>, Jimmy McGriff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I ordered O\u2019Donel Levy\u2019s Breeding of Mind<\/em>, from Japan. But it turned out they didn\u2019t have it in s Asti k, at the time, after all. I\u2019ll no doubt try again, soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Breeding of Mind<\/a><\/em>, O\u2019Donel Levy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lucky Thompson and Dakota Staton are less well known to me, at present. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Goodbye Yesterday<\/a><\/em>, Lucky Thompson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jimmy McGriff, on the other hand? I have a fair few of his albums\u2026 tho\u2019 poss\u2019 only as MP3 downloads?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fly Dude<\/a><\/em>, Jimmy McGriff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another album that was supposed to come from Japan, but didn\u2019t, was an album featuring Groove Holmes and<\/em> Jimmy McGriff. Mayhap I\u2019ll try again with that\u2019n n\u2019 all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Madame Foo Foo<\/a><\/em>, Dakota Staton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll try to get all of these on CD, as and when fundage allows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pretty much all of them appear to be available, currently, at cdsvinyljapan.com, where I\u2019ve been getting most of the Mainstream, Groove Merchant, Flying Dutchmen releases – or in fact anything groovy, esp\u2019 jazz wise, that I can\u2019t find affordably via Amazon or Discogs – of late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve included links to those CDs under each entry. Just got to save up the shekels!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a list of albums issued on Sonny Lester\u2019s cool but short-lived Groove Merchant record label, in 1972: I have a thing for collecting this kind of music, esp\u2019 from \u201872, the year I was born. At present (at the time of first posting this), the only one of these I know I have is … <\/p>\n

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