Limited Edition Translucent Blue Vinyl LP - 1000 Copies!
1968 Cult Soul-Jazz Classic! First Ever LP Reissue!
Sax session man on records by Bobby "Blue" Bland, Barbara Acklin, the 5 Dutones, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band, Alvin Cash, Otis Clay, and just about any soul artist who cut for Chess in the mid-'60s, Milt Bland a.k.a. Monk Higgins is not what you would call a household name, but hip hop crate diggers know him well; his catalog's been sampled about 250 times! Higgins recorded as a bandleader for the Dunhill, United Artists, and Buddah labels, but without a doubt the most hotly sought after album he ever made was Extra Soul Perception, the one-of record he cut in 1968 for the Solid State label, the United Artists jazz imprint started by jazz arranger Manny Albam, producer Sonny Lester, and legendary engineer Phil Ramone. Backed by a crack band consisting of guitarist Arthur Adams and drummer John Guerin (probably best known for his work on Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark) among other accomplished session cats, Higgins' warm, earthy tenor tackles a mixture of originals and funk-infused covers of songs like "Little Green Apples" and "Canadian Sunset," deftly threading the needle between commercial and uncompromising throughout. The result: a soul jazz classic that trades for as much as $90 on the used vinyl market. For its first-ever vinyl repress, we have preserved the unusual "unipak" design of the original LP, and have pressed up 1000 copies in limited edition translucent blue vinyl. Remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision, and released on our co-branded Real Gone Music/Dusty Groove imprint, this is some of the tastiest stuff we've ever reissued!
Features:
• Limited Edition - 1000 copies
• Translucent Blue Vinyl
• 1st ever LP reissue
• Complete with original "tri-fold" packaging
Musicians:
Monk Higgins, tenor, organ
Jim Horn, flute
Miles Grayson, piano, percussion
Freddy Robinson, guitar
Al Vescovo, guitar
Arthur Adams, guitar
Alan Estes, vibes, percussion
Dee Ervin, percussion, organ
John Guerin, drums
Bob West, bass
Ron Brown, bass
Jerry Williams, conga
Thomas Scott, trumpet
William Peterson, trumpet, flugelhorn
David A. Duke, French horn
Selections:
Side One:
1. Extra Soul Perception
2. The Look Of Slim
3. A Good Thing
4. Watermelon Man
5. Straight Ahead
6. Canadian Sunset
Side Two:
1. Collision In Black
2. Just Around The Corner
3. Little Green Apples
4. Poker Chips
5. Sittin' Duck
6. Doing It To Deff
1968 Cult Soul-Jazz Classic! First Ever LP Reissue!
Sax session man on records by Bobby "Blue" Bland, Barbara Acklin, the 5 Dutones, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band, Alvin Cash, Otis Clay, and just about any soul artist who cut for Chess in the mid-'60s, Milt Bland a.k.a. Monk Higgins is not what you would call a household name, but hip hop crate diggers know him well; his catalog's been sampled about 250 times! Higgins recorded as a bandleader for the Dunhill, United Artists, and Buddah labels, but without a doubt the most hotly sought after album he ever made was Extra Soul Perception, the one-of record he cut in 1968 for the Solid State label, the United Artists jazz imprint started by jazz arranger Manny Albam, producer Sonny Lester, and legendary engineer Phil Ramone. Backed by a crack band consisting of guitarist Arthur Adams and drummer John Guerin (probably best known for his work on Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark) among other accomplished session cats, Higgins' warm, earthy tenor tackles a mixture of originals and funk-infused covers of songs like "Little Green Apples" and "Canadian Sunset," deftly threading the needle between commercial and uncompromising throughout. The result: a soul jazz classic that trades for as much as $90 on the used vinyl market. For its first-ever vinyl repress, we have preserved the unusual "unipak" design of the original LP, and have pressed up 1000 copies in limited edition translucent blue vinyl. Remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision, and released on our co-branded Real Gone Music/Dusty Groove imprint, this is some of the tastiest stuff we've ever reissued!
Features:
• Limited Edition - 1000 copies
• Translucent Blue Vinyl
• 1st ever LP reissue
• Complete with original "tri-fold" packaging
Musicians:
Monk Higgins, tenor, organ
Jim Horn, flute
Miles Grayson, piano, percussion
Freddy Robinson, guitar
Al Vescovo, guitar
Arthur Adams, guitar
Alan Estes, vibes, percussion
Dee Ervin, percussion, organ
John Guerin, drums
Bob West, bass
Ron Brown, bass
Jerry Williams, conga
Thomas Scott, trumpet
William Peterson, trumpet, flugelhorn
David A. Duke, French horn
Selections:
Side One:
1. Extra Soul Perception
2. The Look Of Slim
3. A Good Thing
4. Watermelon Man
5. Straight Ahead
6. Canadian Sunset
Side Two:
1. Collision In Black
2. Just Around The Corner
3. Little Green Apples
4. Poker Chips
5. Sittin' Duck
6. Doing It To Deff
