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Magician

Magician cover
RecordedOct 1973
LabelLondon Records
Released1973
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 271395

The record

Bob Cranshaw's electric and acoustic bass thicken the groove on this 1973 London session, cut near the end of Garner's run for the label. His phrasing still hangs back of the beat, playful and full-bodied as ever.

Session personnel

  • Bob Cranshaw — bass [fender and acoustical]
  • Jose Mangual — congas
  • Norman Gold — organ
  • Grady Tate — percussion
  • Erroll Garner — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 19 pressings on file.

1974London Records · APS 640 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, W - Waddell Pressing earliest on file
1974London Records
1974Pye International · NSPL 28213 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1974Barclay · 80 527 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Mono · laminated sleeve
1974MPS Records · 21 29195-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1974MPS Records · 21 29195-2 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1974London Records · APS 640 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1974London Records · APS 640 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1974London Records · APS 640 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing
1974MPS Records · 21 39195-2 — Cassette, Album, Stereo, CrO2, Dolby
1974London Records · 0 8640 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album
1974MPS Records · 5C 064D-99440 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
1975Philips · 6316 037 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1977MPS Records · 5C 064D-99440 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue

Follow the players

Bob Cranshaw also plays on

Jose Mangual also plays on

Grady Tate also plays on