Nature Sounds · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Virgo Vibes
| Recorded | Jan 18 & Mar 6, 1967 |
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| Label | Nature Sounds |
| Released | 1967 |
| Personnel | 9 credited players |
| Discogs | master 49248 |
The record
A vibraphone-led session from Ayers' Atlantic years, stacked with heavyweight horn power in Land, Henderson, and Tolliver -- a subtler, more harmonically adventurous date than the funk grooves he'd later chase.
Session personnel
- Buster Williams — bass
- Reggie Workman — bass
- Bruno Carr — drums
- Jack Wilson — piano
- Ronnie Clark — piano
- Harold Land — tenor saxophone
- Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone
- Charles Tolliver — trumpet
- Roy Ayers — vibraphone [vibraharp]
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Mono and stereo both appeared on Atlantic in 1967: 1488 is the earliest pressing on file here, SD 1488 the stereo. No copy in our data lists a deep groove or any other collector marker, so the variation worth checking is the plant -- Monarch and Terre Haute pressings of both are on file, as are mono promos. Reissues are recent: a 180g Atlantic, MOVLP678, in 2013 and a Nature Sounds edition, NSD-819, in 2023.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 16 pressings on file.
| 1967 | Atlantic · 1488 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1967 | Atlantic · SD 1488 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, CT - Terre Haute Pressing |
| 1967 | Atlantic · SD 1488 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1967 | Atlantic · 1488 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Promo |
| 1967 | Atlantic · SD 1488 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Monarch Pressing |
| 1967 | Atlantic · 1488 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Monarch pressing |
| 1967 | Atlantic · 1488 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Promo, CT - Terre Haute Pressing |
| 1967 | Atlantic · 1488 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Terre Haute Pressing |
| 1967 | Atlantic · 1488 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Promo, Monarch Pressing |
| 2002 | Atlantic · 81227 3585-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak |
| 2002 | Atlantic · 8122 73600 1 — Vinyl, Album, LP, Reissue |
| 2012 | Atlantic · WPCR-27168 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 2013 | Atlantic · MOVLP678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Gram |
| 2022 | Nature Sounds — STEREO, LIMITED EDITION |
Follow the players
Buster Williams also plays on
Reggie Workman also plays on
Bruno Carr also plays on