Record overload!

[john stapleton]

woken by the postie with a mint copy of Colosseum's first LP cheap off the 'Bay, then went out of Bristol to see a mate of mine (who's a dealer) who'd just bought a huge collection sight unseen at an auction described as 'Sinatra type stuff'. Spent a few hours helping him sort wheat (four mint Tubby Hayes LPs amongst them) from the near-chaff (55 Stan Kentons, every Mel Torme LP ever made, and loads of Tex Beneke, Ted Heath and assorted crap big bands...and picked up a few things for myself (cost me £40 in trades though):

Harry Roche Constellation - Spiral
(been a bit of a white whale for a while)
Milt Jackson - Olinga (nice CTI)
NYJO - Mary Rose
'Bones Galore
Avon Cities - Current AC
(local jazz outfit - never seem to see this one though)
Descriptive Guitar and Flute vol 2 (Sonoton 167)

and this badger:
David Lindup and the Big Band 'When the Saints Go' (Aristocrat)
This seems to be a commercial release KPM label...anyone have any info? are there others on the label?

Then got back home to find a parcel from the states waiting with the neighbours:
2 Free Design LPs / both Carolyn Hester Coalitions / Bobby Callender 'Rainbow' / Big Star 'Radio City' / Sarah Webster Fabio and a whole bunch of others...

[MystDrF]

Quote[/b] ]David Lindup and the Big Band 'When the Saints Go' (Aristocrat)
This seems to be a commercial release KPM label...anyone have any info? are there others on the label?

There's also Johnny Pearson Orchestra - Sounds Extravaganza (AR 1023) from 1970 .

And there is one by James Clarke which was I think produced by Syd Dale Can't remember what it was called , but it has some bloke stood on a beach on the cover.

I would swear there were some 45's too but this may just be some kind of urban myth as i can't remember where I saw them.

The letters KPM make frequent appearances and Aristocrat operate out of the same Denmark St. address some my guess it was KPM' attempt to storm the charts.

[Lord Thames]

Yes, Aristocrat were the commercial arm of KPM - the James Clarke LP is 'Girl On The Beach', and another one is Alan Parker's 'Guitar Fantasy'.

The Lindup LP is (at least in part, I think) the KPM with 'The Zodiac' on it, but all the tracks are retitled. This particular LP is also the only place you'll get to hear these tracks in stereo - the KPM issue was mono, and the stereo master tapes are now missing, apparently.