{"title":"The Roundtable","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Roundtable is an Australian record label that is dedicated to unearthing and reissuing underground recordings from the 1960s and 70s. With a passion for preserving and sharing the rich musical history of this era, The Roundtable seeks out rare and forgotten gems, bringing them back to life for music lovers around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on *underground* recordings, The Roundtable offers a unique selection of music that may have otherwise been lost to time. From psychedelic rock to folk ballads, their catalog spans various genres, showcasing the diverse sounds of the past. Each release is carefully curated and remastered with utmost attention to detail, ensuring that listeners can experience these hidden treasures in all their glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy reissuing these *unearthed* recordings, The Roundtable not only pays homage to the artists who created them but also provides an opportunity for new generations of music enthusiasts to discover and appreciate their work. Whether you're a seasoned collector or simply curious about exploring lesser-known musical landscapes, The Roundtable invites you on a journey through time with their captivating releases.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"violin-reactions","title":"Violin Reactions","description":"\u003cp\u003eArmando Sciascia – by day, notable composer for Italian erotic and exotic cinema – by night, experimentalist and nocturnal avant-gardener. Lovingly crafted in his hand-built Vedette studio, Sciascia's \"lust for experimental research\" has never been mre evident than on these precious, never before commercially released 1974 Library recordings. \"Violin Reactions\" is a violently unique work, studiously constructed out of multi-tracked strings, ominous VCS3 drones and the drum breaks of Tullio De Piscopo. Part futurist broadcast, part Middle-Eastern short-wave transmission, anchored by De Piscopo's breakbeats and calisthenic percussion – strangely melodic and at times hauntingly otherworldly.\n\n\nFirst ever commercial release for this ultra-rare Holy Grail 1974 Library\/Production Music LP.\nLimited edition 200 gram deluxe replica LP with exclusive scholarly liner notes by Alvin Lucia and unpublished photos.\nFull dynamic range 2015 remaster direct from the first generation analogue master tapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Roundtable","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50394725941579,"sku":"2056039","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_7b2d95b0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726446929"},{"product_id":"sea-fantasy","title":"Sea Fantasy","description":"\u003cp\u003eScored by the legendary Italian film composer Armando Sciascia, Sea Fantasy is a conceptual suite of twelve exotic themes evoking the many moods and dramas of life under the sea. Recorded in 1972 for Sciascia's own Vedette label, the album is a key recording within the micro-genre of Italian underwater library music. A mosaic of evocative modern classical, flamenco textures and a surge of raw analogue synthesizers. Mysterious aquatic music that sits comfortably alongside other Italian Soundtrack and Library recordings including the lush bossa of Daniele Patucchi's Men Of The Sea (CAM) as well as the experimental electronics of Biologia Marina by Amedeo Tommasi \u0026amp; Alessandro Alessandroni (Rhombus). With several cues used for the English-version soundtrack to Harald Reinl's 1976 (Erich von Däniken inspired) mondo-documentary Mysteries Of The Gods, Sea Fantasy is reminiscent of the exotic mood-music scored for Folco Quilici's documentary Oceano composed by Ennio Morricone as well as Luigi Scattina's legendary tropical sexploitation film Il Corpo composed by Piero Umiliani. This new 2019 edition has been newly remastered and expanded with additional liner notes and photos.\n\n\n2019 remastered and expanded edition.\nLegendary Italian underwater Library recording\nReplica vinyl reissue of the rare 1972 LP\nMysterious aquatic mood music\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Roundtable","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50394726629707,"sku":"2056038","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_d2bef6a9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726446948"},{"product_id":"colours","title":"Colours","description":"\u003cp\u003eBehind the deceptive veneer of the demure monotone artwork, something unassuming lies within this long-play waiting to be explored. Intrigued by the ironic title, enticed by the elegant text positioned alone on the beautifully tactile matte canvas, the listener will experience musical wonderment at odds with the presentation and discover that the 1976 album Colours is a powerful yet sophisticated set of electric soul-jazz. An inspired recording that bursts with warmth and texture, the pivotal recording from an exceptional jazz musician. HER name - Judy Bailey.\nOver the course of a 70 year career, the pianist and composer established herself as one of the central figures of Australian jazz. Her crowning achievement Colours is a spirited and ambitious recording that captured the maturation and shifting jazz landscape of the mid 1970s Australia. Alongside other notable albums recorded mid decade including the 1975 self titled album by Melbourne's Arena (see Roundtable SIR014)) and Jackie Orszaczky's Beramiada (1975), the album signalled the countries transition from semi-acoustic jazz to electric jazz-funk. Regularly compared to the albums released on Creed Taylor's CTI label, Colours parallel these recordings with their clean production and spacious soul-jazz arrangements. In particular the crisp drums and processed bass heard on Bob James and Joe Farrell albums, the sprightly flute of Hubert Laws or perhaps the more sensual side of Flora Purim's vocals could all be suggested as a source of influence.\nContinuing to celebrate and re-document Australia's jazz music legacy, The Roundtable are pleased to offer the first vinyl reissue of this seminal Australian Jazz recording. Presented in a replica gatefold sleeve with new liner notes, the full palette can once again be appreciated including the moody funk of Fall Down Dead, the Iberian Waltz Toledo, the Jazz-Dance anthem Colours Of My Dream and the spacey impressionist piece The Eleven Eight Song.\n\nFirst vinyl reissue of the 1976 Australian Jazz-Funk album.\nFeaturing the Jazz-Dance anthem Colours Of My Dream.\nReplica Gatefold sleeve with new liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Roundtable","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50421871870283,"sku":"2223066","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_8b66f564_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726761149"},{"product_id":"black-and-white-4","title":"Black And White","description":"\u003cp\u003eExisting somewhere between the post-psychedelic period of Soft Machine and the electric funk of Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, Black And White, the 1976 album from Norway's Vanessa is without question a formidable beast of a jazz-rock record. A potent brew of sonic experimentation and pulsating off-kilter groove. Taking their name from the genus of Nymphalidae butterfly, Vanessa was founded in 1971 by saxophonist Svend Undseth and pianist Frode Holm, the founder of the Oslo record store turned imprint, Compendium Records. Unsurprisingly analogous to the music championed across the Compendium catalogue Black And White is clearly influenced by the UK Canterbury scene, highlighted by Compendium's focus on the recordings of Soft Machine alumni Hugh Hopper and Elton Dean. Vanessa's spirit also lies synonymous with the collective pedigree on the label's roster including British progressive jazz stalwart Keith Tippett and Mirage (a UK group consisting of ex-members of Centipede and The Mike Westbrook Orchestra), together with the avant-rock collective Henry Cow and the experimental synthesiser-jazz of US ex-pat Joe Gallivan (together with Charles Austin).\nOften dubbed the 'Compendium house band' owing to Holm's association with the label, the Vanessa sound is inherently familiar yet undeniably original. Each of the album's four long compositions are a meld of complex angular jazz laced with swirling electronic textures - furious rhythms that surge in intoxicating intensity before easing into fluid passages of soulful post-bop. The dichotomy of these styles plants the group firmly into radical new jazz territory alongside their Canterbury contemporaries. Despite their brief existence, the band, alongside the label left an indelible mark on Norwegian jazz-rock and the headier side of European progressive music at large.\n\n\nReissue of 1976 Norwegian Jazz-Rock album.\nPost-psychedelic period Soft Machine meets the electric funk of Herbie Hancock's Headhunters\nTransferred and restored from the original master tape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Roundtable","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50433955856715,"sku":"2014555","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_04ab1587_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726884482"},{"product_id":"debut-in-the-netherlands-1958","title":"Debut in the Netherlands, 1958","description":"\u003cp\u003eDave Brubeck Quartet - Europe, here we come!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the support of the American State Department, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, including new members Joe Morello and Eugene Wright, began a major tour of Europe early in 1958. Their first concert in the Netherlands was held on 26 February in the legendary Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam, usually reserved for performances of classical music. Since 1951 and the collaboration between Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, the band had gained a stunning reputation. In 1954, Dave Brubeck was featured on the cover of Time magazine. Rumor has it that Duke Ellington knocked on Brubeck’s hotel door to congratulate him. Brubeck is said to have responded, “It should have been you.” He dedicated one of his most famous pieces, “The Duke”, included on this album, to his fellow pianist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat winter evening of 1958, the four American musicians, all in their late thirties, took the stage of the Concertgebouw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicture the packed auditorium murmuring expectantly, and four musicians overcome with stage fright yet eager to perform. After some timid applause, Desmond kicked off with the melancholy, sophisticated theme of “Two Part Contention”. The piano came in, sounding out a counter-melody that revealed Brubeck’s classical training and knowledge of counterpoint, acquired when he studied under Milhaud and Schoenberg. He had an inventiveness that was not only melodic but also rhythmic, and he knew how to win over an audience. This was followed by a Disney piece, “Someday, My Prince Will Come” introduced by the piano, three years before the great Miles Davis brought out his eponymous album. They continued with a 1930s standard, “These Foolish Things”, by Jack Strachey, a song that had helped make Ella Fitzgerald famous. Paul led the show in his flowing, ethereal style, with sporadic brassy, dissonant contrasts, proving – if proof were needed – his consummate skills in harmonic phrasing. The saxophone then announced the theme of “One Moment Worth Years”. Eugene, who liked to be called “the Senator”, seemed to lead the private dialogue with an unseen hand, dexterous and sensitive. In the same vein, they led on with “For All We Know” – to thunderous applause. It was now Joe’s turn to take the limelight. When he played “Watusi Drums”, the audience discovered an exceptional drummer who had started out as a virtuoso violinist: fifteen years previously, he had been playing Mendelssohn’s Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. After hearing Jascha Heifetz, he decided he could never reach the maestro’s heights and switched to drums. The band went on to play “The Wright Groove”, a short piece written by Eugene. The concert concluded with “The Duke”, a tribute to Ellington, and then a superb rendition of “Take the A-Train”, a 1940s classic and the hallmark piece of Ellington’s orchestra, played here in a whirlwind of energy and innovative rhythms. With their rhythmic patterns, interspersed with one or two bursts of resounding laughter, the musicians displayed the creative spirit that was to result in the legendary album “Time Out” a year later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSadly, the original tape comes to a halt before the end of this piece could be recorded. Nevertheless, we have chosen to retain the surviving part to bear witness to the groundbreaking creativity then bubbling under the surface in this exceptional quartet’s timeless art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concert inaugurated a triumphant career in Europe. 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While continuing to focus on the modal forms explored in Volume 1, this second edition shifts direction slightly, this time also surveying other post-bop modes representative of the scene including soul jazz, avant-garde ballet music and Eric Dolphy-inspired free jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgain featuring tracks from the esteemed independent imprints Jazznote and 44 Records, the collection also offers never before published pieces from less obvious Australian jazz groups. Compositions by internationally renowned musicians including Bob Bertles (Nucleus\/Neil Ardley), Bruce Cale (The Spontaneous Music Ensemble\/Prince Lasha) and Allan Zavod (Frank Zappa) alongside pillars of the local scene, Charlie Munro and Ted Vining plus the lesser-known yet formidable free jazz unit 'Out To Lunch'. \u003ci\u003ePyramid Pieces 2 \u003c\/i\u003eis another timely insight into the evolution of the incredible yet obscured Australian modern jazz movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compilation of Australian modern jazz. 1969-1980Rare modal, soul-jazz and free jazz from artists including The Charlie Munro Trio, Bob Bertles Moontrane, The Bruce Cale Quintet and The Ted Vining Trio.Tip-on sleeve featuring artwork from renowned Australian modernist painter James Meldrum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Roundtable","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50459333263691,"sku":"1137001","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"return-to-monster-planet","title":"Return To Monster Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sequel to the cult 1975 Australian Space Rock album 'Monster Planet' by Steve Maxwell Von Braund. 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The Roundtable are here to prove otherwise, announcing the discovery of an extraordinary lost recording. Forty years after it was recorded we proudly present \u003ci\u003eSapana\u003c\/i\u003e, the forgotten piece of a remarkable musical legacy, the final recording from one the most singular artists to emerge from the British Jazz scene of the 1960s\/70s. Recorded in 1983 and released here for the first time, \u003ci\u003eSapana\u003c\/i\u003e is thematically akin to \u003ci\u003eCosmic Eye\u003c\/i\u003e ,a further musical impressions of the subconscious (Dream Sequences), vividly imagined with traditional Hindustani and western improvisation. A spellbinding fusion of Indian raga and New-Age jazz. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated as a pioneer of the 'Indo-Jazz' movement of the 1960s, D'Silva's adventurous synthesis of modal jazz and Indian classical music defined the seminal 1969 Lansdowne jazz recordings Hum Dono and Integration. Here we find D'Silva fifteen years later, removed from the jazz scene and musically in place of deep introspection and meditative tranquility. The recording features Sitarist Clem Alford, a collaborator from the Konkan Dance sessions plus renowned Tabla player, Jahlib Millar and Saxophonist\/Flautist Lyn Dobson, a musician who had previously worked with Soft Machine, Third Ear Band, and Henry Lowther. 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Less celebrated yet equally remarkable was the improvisational powerhouse \u003ci\u003eThe London Experimental Jazz Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e, a short lived group led by the forward thinking saxophonist Eric Stach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir debut album, Invisible Roots is an overlooked jewel from the Canadian jazz scene. Inspired by the revolutionary artists from the New York free-jazz movement, (namely Ornette Coleman, Archie Sheep and Cecil Taylor), and fuelled by the exciting possibilities afforded by a completely free approach to music, Invisible Roots is an album of potent spontaneous composition, exhibiting both fiery unharnessed blowing alongside lyrical streams of consciousness. In recent years, the album has achieved notoriety in certain record collecting circles mainly due to the track Destroy The Nihilist Picnic, an infectious piece of vamping avant-funk. Despite the commanding presence of this track, it would be misguided to judge the merits of the album on this piece alone, for Invisible Roots is a much deeper and more complex musical statement. This is confirmed by the Iberian-jazz sketch, Spain Is For Old Ladies, the spiritual introspection of Jazz Widows Waltz or the ferocious yet soulful Eric's Madness, a track which wouldn't be out of place on an ESP-Disk or BYG Actuel album. 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The first half of the album was recorded with Duke and his band: Duke Ellington (piano), Joe Benjamin (bass), Quinten 'Rocky' White jr (drums), Harold 'Money' Johnson (trumpet), Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone) and Harry Carney (clarinet). 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An experiment which reached a pinnacle in 1972 with D'Silva's seminal recording Dream Sequence by Cosmic Eye, an adventurous fusion of modal jazz and Indian classical music viewed through the psychedelic lens of swinging London. Exotic third-stream jazz conceived by a visionary composer whose virtuosic technique and deeply emotive guitar playing defined his two earlier and now legendary 1969 UK jazz albums Integration and Hum Dono with Joe Harriott, both recorded for the much celebrated Lansdowne label.\nA highly innovative conceptual studio project consisting of two side-long jazz ragas (Dream Sequences) influenced by themes first explored during his 1960s session work in the Bollywood film industry under the musical directors Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The results yielding a hypnotic, psychedelic jazz excursion. Featuring a host of renowned UK jazz and Indian classical musicians, Cosmic Eye is a singular recording from a fervently rich period of British modern jazz which rivals other significant Lansdowne albums including Dusk Fire by the Rendell-Carr Quintet and Neil Ardley's Greek Variations. Finally this phenomenal jazz recording sees a legitimate reissue.\n\n\nLegendary British Psychedelic jazz album.\nEast meets West 'Indo-Jazz' fusion.\nRemastered from the original master tapes.\nA rare Lansdowne Jazz recording.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Roundtable","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50521324454219,"sku":"2056365","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_9f6dad3e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727990649"},{"product_id":"arena-2","title":"Arena","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you can imagine the gathering of a group of Australian session musicians channelling the sounds of Herbie Hancock Headhunter's and Marc Moulin's Placebo, recording an album out of hours at a TV studio and then releasing a privately pressed hard hitting jazz funk record then what you have is Arena, one of Australia's most revered and scarce rare groove records. This was the name given to a pick-up group of session players led by Ted White, a veteran of the British big band jazz scene (an associate of Ted Heath and Basil Kirchin) who had immigrated to Australia in the 1960s to work in the burgeoning television industry. This one-time studio project (recorded only to test out the facilities for a new studio) barely yet thankfully saw an LP release in 1975. Pressed in minute quantities only with limited distribution, the album was subsequently forgotten and obscured by time, only to be resurrected in the 90s by DJs and collectors seeking out lost and rare records. The album has since become one of the country's most celebrated and collectible jazz funk recordings and has proved to be a pivotal point in Australian jazz, marking a shift from the modern jazz and R\u0026amp;B sounds of the previous decades to the cross pollinating electric jazz funk of the 70s. Characterized by the heavy use of electronically treated saxophone, psychedelic guitar, Moog and spacey Fender Rhodes, the album is a classic of the genre. While acknowledging the often compiled and sampled breaks track, The Long One, the complete album offers much more, exemplified by its complicated and obsessive jazz rhythms, abstract and middle-eastern horn lines and pulsing electric funk. The Roundtable are pleased to offer this long awaited and special Record Store Day reissue of this highly collectible Australian rare groove LP.\n\n\nReissue of the Highly collectible Australian rare groove album.\nMarc Moulins's Placebo meets Herbie Hancock's Head Hunter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Roundtable","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50522254049611,"sku":"2056035","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_dec789fe_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728001378"},{"product_id":"konkan-dance","title":"Konkan Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing in the footsteps of the landmark 1966 double-quartet recording by Joe Harriott and John Mayer, Indian born musician Amancio D'Silva produced some of the most adventurous and sophisticated recordings within the canon of 'indo-jazz', a term used to define a pioneering east meets west synthesis that reflected the shifting musical and cultural landscape of post-war Britain. An experiment which reached a pinnacle in 1972 with D'Silva's seminal recording Dream Sequence by Cosmic Eye (The Roundtable TRZY001), an adventurous fusion of modal jazz and Indian classical music viewed through the psychedelic lens of swinging London. Exotic third-stream jazz conceived by a visionary composer whose virtuosic technique and deeply emotive guitar playing defined his two earlier and now legendary 1969 UK jazz albums Integration and Hum Dono with Joe Harriott, both recorded for the much celebrated Lansdowne label.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso recorded in 1972 although not released at the time was Konkan Dance, an unofficial sequel to Dream Sequence that further explored the unchartered possibilities of an Indian music-jazz fusion. Featuring many of the same personnel, this session also included support from Don Rendell and Alan Branscombe, two giants of the UK jazz scene who add serious credentials to D'Silva's singular and intimate compositions. 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Almost two years a previously unreleased analogue tape of the Miles Davis Quintet was discovered. It turned out to be the missing part of their legendary concert on Oct. 11, 1960 at the Paris Olympia Concert Hall. After nearly two years of search in the South of France, the USA and Sweden, the other tapes from the event were gathered and meticulously restored as well.  Recorded at the Olympia, Paris, France on Oct. 11, 1960. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Musicians: Miles Davis, trumpet Sonny Stitt, saxophone Wynton Kelly, piano Paul Chambers, bass Jimmy Cobb, drums \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Track List:  Record 1 1. All Blues 2. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise 3. Walkin’ 4. Four  Record 2 1. Autumn Leaves 2. Makin' Whoopee 3. No Blues 4. 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