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Great session. I also love this album by SML At first listen, it clearly looks like a jazz album. However, in addition to jazz elements, the musicians also play electronics, krautrock, dub, etc, If I can I would like to recommend the album I Sign, I Resign by Belgian female artist Annelies Monseré.

Always great to fit Fela Kuti into a session.

Good to see your smiling faces always, John and Mark, not just sometimes. Jan Hammer toured with Sarah Vaughan and recorded with Elvin Jones and Jeremy Steig before John chose him for Mahavishnu Orchestra. Bobby Womack's brother Cecil, was married to Sam Cooke's daughter, Linda. The couple recorded under the name, Womack and Womack, their ''Conscience'' album was one of the first compact discs that I bought circa 1988, the album is a stone- cold classic, a true family affair! Eddie Jobson's album, ''Theme Of Secrets'' is a solo synclavier recording which predates Zappa's solo synclavier masterpiece, ''Jazz From Hell''. Despite the cheap cover art, Jobson's album is quite nice, totally different from Zappa's. Geri Allen played on Ornette Coleman's two companion albums, ''Sound Museum: Hidden Man'' and ''Sound Museum: Three Women''. The fact that Ornette chose Geri to play piano is interesting, he had not included any piano in his bands in the previous 35 years!

No matter what time it is during the day or night. Little Feat is always enjoyable. <> I got to ask you both. Why is it that so many people like Two Against Nature? First glance I thought that the Mazarati album was a Ted Nugent release. But I did not think that you listened to Nugent at all John. {smile} Everything that you both showed was interesting. I have a few that will be heard. The Mazarati album for one and the Cat Pack. Have a great day and continue to enjoy the endless summer. Good to know that the weather has been solid. It has been a pretty good summer here too. Just wish that I had the ample time to enjoy it more. Talk soon M & J~ Rob/Boston

Good morning Mark and John. Fantastic spending some time with you both on this sunday morning. Oh Yeah I have not heard. I did see him live with Jeff Beck in 1976. I think I may have told you both already. A young band named Lynyrd Skynyrd backed them up. <> Hmm. Did you say that this Pharoah Sanders live album is a go-to compared with others? That was funny Mark. I too thought that he was brushing his teeth on the cover of the album. {smile} Excellent drummer Terry Williams on that Man album. He later went on to play with Rockpile and Dire Straits. <> I have been having good luck with the International Anthem label releases. <> Will check out Cat Pack. Con't~ Rob/Boston

Just wanted to throw this out to you. After listening to The Doober album by Sam Wilkes and Sam Gendel. I Googled Clown and Toilet here on CZcams. I found the band. They are called Clown Core. I do not know who turned me onto this video. But I thought that they were unique. I think this is the Sam Gendel. Super talented sax player. czcams.com/video/frZAL0YRDJ0/video.html

Great video chaps. John, I've been listening to the Jeff Parker album and enjoying it a lot today. A new name for me. Also, the Sam Gendel record. All lovely stuff and great to see such a wide range covered. I think you might've got off lightly with Gregory Issacs - I'm sure I read somewhere that Lee Perry would often write and draw over pretty much everything when he stayed over. Imagine what your kitchen would turn into. Been on a Gregory Issacs kick recently. Soon Forward is great. Also, never heard that Freddie Mcgregor album - what a treat awaits me when I do. All the best to you both. Cheers for now, Steve.

Is that the same Sam Gendel that was in the band dressed as clowns? They did a video in a public toilet if I remember right. Can you tell me the name of the artist that you showed at the 17:05 mark? The one with the fish eyes and face on the cover. Have not listened to James Taylor in years. I saw him live at Harvard University way back in the late seventies. He played with Joan Armatrading and Pousette Dart Band who was famous for their song "Amnesia". I am sure that you both remember it. <> Love the International Anthem label. <> I appreciate the breakdown of the Jeff Parker album. I must check out his guitar playing. <> Mark you talked me into checking out that Jazz Crusaders. Once again. You guys inspire my record buying and my music journey. Thank you both~ Rob/Boston

Great stuff as always. Every time you show that ATCQ ep I keep meaning to dig it out and play it, but keep forgetting. I'll have a look for the Busta Rhymes as well because I have that somewhere and I really loved the JayDee remix. Nice to see a mention on the set the trend channel, it a real gold mine of good information and different tunes. All the best!

John and Mark, thanks for another wonderful melange of sounds. I've been enjoying '' The Lost Trident Sessions'' by the Mahavishnu Orrchestra, I'll try and spot their sample on ''Mardi Gras At Midnight'' and try to decode the ''unknown'' sample too. The latest Can live archive release is ''Aston 1977'' recorded around the same time that ''Saw Delight'' was released. Czukay only plays short -wave radio and electronics, Gee handles the bass duties. So far, my favorite of the live Can series is ''Stuttgart 1975''. John, I thought you were going to tell us that Gregory refused to sign his album, or demanded a fee to sign his album. Your ending is much happier! R.I.P., Palle Danielsson, who is not as well known as David Sanborn or Dickey Betts. David Sanborn hosted a great TV show called , ''Night Music'' which had guests like, Sun Ra, James Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Todd Rundgren. I had the pleasure of seeing Dickey Betts with the Allman Brothers and with his own band, Great Southern.

Great Show Guys! John's "David Sanborn" Show corrected my cheeky jokes about him, I stand very corrected. Love that Crusander's record. Jeffrey Toobin wrote a book about the Patty Hearst kidnapping, the group, the symbionese liberation army we're going to replace the national anthem with "Way Back Home" once they took power, they even wrote the Crusaders a letter, they passed and the rest is history.......

Where did my comment go? I was just coming back to do a part two to my part one comment and it is gone. Crazy. I must have left you a fifteen line comment. Oh well. Good morning Mark and John. I will be back and try to remember some of the questions I asked. Wow. I have not seen James Taylor's "One Man Doig" album cover in years. <> Do either of you like the cover art on Can's "Saw Delight"? If they pressed the actual vinyl to look like a saw blade it would have been much cooler. {smile} Be back in while gents. Great to see you both again. Always missed~ Rob/Boston

Saw Delight is my favorite Can LP oddly enough. I have a few different pressings. Lados B was my top jazz release last year even though it was recorded years earlier. The live Tom Skinner on the same label in the lead this year. Fantastic session again guys.

Great Gregory Isaacs story! Lovely to have you both back.

Fantastic show. I really like the album mentioned here from Meshell Ndegeocello and saxophone player Immanuel Wilkins is great here. If I can I would like to recommend the album Chimera by the group ORGŌNE. There are songs and the singing worthy of Isaac Hayes or Curtis Mayfield. You have echoes of The Meters here,

Great session as always. I would like to recommend album Qasr by Sheherezaad. It is a brilliantly modern meshing of Asian and Western music. It was produced by Arooj Aftab.

Hey Gents, I always have a quick listen to the records you call out that I don’t know (on the fly) and I was thinking the drums on that Kuroda record where sooo nice, so glad you then called them out and let us know that was Nate Smith. I was getting strong voodoo vibes of of what I have hear so far. Real nice

Threadgill's book "Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music" is a unique look into the Chicago scene.

Dig the tip on jacket on the Harry Beckett. Will look for that. Cheers gentlemen.

I great stack of way Love Chaka, Anita and Cristopher Cross. Thumbs up! Trish

Many thanks, both - another terrific video!

Great selection again, so much to discover. Hope you guys keep doing this for many years to come 👍🏻

Ha ha lads, projectile pooing cats in the same sentence as Paradise and lunch. Yikes. I actually turned on YT this morning Ona feeling that ye had dropped a sharing session and ye did, albeit a few hours later than your usual ones (this showed up in my feed in the early arvo). Prince and Zappa - absolutely 2 of the most underlauded guitarists ever. I love that Sacred songs lp too and yes it is always dirt cheap. Did you see the Darryl Hall and Fripp episode from Darryl’s house show that dropped a few weeks ago. Thoroughly enjoyable, great band ripping through Red etc.

Hello Mark and John, if my memory serves me correctly, this is your 31 year anniversary of playing music for each other. Times flies when you're having Fun! Miles' ''On The Corner'' is a prime example of ''Fourth- World Music'', there is nothing else like it. It tickles every part of my brain. I discovered Nate Smith through his work with Dave Holland. James Brown's drummer, Jabo Starks played on Bobby Bland's biggest hits. Anita Baker, Michael Franks and Christopher Cross are three favorites of mine. Threadgill's ''Too Much Sugar For A Dime'' is a masterpiece, fantastic drumming by Gene Lake, son of Oliver Lake. I shared Roy Haynes birthday cake after a show, he celebrated his 80th birthday. He sounded like a young god, blew my mind completely! Helen Merrill did an album with Gil Evans in the late 1980's titled .'' Collaboration''. I never owned it but always look for it.

Happy spring beautiful lads. Great picks!!

Hi Chaps. I think that Mountains is the best Prince 12”. Absolutely perfect 👌. The Ernest Ranglin album was a pleasant surprise. I picked up RSD reissue and it really wasn’t I was expecting. Lovely stuff. And a nice bit of Chas n Dave on the Labi Siffre album. Great record. Cheers!

Did you say that the Charles Lloyd album is a new release John? I still remember when Blake got his hands on a box of Charles Lloyd's "Forest Flower" albums. He sold them to fellow VC members for something like $4 a piece. I grabbed one. Did you guys grab a copy too? <> I really dig all of the Crusaders albums that I ever heard. Which is only about three. But what a killer group of musicians. You guys delivered the goods once again. Enjoyable from start to finish. Thanks for sharing them all Mark and John. Have a dynamite week~ Rob/Boston

Good morning Mark and John. Once again we were presented with some interesting music. A few artists/bands are new to me which I appreciate always. I have been writing down albums that you both have been showing for about ten years now. I believe that Eugene McDaniels wrote and produced Happening in the Streets for the Voltage Brothers. Someone posted Eugene's "Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse" recently and it struck up a convo about his music. <> I remember one of you talking about Bobby Bland before. I checked out some of the stuff that he did with BB King. con't~ Rob/Boston

What you guys think of Alpha Mist?

That's one of the best funk albums ever, Brass Construction. Funny, I just picked up that Rachel Ferrell CD last week. Can't wait to listen to it now!! Thanks!!

Wrecking your peripherals John ? 😮😞 oh dear. ATM 90s i was demoted to calling it 'D 'n' B' but I've warmed in more recent times particularly a guy at our monthly pub vinyl nights dabbles in that particular pool. Expressive to dance to too!

Lovely work on this... classic tracks !

Fun memories of Gregory 😂 keep having it in mind to revisit that run of albums he did with the Roots Radics. I did dive back into what I have of Brian Auger late last year, great stuff all around. Some nice reissues coming from the Cha Cha label, a welcome surprise to see their return to circulation. Brilliant session, as usual a mix of things I'm familiar with and others I am totally unaware of, cheers!

‘ASR’ from Meshell written by the great Amp Fiddler who passed away in December. RIP

What's VC? Viet Cong?

Meshell's Omnichord seems to flown a bit under the radar, but it is fantastic. As always, enjoy your video's fellas. Bill

The Room sounds interesting. Just guitar and sax throughout? No other instruments? I have been meaning to check out that Old and New Dreams album. I have only been listening to jazz on a regular basis for the last eight years. I went from listening to fusion and into more free/avant-garde artists. So I am sure I will like the Cherry, etc... Good to see some Funkadelic make the session. <> I looked up Robben Ford. He played with Miles, Larry Carlton and others. Superb presentation Mark & John. Really enjoyed the assortment like always. Looking forward to the next one~ Rob/Boston

can that Rhythm & Sound LP be found cheaply somewhere you said? I've been looking....thx!

Great records and stories behind them. Thumbs way up! Trish

Good evening Mark and John. What a nice surprise on this Sunday evening. I have been waiting to enjoy another VC sharing session. Always reminds me of old school VC. Lots of class and fantastic records. I will come back in a few and recap after watching. It is great to see you both again~ Rob/Boston

Pleasure is real slap bass heaven... I have long neglected that album. It really is a treat to find tunes you already have hidden on albums. Cheers!

Oh how I wish those Oxley LPs were still 5 shillings. Lol

Groovallegiance is a favourite ever Funkadelic track. Used to love putting on the EP from that album too. Love John Cameron, not heard that album. He did such a variety.. the crazy soundtrack to Psychomania was classic. Favourite tracks by him are Liquid Sunshine & Half Forgotten Daydreams..

John and Mark, amazing stretch of 13 years sitting next to each other, today most people could not sit side- by- side with someone else for 10 minutes without getting into a fist- fight or at the very least, a verbal altercation , in an attempt to be the Alpha Male! I just watched a live Pentangle performance from 1972, the band was in top-form and Jacqui McShee's vocals were heavenly. She should be as well-known as Sandy Denny but alas, she never sang with Robert Plant. Zeppelin name -drops John Cameron on their song, ''Royal Orleans'', maybe Page and Jones worked on sessions with him. Tony Oxley was as inventive as Max Roach on the drum-kit, he created his own Language. One of the best examples of his unique style is the album, ''Vade Mecum'' with leader Bill Dixon and two bass players, Barry Guy and William Parker. Luther Vandross was involved with Bowie's ''Young Americans'' album. Bowie rewrote a song by Vandross, which became ''Fascination'' and Luther sings background vocals on the album. There is a brand new Blood Sweat and Tears documentary coming out soon, it's about the American State Department forcing the band to play in Communist countries in the early 1970's! I discovered Abraham Laboriel when he played with Gary Burton. Jerry Garcia's version of ''Shining Star'' sounds like it might be just exactly perfect, will check that out!

Hi Chaps. Excellent session, chaps. You’re ticking all the boxes with Stevie, Patrice, Steve Arrington and The Pointer Sisters. That Jermaine Jackson sleeve is a proper stinker! Lovely stuff. Cheers. John

Ok, changes are afoot with the dynamic duo: no culinary breaks for Portuguese tarts, raw carrots or sheep’s cheese. And- Mark watching/listening to Dylan!?!? Sic transit Gloria mundi.

Thanks for sharing guys, great music featured here. Arrington, Rushen, Hubbard etc.../ Hamid Drake is one of my favorite drummers/percussionist in recent years, although he's not that young. Cheers and best wishes for 2024. Take care

Illuminating as always, but what's happened to the Portugese tarts ... ? Happy christmas to you both too (when it arrives).

You guys always educate and inspire me to expand my music Pallet! Thumbs up! Trish

Nice to see you fella's burning the midnight oil Always find something that turns out to be good when you guys get together.