IKE QUEBEC The Complete BLUE NOTE 45 Sessions MOSAIC BOX 3 LP Ltd Edition RARE

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IKE QUEBEC The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions NM/NM Used Mosaic 3 Record Box Set
Record Label: Mosaic MR3-121
Limited edition out of 7500.
Three 180 Gram LPs and illustrated Booklet all given the Mosaic Deluxe collector's treatment. Doesn't get much better than this for Don Cherry fans!
Corners of box are sharp and sides are rigid. There are no signs of shelf wear. Cover is glossy and black and white image is vibrant and bold. Vinyl is like new. Looks to be unplayed.
This box is long out of print and getting harder to find - especially in this near mint condition!
Track Listing:
A1 A Light Reprieve 4:34 A2 Buzzard Lope 6:15 A3 Blue Monday 5:01 A4 Zonky 4:31
B1 Later for the Rock 4:34 B2 Sweet and Lovely 4:15 B3 Dear John 6:50 B4 Blue Friday 5:01
C1 Everything Happens to Me 4:30 C2 Mardi Gras 6:12 C3 What a Difference a Day Makes 4:04 C4 For All We Know 4:09 C5 Ill Wind 6:10
D1 If I Could Be With You 6:00 D2 I've Got the World on a String 5:30 D3 Me 'n Mabe 5:09 D4 Everything Happens to Me (Long Version) 6:36
E1 How Long Has This Been Going On 5:57 E2 With a Song in My Heart 3:54 E3 Imagination 5:07 E4 What Is There to Say 4:31
F1 There Is No Greater Love 4:44 F2 All of Me 2:55 F3 Intermezzo 3:43 F4 But Not for Me 3:43 F5 All the Way 3:52
Review: The "flipside" of Ike Quebec's legendary run of albums for Blue Note – a huge set of material recorded only as 45 singles during his same stretch at the label! Although Quebec's work as a soulful tenorist has been well documented and reissued over the years on albums like Blue & Sentimental and Heavy Soul, Ike also cut a fair number of singles aimed at the jukebox and radio crowds of the time – tunes that were more in the gutsy tenor and organ mode recorded by labels like Prestige or Chess, and which never made it onto any of the full-length sets for Blue Note! 
This great package brings together all of Ike's 26 tracks recorded for 45s in the late 50s and early 60s – material that features organ on most numbers, played by either Ike Quebec, Sir Charles Thompson, or the enigmatic Edwin Swanston. Quebec's tone and phrasing is similar to his Blue Note LP work of the period, but there's also a more relaxed, and more punctuated feel to these recordings – one that's not as rough or raw as other jukebox tenor stars of the time, but which still steps out past the usual Blue Note poise, especially on the original numbers.