Just to clarify...Luv 'n' Haight is a subsidiary of
Ubiquity, you can look here:
http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/html/index2.html
As for them buying the Fantasy & Prestige masters, uh,
Fantasy is still around, and they own all of that
stuff. (Along with Stax, Pablo & tons more.) The Joe
Jones LP they have reissued is post-Prestige, from
1975.
http://www.fantasyjazz.com/
--- jano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The best resource that I know of would be on the Luv
> n' Haight label- (
> a child of Groove Merchant). I believe the story is
> they bought all of
> the masters from a studio in Berkeley (Fantasy? or
> Prestige?) so they
> started pumping out reissues of his stuff, both
> whole lps and singles,
> as well as splashing it in their compilations.
> Definite "Soul Jazz",
> fodder for many early to mid '90s bay area acid jazz
> bands. Lots of
> rolling organ, with Jones strumming away on guitar.
> One album worth
> checking out (that I found at the Goodwill in
> terrible condition) is
> "Snake Rhythm Rock" (1973, Prestige). The A-side
> rolls along at a good
> clip, upbeat but smooth, with "Hoochie Coo Chicken"
> as well as the title
> track. "The First Time Ever I saw Your Face" cover
> is moderate at best,
> and "He's So Fine" would be perfect for the early
> seventies american
> Quad soundtrack (j/k).
=====
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