Back to Reynold Philipsek with Black and Blue 1985 [vinyl rip]

 

A lot has culturally, musically changed of course in the 5 years that passed since Reynold's brilliant 1980 masterwork Short Stories (which I still can't auditorily believe) and needless to say we are eras, ages away from the 1974 Sailor fusion work.  We are in the sweaty thick of the crazy dancing jumpy digital new wave 1980s of course, with the dreaded drum machines and staccato synth chords, deeply advanced into the (plastic) years of Duran Duran.  Music moved so fast back then, not like today, when hip hop is not only still popular, but unchanged from those very same 1980s, 40 years ago.  Nonetheless, despite the majority commercial throwaway pop and blues numbers, there are great gems in here.  Information can be found here.

The sheer brilliance of his presumably solo acoustic guitar work, Blues for L.G., just blows me away:

Child's Play with a lovely drumless synth performance seems surprisingly out of place, but side b also closes with an all-synth composition:

The title track is definitely worth the price of admission here, with its magnificent dark sound and unbelievably virtuoso guitarwork, really harking back to the minor-key guitar fusion of a Mahavishnu long since passed and critically derided:

Listening to it closely, for sure this track alone was well worth the hunt for this very rare LP.