Taylor, Mike Trio LP Columbia SCX6137 NM/NM 1967 as Mik
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Taylor, Mike Trio LP Columbia SCX6137 EX/NM 1967 as Mike Taylor Trio. We sold the only other copy we've seen here on ebay in October 2010. The buyer was really pleased with it. And amazingly we've managed to acquire another one in very similar condition. We haven't any more. Unless lightning strikes three times! Vinyl surface NM with only the lightest of sleeve marks from the Emitex tracing inner. It plays perfect.
At thespacebar.records most of our stock is UNPLAYED and in NEAR-PERFECT condition but is graded conservatively as EX/EX. We try to provide the best image possible and we don't trim the photographs so you can clearly see the sleeve edges.
We grade the vinyl 1st and the sleeve 2nd. All LPs are supplied in a 400g polythene sleeve for protection. See links above for our grading policy and a guide to the abbreviations used in the item descriptions.
The shipping costs for double LPs and Box Sets are available on request. The shipping costs for a single LP (1 x LP) are:
UK 1st Class: FREE
Airmail Europe (2-7 days): £3.00
Airmail Outside Europe (4-8 days): £6.00
Please note that these postage and packing costs ONLY apply to a single LP (1 x LP). The shipping costs for double LPs/box sets are available on request. We offer discounted shipping for multiple-item orders - add £1 per additional LP for Europe and £2 per additional LP outside Europe.
More information/track listings/photographs available on request.
On 05-Feb-11 at 10:16:17 GMT, seller added the following information:
More about the artist.
Mike Taylor was brought up by his grandparents in London and Kent, and joined the RAF for his national service. Having rehearsed and written extensively throughout the early 1960s, he recorded two albums for the Lansdowne series produced by Denis Preston: Pendulum (1966) with drummer Jon Hiseman bassist Tony Reeves and saxophonist Dave Tomlin) and Trio (1967) with Hiseman and bassists Jack Bruce and Ron Rubin. They were issued on UK Columbia and are among the most challenging and powerful jazz recordings of their time. Original pressings are now extremely rare and expensive.
Despite his brief recording career, Taylor was a prolific and much-respected composer, several of whose pieces were played and recorded by his contemporaries. Three Taylor compositions were recorded by Cream, with lyrics by drummer Ginger Baker "Passing the Time", "Pressed Rat and Warthog" and "Those were the Days", all of which appeared on the band's August 1968 album Wheels of Fire. He was also much admired by the members of Neil Ardley's New Jazz Orchestra, whose September 1968 recording Le Déjeuner Sur L’Herbe features one original Taylor composition "Ballad" and an arrangement by him of a Segovia piece "Study".
Mike Taylor drowned in the River Thames near Leigh-on-Sea, Essex in January 1969, following years of heavy drug use (principally hashish and LSD). He had been homeless for three years, and his passing went almost entirely unremarked.
In summer 2007, independent record label Dusk Fire Records released for the first time Mike Taylor Remembered, a 1973 tribute to the musician recorded by Neil Ardley, Hiseman, Ian Carr, Barbara Thompson amongst other major modern British jazz names.
