Wes Montgomery – Full House (2LP, 45RPM, unsealed, Number 0924)
RARITY - Unsealed (mint conditions)
Guitar – Wes Montgomery [click here to see more vinyl featuring Wes Montgomery]
Bass – Paul Chambers [click here to see more vinyl featuring Paul Chambers]
Drums – Jimmy Cobb [click here to see other vinyl featuring Jimmy Cobb]
Piano – Wynton Kelly (A1, B2 to D2) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Wynton Kelly]
Tenor Saxophone – Johnny Griffin (A1, B2 to D2) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Johnny Griffin]
Written by Wes Montgomery (A1, C1, D2), Lerner & Loewe (B1), Dizzy Gillespie (B2), Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer (D1)
2 LP, standard sleeve
Limited numbered edition - Number 0924
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Live
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Analogue Productions - Fantasy 45 Series
Original Label : Riverside Records
Recorded live at Tsubo, Berkeley, California on June 25, 1962.
Engineered by Wally Heider
Original session produced by Orrin Keepnews
Reissue produced by Nick Phillips
Mastered by Kevin Gray, Steve Hoffman at AcousTech Mastering
Album Design by Ken Deardoff
Liner notes by Bill Milkowski and Orrin Keepnews
Photography by Jim Marshall
Originally released in 1962
Reissued in October 2002
Tracks:
Side A:
- Full House
Side B:
- I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
- Blue 'N' Boogie
Side C:
- Cariba
Side D:
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- S.O.S.
Reviews :
“The late jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery had an odd, distinct way of playing the guitar. Eschewing the standard plectrum, he strummed chords and picked single notes and trademark octaves with only his thumb. The other four fingers of his right hand rested on his Gibson L5 guitar while the thumb did all the work. It may seem like a gimmick that looked impressive but compromised his playing, but that couldn’t be further from the truth, as the fleshy part of Montgomery’s thumb unleashed some of the most gorgeous, sublime guitar playing of his time, influencing countless jazz guitarists in ensuing decades. (...)
Zig-zagging between different styles and moods, Montgomery and his band are back to a more frenetic pace with Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli’s lightning-fast “Blue’n’Boogie”. The musicians are locked in place as a fully charged, cohesive unit highlighted by some of Kelly’s best playing and typically expert thumb-picking from Montgomery.
The band keep the quick pace alive with the fast, exotic “Cariba”. Piano, saxophone, and guitar solos are traded off in succession, and Montgomery’s playing slowly builds in intensity, with single notes soon turning into his trademark octaves. Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen’s “Come Rain or Come Shine” maintains a bright, jazzy tempo while the pace picks up again on the smooth, caffeinated Montgomery original, “S.O.S.” " Pop Matters Review by Chris Ingalls
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.75 / 5