"HAR-YOU PERCUSSION GROUP" Mint AFRO LATIN Funk LP/MINT

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649

"HAR-YOU PERCUSSION GROUP" Mint AFRO LATIN Funk LP/MINT
MINT/UNPLAYED--FROM RALPH J. GLEASON COLLECTION

I have cancelled the previous listing for this album as it had a mistake, and I was unable to corrected it.  This is the corrected description.  I'm very sorry for the confusion.

Here is a beautiful Near Mint/Mint and probably unplayed copy of Har-You Percussion Group on Oro Records (Oro-5). This super rare legendary Latin funk album is actually a latin soul group led by master conga player Montego Joe as part of the Harlem Youth program of the 60's.  A mix of funky bass, heavy drums, burning horn lines and soulful vocals, this is known as one ofthe great Latin releases of all time.  Includes the monster tracks "Welcome To The Party," "Feed Me Good," and "Oua-Train." This near mint/mint album shows no sign of having been played, and would be mint/mind if not for one small corner ding on the cover.

This beauty came from a vintage industry collection (see below) and is guaranteed to be a first pressing.  This record was from the collection of the late Ralph J. Gleason (1917-1975;) one of the most influential jazz and pop music critics of all time. He was a central figure in the San Francisco rock scene, helped organize the Monterey Pop Festival, co-founded Rolling Stone magazine, and was a cofounder of the Monterey Jazz Festival.

When Gleason joined the San Francisco Chronicle in 1950, he initiated the first regular coverage of jazz and pop music in the mainstream US media. Gleason was the first critic to review folk, pop, and jazz concerts with the same attention and space as was given to classical music. Gleason was one of the first critics to perceive the importance of Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Miles Davis (all of whom became close friends of his.)

Gleason was one of the first to write supportively of the San Francisco scene and it’s bands, including the Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead (his 1969 book The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Scene, was the first serious study of the subject.) 

Bill Graham himself credited Gleason with suggesting the Fillmore Auditorium to him as a site for concerts, while the Family Dog met with Gleason at his home to discuss their idea to stage dance concerts, prior to their first show at the Longshoreman’s Hall.  When the organizers of the Monterey Pop Festival had trouble recruiting the San Francisco bands, they turned to Gleason and Bill Graham, who were able to convince the major acts to come on board.

Gleason wrote liner notes for hundreds of albums, including “Jefferson Airplane Takes Off” and “Bitches Brew” by Miles Davis (for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award.)  His articles also appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Times, New Statesman, Evergreen Review, American Scholar, Saturday Review, New York Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun Times, Sydney Herald, Playboy, Esquire, Variety, and Stereo.

Gleason produced a series of twenty-eight programs for public television on jazz and blues, Jazz Casual, featuring John Coltrane, B.B. King, Dave Brubeck, and Sonny Rollins, among others. His two-hour documentary on Duke Ellington was twice nominated for an Emmy.  He also produced a four-part series on the Monterey Jazz Festival, the first documentary for television on pop music, Anatomy of a Hit, and a two-hour performance and documentary on San Francisco rock, Go Ride the Music and A Night At The Family Dog.  We are proud to offer this and record and many more we’ll be selling over the coming months from the Ralph J. Gleason collection.











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