28 April 2014

BARNEY WILEN "ZODIAC" (VOGUE, 1966)








BARNEY WILEN "ZODIAC"


Barney Wilen, tenor saxophone
Jean-Francois Jenny Clark, double bass
Carl Heinz Berger, vibraphone, piano
Jacques Thollot, drums

A1. Poissons 02:46
A2. Verseau 02:28
A3. Capricorne 02:34
A4. Sagittaire 02:18
A5. Scorpion 02:52
A6. Balance 02:53

B1. Vierge 02:49
B2. Lion 02:23
B3. Cancer 02:43
B4. Gémeaux 03:32
B5. Taureau 02:34
B6. Bélier 02:56

Recorded at Studios Vogue, 54 Rue d'Hauteville, Paris.

VOGUE CLVLX 9130 (1966)

(lp rip)

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54 comments:

  1. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth6 November 2011 at 06:28:00 CET

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  2. E-mile6 November 2011 at 09:50:00 CET

    thanks onxidlib, this Wilen is new to me...like all his mid 60's albums, this one is just as rewarding! What a great sax player...

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  3. Anonymous6 November 2011 at 11:15:00 CET

    this a rarity or what?!? i've seen it appear on endless wishlists and NEVER posted ANYWHERE. onxidlib, you really seem to in an euphoric state, at least you know how to make people that :)

    MERCI BEAUCOUP!!!

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  4. Andy6 November 2011 at 11:37:00 CET

    Thanks Onx. I'm totally loving this! Really.
    @ E-mile. You mean there's more like this? I've been missing out.

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  5. Félix6 November 2011 at 11:43:00 CET

    As a big fan of all the players involved, I've been looking for this one for ages! The free side of Barney Wilen. Can't wait to hear it! Thank you.

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  6. DoubleA6 November 2011 at 12:09:00 CET

    Thanks. I can't wait to hear this one.

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  7. Anonymous6 November 2011 at 12:10:00 CET

    you found it!!! thankyou!! :)

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  8. Anonymous6 November 2011 at 12:40:00 CET

    Thanks a million, one from my all time wants list
    great docu on Wilen starts here - check it out
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0fv-WBN1I8
    Jacques Thollot is especially entertaining here!

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  9. zero6 November 2011 at 13:58:00 CET

    A rarity, for sure! I've been sitting and staring at your post in disbelief, onxidlib. Thank you, thank you!

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  10. Arkadin6 November 2011 at 14:33:00 CET

    Also on my wishlist for a long time, thanks a lot for your generosity!

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  11. Bozo the Clown6 November 2011 at 21:33:00 CET

    Bozo NEVER even heard of this,wow! The Sol brothers have really been on a roll lately! Thanks in advance! Have y'all heard the album he did with the race track sounds?

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  12. SOTISE6 November 2011 at 23:39:00 CET

    WOW..

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  13. wightdj7 November 2011 at 02:25:00 CET

    Rare treat, thanks.

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  14. Clifford Allen7 November 2011 at 02:36:00 CET

    This LP has been on my wishlist for years - always outbid on the occasional clean copy that shows up on eBay. Thank you!

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  15. 10097 November 2011 at 18:38:00 CET

    I love Wilen's playing on those Tusques records, and I love Thollot on virtually everything I've heard (esp. Lacy's *Moon*).

    If I get a chance, I'll post a CD rip (in WAV) of Wilen's *Auto Jazz*, which is a really bizarre film score from roughly the same period as *Zodiac*.

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  16. corvimax7 November 2011 at 18:59:00 CET

    very very welcome, many thanks

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  17. glmlr9 November 2011 at 11:18:00 CET

    Thanks. I assume Carl Heinz Berger is in fact Karlhans Berger.

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  18. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth9 November 2011 at 21:59:00 CET

    Yes it's true - Carl Heinz Berger is Karl Berger!

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  19. Nuage fiché qui rêve10 November 2011 at 19:22:00 CET

    Vielen dank Onxidlib, this is a forgotten treasure for all "avant-garde jazz" listeners. Excellent !

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  20. longbranch10 November 2011 at 22:34:00 CET

    Really looking forward to it, thanks!

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  21. Nick11 November 2011 at 02:56:00 CET

    Wonderful record and thanks

    Nick (Capricorn)

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  22. Calisan13 November 2011 at 01:45:00 CET

    Thanks again and again Onxidlib!
    Great treasure! Some artwork bigger or back cover will be appreciate!

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  23. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth13 November 2011 at 03:14:00 CET

    Maybe I'll get a Cover (picture) soon - including the back...

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  24. Félix-Antoine Hamel14 November 2011 at 07:05:00 CET

    My eternal gratitude, onxidlib! I have been aware of that one for many years, but was only able to hear a few tracks from it in all that time.

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  25. serviceton18 November 2011 at 00:49:00 CET

    serviceton thinks that the album Bozo the Clown refers to as the album .. with the race track sounds is the same as that mentioned by 1009 above - 'Auto Jazz'. Wilen was at Monaco auto Grand Prix in 1967 and supposedly witnessed the crash and immolation of Lorenzo Bandini - who died from his burns. Car sounds were supposedly recorded at the same race by Wilen himself on a Nagra (don't know if that is 100% verifiable) - and then mixed into the very dynamic, propulsive, sometimes free musical recording - by way of a tribute to Bandini. Official full album title - 'Auto Jazz: Tragic Destiny of Lorenzo Bandini'. Francois Tusques is on there, Beb Guerin .. I would love to have heard it without the cars on there, but I'm obviously missing the point. Musically - it's strong

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  26. serviceton18 November 2011 at 00:51:00 CET

    Et la musique messieurs ?
    'Lion' is the sign I keep returning to, although je suis Balance. Do you think Barney had some Coltrane records ? If I paid €200 for it, maybe I would be a little disappointed - but that's the nature of record collecting I guess.
    It's a good album though, and I'm glad to have heard it. Thanks -once again - to that man named onxidlib.
    :o)

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  27. Nuage fiché qui rêve18 November 2011 at 14:40:00 CET

    I like the mystery of Vierge (my sign, incidentally). Yes Lion is more lively than most of the other tracks and their somewhat nebulous atmosphere (which I like).
    Cancer, the two-horn blowing of Gémeaux, the joyful cahoots of Bélier are other high points of interest to me, among others.

    First tracks are good too but I was away from the keyboard while listening.

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  28. serviceton23 November 2011 at 03:23:00 CET

    frédito -i am listening again.
    :o)

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  29. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth23 November 2011 at 08:14:00 CET

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  30. Jeremie30 December 2011 at 16:58:00 CET

    Thanks so much for this jewel!

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  31. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth2 March 2012 at 00:50:00 CET

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  32. Anonymous26 March 2012 at 18:25:00 CEST

    Thank you for making this available again

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  33. duck7 July 2012 at 06:09:00 CEST

    Thanks again, this is very new to me, strange cover almost missed it.

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  34. Anonymous23 February 2013 at 20:26:00 CET

    Thank you very much

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  35. elpeleon1 March 2014 at 20:08:00 CET

    Bon, ben.... MERCI !! J'aime ce free jazz qui reste "écoutable" !!

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  36. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth27 April 2014 at 13:11:00 CEST

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  37. martin27 April 2014 at 14:28:00 CEST

    Thanks onxidlib, for posting it again and again . . . and again.

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  38. Scraps27 April 2014 at 23:36:00 CEST

    Yes, truly.

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  39. rm28 April 2014 at 13:45:00 CEST

    thank you very much

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  40. paul28 April 2014 at 20:44:00 CEST

    Thanks. A real rarity indeed.

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  41. Bill29 April 2014 at 00:17:00 CEST

    Thanks onxidlib. His most successful "free" album, I think.

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  42. Solomon30 April 2014 at 22:49:00 CEST

    Thank you.

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  43. Bhowani1 May 2014 at 08:52:00 CEST

    Thank you beaucoup, Onxidlib. You made my week !

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  44. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth18 June 2014 at 11:36:00 CEST

    Link deleted - but it will be re-issued very soon!
    See here > http://besharpblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/coming-soon/

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  45. correct silence3 March 2017 at 19:36:00 CET

    seems Oop now.

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  46. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth3 March 2017 at 20:48:00 CET

    Hi Correct Silence - the reissue is not OOP.
    I know for sure 'cause I got one item last week for the shop where I'm working for.
    Here f.e. you can get it from the source https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/379800253
    b-sharp is the producer or someone who works for him.

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  47. mike18 October 2018 at 04:37:00 CEST

    Is this still in print? Or even "about to become in print"? The links above lead nowhere!

    Can someone repost this in FLAC, if possible?

    Thanks!

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  48. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth18 October 2018 at 10:01:00 CEST

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  49. francisco santos18 October 2018 at 16:24:00 CEST

    BIG THX!...

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  50. roberth15 January 2019 at 10:15:00 CET

    i can't wait to hear-- the cover is another matter its great!, as it one of the worst i have ever seen.
    roberth

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  51. grumpy29 December 2020 at 19:25:00 CET

    Wonderful!! Many thanks Ernst.
    I agree with roberth - the cover is dreadful!

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  52. Bhowani11 January 2021 at 16:49:00 CET

    Yes, thanks a lot, Ernst and Happy New Year to you!! (BTW, Siné was a very famous caricaturist well known in France (leftist, anarchist tendency) and a great and subtile jazz fan).
    The last thumb to death, he had his grave written "Die? Rather die! "and decorated it with a bronze cactus in the shape of a finger of honor.

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  53. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth11 January 2021 at 18:20:00 CET

    Hi bhowani, Happy New Year to you as well! Thanks for the background of Siné whom I know but did not know about his epitaph nor his leanings in politics or music. Sympatico - Cheers

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  54. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth25 March 2022 at 12:54:00 CET

    Removed link again.
    Take a look at: https://barneywilenfr.bandcamp.com/album/zodiac

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