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  Ronnie Foster - Reboot [00602445499854 DEU 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] A few months back, I posted a rip of the new cut of Ronnie Foster's 1972 funky-jazz classic  Two Headed Freap . This year Foster recorded and released his ninth album, the first since 1986 - again for Blue Note Records.  If funky organ jazz is your thing, you should be all over this record. Recorded digitally using modern production techniques, this record is much fuller sounding than those old classics. Bernie Grundman takes care of mastering duties and Pallas in Germany was the pressing plant of choice for this excellent release. A1 Reboot A2 Sultry Song II A3 Swingin' A4 J's Dream B1 Isn't She Lovely B2 Carlos B3 Hey Good Lookin' Woman B4 After Chicago B5 After Conversation With Nadia

  Ronnie Foster - Two Headed Freap [BST-84382 DEU 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Blue Note have dived into their funkier seventies era for their current batches of Classic Series releases, all cut from analogue master tapes at Cohearant Audio and pressed in Germany at Optimal. What's extra remarkable is that the whole series retails at regular album prices. These fit in below their Tone Poet release price points using standard jackets and inner sleeves. Two Headed Freap was funky organist Ronnie Foster's debut long player - this is a fantastic sounding record of groovy seventies funky jazz with Foster's organ accompanied by Gordon Edwards on Fender bass, George Duvivier on double bass, Gene Bertoncini on guitar,  Jimmy Johnson on drums and Arthur Jenkins on percussion. A1 Chunky A2 Drowning In The Sea Of Love A3 The Two Headed Freap A4 Summer Song B1 Let's Stay Together B2 Don't Knock My Love B3 Mystic Brew B4 Kentucky Fried Chicken