Melting wax ....

As far as I know there are 5 "interesting" libraries on UBM. Two of them posted here already and off we go with a third. Icarus by David Rosenstein. Mr Rosenstein is just another Ralph Haldenby, I suppose. Nobody else but Uwe Buschkötter and his crew... most of the tracks were written by famous german jazzman Manfred Schoof. And so the record is in fact a little jazzy. First track - Weather Report, if that doesn't give a direction? Well actually they're going many directions again on this one. Excellent Jazz Funk and Fusion is one of them, of course. But also some cosmic electronics and to my personal pleasure some ambient tunes as well. Check out Nucleus on the B-Side. Doesn't the synth sound exactly like on Skyracer? And don't you think that Icarus might be a sequel of Skyracer, thematically?
Nuff talk - time for a listen. Link in the comments.
Cheers, Basso

Horns and stuff ....

Habirigum was a group of well educated musicians from Hamburg, Germany. According to the little info to be found in the web they were playing the famous Onkel Pö regularly between 1975 and 1985. 
On their one and only hard to find release called "1" they play excellent Jazz-Funk / Jazz-Rock with a strong focus on reeds and horns (see the cover ; )  
It was recorded in 1982 at Volksparkstudio in Hamburg and released in 1983 as a private pressing. Here's the musicians involved:

• Bass – Jörg Brohmann
• Drums, Engineer – Ben Ahrens
• Guitar, Percussion – Wolfgang Kröger
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Matthias Goldbach
• Trombone, Soprano Saxophone – Nadir Ibrahimoglu

Cheers, Basso

EDIT: a member of Habirigum has asked not to share their music so I deleted the download link

robotronic

tracklist:

Steve Jolliffe - Earths Effects
Dragon - Introduction (Insects)
Ströer - Think It Over 
Katarina II - Treba Da Se Čisti 1
Stepchild & Lash - Bike 
Thomas Leer - Looks That Kill 
Mario Peach - Untitled
Nik Turner's Sphynx - God Rock (The Awakening) 
Rüdiger Lorenz - Untitled 
Rollkommando - Untitled
Process Blue - Control Panel 
Akasha - Electronic Nightmare 
Dig It Al(l) - Siouxsie Sioux Two 
Farlocco - Superpotenza
Sinister Dexter - Heart Of Darkness
Francesco Messina - Uffici Del 126° Piano 

Also here.

infinite options (IO) after contemporary music

tracklist:

Weimar Gesang - Du Bist
Dome - Ba-Dr
The Golden Palominos - Hot Seat
William S. Burroughs - The Five Steps
A.T.R.O.X. - Frosting Of Cloudless Nights
Arturo Stalteri - Il Prisma Magico
Skyline - Negativ Land
Betha Sarasin / Bruno Spoerri - Skulpturenklänge
Godley & Creme - I Pity Inanimate Objects 
Hepp / Spoerri - Way Back And Now
Miša Blam - Dobro Jutro
Robbie Krieger - Big Oak Basin
Kenneth Sherman - Why Can't We Live Together?
Hiromi Go - Swinging Bachelor
Steve Arrington - You Meet My Approval [Sottosopra Edit No Edit]
Godley & Creme - Worm And The Rattlesnake

Also here.

in the wake of Cabinboy's sunshine

Fal Frett – Fal Frett 2
LP 3A [3A 167]  (1979)

Personnel:

Piano, Synthesizer, Vocal, Composer - Jacky Bernard
Bass, Vocal - Alex Bernard
Saxophone, Vocal, Composer - Bib Monville
Lead Vocal, Percussions - Ralph Thamar
Flute, Vocal, Composer - Robin Vautor
Percussions, Vocal - Nicol Bernard
Drums, Vocal - Jacky Alpha

Engineer, Mixer - Robert Denis
Photo - Philippe Bourgade

Buy it here or here.

You have to thank Cabinboy who shared with me this fantastic record. Thank you Cabinboy!

badrena

Manolo – Manolo LP A&M Records [SP 4783]  (1979)

Personnel:
Bass - Abraham Laboriel, Jaco Pastorius
Drums - Jorge Fattoruso, Manolo Badrena
Guitar - Carlos Rios
Keyboards - Hugo Fattoruso, Manolo Badrena
Percussion, Composer - Manolo Badrena
Piano - Hugo Fattoruso
Trombone, Trumpet - Gary Gazaway
Violin - Alfredo De La Fe
Vocals - Manolo Badrena, Maria Fatima, Sybil Thomas
Backing Vocals - Carmen Twillie, Gary Gazaway, Hugo Fattoruso, Jorge Fattoruso, Lani Hall, Manolo Badrena, Maria Fatima, Venette Gloud
Producer - Herb Alpert, Manolo Badrena
Engineer - Mark Smith
Engineer [Assistant] - Steve Katz.

Art Direction - Roland Young
Design - Amy Nagasawa
Photo - Michael Going

le curve

tracklist:

Roberto Colombo - Metronomo 138
Osamu Shoji - Night Flight
In Search Of Orchestra - Time Traveler
Etron Fou Leloublan - L'Extravagante Montée Des Ascenseurs, Nous Resterons Fideles A Notre Calme Détermination
Solar Plexus - Frygisk Samba
Vagif Mustafa Zadeh - Самый жаркий день в Баку
Jan Jankeje Mlada Muzika - Sokol
Cătălin Tîrcolea - Zboruri
Krzysztof Zgraja - Laokoon
Montreux - Sign Language
Sigi Busch / Alexander Sputh - That's Me (And That's My Edit No Edit)
Alfredo Puntieri - Un'Istante Basterà
Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti - Eva
Saratoga Space Messengers - Surf
Todd Rundgren - A Treatise On Cosmic Fire (A Monte A Valle Edit No Edit)
Holger Brasen - Sunpower Special (Excerpt)

Also here.

private cosmic express

Leon Lowman – Syntheseas LP Syntheseas Records [009017] (1980) Engineer - Warren Miller; Producer, Composer, Recorder, Synthesizer [Arp 2600, Arp Omni-2], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Drum Drops, Photographs - Leon Lowman; Producer, Engineer - Mike Rose.

PLEASE NOTE: The download links to this LP are gone. and this is good news !!!!
Friends of the growing bin will reissue this great LP in the near future including unreleased bonus material by Mr. Lowman. They have asked to have the download links removed and that's what I did. Cheers!

bruno's container

Bruno Spoerri - Container LP Image [U-768-004] (1976) Saxophone [Sopranino, Alto, Tenor, Baritone], Lyricon, EMS Converter & Synthesizer, Composer, Arranger - Bruno Spoerri; Electric Piano, ARP Synthesizer, Clavinet, Piano, ARP & Freeman Strings - Nick Bertschinger; Guitars, Composer - Thomas Moeckel; Bass Guitar - Hans Foletti; Drums, Percussion - Mike Murphy; Producer - August P. Villiger, Bruno Spoerri. Buy it here.

"let's have some solar breakfast"

Headband – Suntalk LP veraBra Records [No.1/A-5613] (1980) Bass, Yukapatu-Voice - Cläusel Quitschau; Drums - Man Breuer; Guitar, Congas, Yukapatu-Bass, Composer - Jan Reimer; Keyboards, Voice, Composer - Michael Herting; Saxophone [Tenor, Soprano] - Norbert Stein. Boss Basso has a copy of it here.

dutch bubble

Pumpkin - Pumpkin LP Bubble [27495 XOT] (1975) Bass [Acoustic, Electric, Synthesizer] - Frank Noya; Saxophone [Bariton, Tenor, Soprano], Bassclarinet, Flute - Fred Leeflang; Drums, Percussion - Nanning Van Der Hoop; Piano [Fender, Steinway], Clavinet, Synthesizers [Arp, Strings] - Peter Schön. Buy it here.


sorry no link anymore

Nacht-Schicht

A long time after "Airport International" from the amazing Sound Factory Inc. has been posted here "Night Shift" finally follows. According to the info on the cover we're writing 1979 and the discobeat found his way into the Factory's grooves. Guessing from the sound "Airport" should be a few years older, 1975-1976 maybe... but back to 1979 - the Sound Factory Inc.'s sound is a little les focussed on trombone but they are still playing excellent Jizz Funk with Fritz Münzer laying down these lovely flute grooves. Even the infamous Rainer Pusch is doing his thing on saxophone here... on the keys Pit Löw, also known as P. L. (!)
The Sound Factory Inc. changed their name to "House-Band" in 1982 and recorded at least 3 library LPs in the following years. These will pop up here some time ..... just like the link for your Nightshift.
Cheers!

P.S. Doesn't the "Limehouse Groover" really sound like a Reith composition?

Vytas Offers More

First of all big thanks to Zeroy, Tako and Abel. Without them I probably still wouldn't have heard about Vytas Brenner and his music. In the last 3 years I have spent quite a bit of time and that other stuff trying to get hold of his complete LP catalogue and I yet didn't succeed. There's quite a few LPs he made.... and amazingly all that I got to know by now are excellent. Here's a special one "Ofrenda" from 1978. You might call this Psychedelic Jazz Funk. But first listen ......

info here

cheers, Basso

EXTRA THANKS TO ZEROY FOR THE GREAT IMAGES

challenger

Jacky Giordano - Challenger LP Freesound [FS 3/74] (1974) Arranger, Composer, Leader - Jacky Giordano.

california lights

Iliad - Sapphire House LP Northern Lights Records [NL 6178] (1978) Synthesizer, Piano [Grandpiano, Electric], Composer - Sandy Owen; Bass [Acoustic, Fender], Percussion - Larry Andrews; Drums, Percussion, Guitar [Acoustic] - Ted Owen; Horn, Oboe - Bruce Teel; Flute - Barbara Poulson; Vocals - Nancy Eastman. Buy it here.

gipsy funk

Mad Unity – Funky Tramway LP Vogue Belgique [VB 236] (1975) Keyboards, Percussions, Vocals, Composer, Producer - Janko Nilovic; Keyboards - Koen De Bruyne; Guitar, Vocals - Nick Roland; Bass Guitar, Vocals - Pino Marchese; Drums, Percussions, Vocals - Jean-Pierre Onraedt; Vocals - Patricia Maessen; Trumpet - Richard Rousselet, Gérard Sabbe; Synthesizer, Moog - Dan Lacksman

sigle televisive italiane

Aquarium Sounds - Aquarium Sounds LP RCA [SP 10075] (1979) Composer, Producer, Leader - Filippo Trecca. More infos can be found here.

escalation

Ralf Nowy Group - Escalation LP Atlantic [40 556] (1974) Synthesizer, Keyboards, Mellotrone - Thor Baldursson; Trumpet - Viktor Behrens; Drums, Percussion - Keith Forsey; Drums - Martin Harrison; Flute, Saxophone, Kalimba - Ralf Nowy; Bass - Gary Unwin; Guitars - Paul Vincent; Cembalo, Piano - Sylvester Levay. Buy it here.

They've Left the Window Open Again . . .

Czech jazz keyboardist Emil Viklický assembled a tightly knit crew for this outing. Bill Frisell on electric guitar and Kermit Driscoll on electric bass (Frisell and Driscoll have a long history together) and rounding off the rhythm section is drummer Vinton Johnson. The band nailed the jazz funk sound with this one. Viklický's synths and clavinet lines bounce well with Driscoll's bass workouts. We also get a preview of Frisell's future sound as a leader with this recording. Okno turned 30 this year. Still sounds fresh . . .

Okno

Kis Rákfogó & Füsti Balogh - Együttes

another big score from Gianni aka Cesare - here

Kis Rákfogó & Füsti Balogh Együttes -
LP Krem [SLPX 17692] (1982)


Line-up:

Lakatos Anlal - tenor sax
Füsti Balogh Gábor - electric piano
Kunu László - bass
Lakatos László - drums
Deli László - congas
Kegye János - sax soprano, alto sax