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Title: HUBBARD AND GROUP GREAT; RECORDING VERY POOR
Review: This is a companion album to Vol. 1, Keystone Bop Sunday. Both cut at the same time. Hubbard at his usual post BlueNote best as are the other players. The main negative with this and the companion album is the very poor recording quatity. Both were recorded using the house PA system--not the best for recording players of this quality. I do not think the effort was originally intended for release. If you are a die-hard Hubbard fan like me, then go ahead and get both albums. Just do not expect much in the way of sonics.Whoever was recording with the house PA system just let the tape run between tunes. This is one of the novel features that can make a live session really come off as the banter between players and the sounds of the audience lend a feeling of being there at the club. Unfortunately, the very poor recording quality renders this between-tune chatter inaudible. A shame.
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