No Lack of Shack

Hello shacksters! It's good to get back on the hobby horse after being down for a few (?!?) months and your patience has been highly appreciated. Unfortunately, in the crash I experienced at the start of the year, I lost my entire MRL archive, including the original spreadsheet used to create the shad shack in the first place. That meant all records and copies kept for backup of links, covers and albums that appeared here went up in a puff of smoke. Eventually I'll be trying complete my personal archive again but may not be able to provide re-posts if the original hosting blog (or service) closes shop before I can finish. That's why it's always of utmost importance to thank the original posters on their blog whenever you can - it's usually enough incentive to keep them going!

Some of you may have been keeping an eye out at Soundological for some more Mainstream memories but you'll still have to wait for a week or two before newly minted MRL mp3's start making an appearance there. In the meantime, there have been many shares out there to assist you with your Red Lion love affair, especially from our wonderful My Jazz World, My Favourite Sound and Never Enough Rhodes. Big thanks also go out to E-mile and Hanimex 3000 for being kind enough to keep posting some of the links in my absence.

One very welcome turn of events since the last post is the amazing detective Arkadin stepped out with his own blog, Arkadin's Ark. Of course, he kicked off with a super rare Mainstream Red Lion release, the eponymous David Young LP. So, without further ado, let us review the new tunes starting with his very first post back in February...

David Young
David Young
[MRL 323]
at Arkadin's Ark

Down Yonder

Reggie Moore
Wishbone
[MRL 341]
at My Favourite Sound 2.0

Fuzzy

Paul Jeffrey
Family
[MRL 376]
at Arkadin's Ark

Motor Drive

Sarah Vaughan
Feelin' Good
[MRL 379]
at Never Enough Rhodes

Easy Evil

Paul Jeffrey
Paul Jeffrey
[MRL 406]
at My Jazz World

Bondage

Sarah Vaughan
Send In The Clowns
[MRL 412]
at Never Enough Rhodes

Frasier (The Sensuous Lion)

Blue Mitchell, Roy Haynes, Charles Kynard & Charles Williams
Booty
[MRL 413]
at My Jazz World

Roy's Tune

Sarah Vaughan
More Sarah Vaughan From Live In Japan
[MRL 419]
at Shad Shack (courtesy Arkadin!)

There Is No Greater Love






My Jazz World has also provided alternate versions of a few albums that were previously posted:

Charles McPherson
Charles McPherson
[MRL 329]
alternate at My Jazz World




Hal Galper
The Geurilla Band
[MRL 337]
alternate at My Jazz World




Harold Land
Choma (Burn)
[MRL 344]
alternate at My Jazz World




Hal Galper
Inner Journey
[MRL 398]
alternate at My Jazz World