Fourth in a series. To be considered a "chart scraper" album, an artist must have had only one album make the Cash Box 200 album chart* during the years 1976-85. Said album spent no more than two weeks on the chart, placing no higher than 196. They're all new to me.
Doldinger Jubilee '75
| Released: 1975 (Atlantic) Produced by: Siegfried E. Loch & Klaus Doldinger |
| Side One | Side Two |
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| Compared to What Albatros Song Abracadabra |
Jadoo Ready for Takeoff Angel Wings |
| Week | Position |
| March 13, 1976 | 200 |
| March 20, 1976 | 199 |
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This live jazz fusion recording is aggressive and loud - very much in your face. I prefer a cleaner guitar sound, but if you like distortion with your jazz solos, this might be right up your alley. To my ear, side one is much preferable to side two. Side one starts off with a cover of "Compared to What" which features some great work on the Fender Rhodes by Les McCann and ends with the bluesy Abracadabra.
I had difficulty finding much info on this album other than what I've linked to above. While it spent 2 weeks on the Cash Box album charts, it didn't get a mention in Billboard, not even that magazine's Jazz albums chart.
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*Cash Box chart information was taken from the book The Cash Box Album Charts, 1976-1985 (Scarecrow Press, 1987)
In my experience, this album seems to pop up at thrift stores frequently. Not as much as Leo Sayer or Barry Manilow but my guess is since it is an Atlantic album, a number of people may have bought it for that reason or it got some attention due to Klaus Doldinger, whose other albums are often in demand by jazz fans and collectors. On top of that, it's essentially a Passport album, who were up there along bands like Return To Forever and Weather Report. It may have only gone as high as 196 but impressed enough people here in the Pacific Northwest to where it shows up every now and then.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Passport was in the same genre as Return to Forever and Weather Report, but Passport definitely wasn't in the same league as those other groups. On a side note, I eagerly anticipate tomorrow's release of Weather Report's "The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981" 4 disc set.
DeleteI've never seen this particular album in any of the used shops around East Texas - I definitely would remember that album cover. Then again, there's not many of us jazz lovers in these parts.