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Slim SMith - Toronto 66 album
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:24 pm
by bonga
anyone ever heard this obscure record ? I'm curious how it sounds and who produced this first album from Smith.
Re: Slim SMith - Toronto 66 album
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:14 pm
by jordandance
Yes. Credited to his proper name, Keith Smith. Stupid rare, and his first LP I believe.
Re: Slim SMith - Toronto 66 album
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:17 pm
by jordandance
I get nothing but pure chills to listening to it.
Re: Slim SMith - Toronto 66 album
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:25 pm
by Nicholas
Apparently this is a mistake, which is repeated on many Slim Smith bios.
The Keith Smith on the "Toronto 66" album (label : "77 Records") is a jazz trumpeteer (March 19 1940; died January 4 2008).
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obitu ... 80245.html
http://www1.gemm.com/item/SMITH--KEITH- ... 811498342/
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Re: Slim SMith - Toronto 66 album
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:19 am
by jordandance
The track my friend had on his mix sure sounded like Slim Smith...maybe it's a some MP3 titling error business and he ripped it? I'd never heard the track before.
Re: Slim SMith - Toronto 66 album
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:43 pm
by bonga
jordandance wrote:The track my friend had on his mix sure sounded like Slim Smith...maybe it's a some MP3 titling error business and he ripped it? I'd never heard the track before.
Maybe it's taken from rare white label singles. There are quite a lot of them from Smith ( I see them often on ebay), and there are also some singles credited to Keith Smith or Dakota Jim.
Re: Slim SMith - Toronto 66 album
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:15 pm
by jordandance
I always assumed it's from this LP. Maybe not.
Re: Slim SMith - Toronto 66 album
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:00 pm
by Nicholas
SMITH Keith's AMERICA ALL STARS , Toronto '66 , 77 Records 77 LEU 12/30 , 1968 , UK LP , VG++/EX , price : € 28 , US trad jazz recorded live in Toronto in 196, with Capt John Handy, Pops Foster, Freddy Moore & Jimmy Archey. 1968 UK pressing with Albert McCarthy liner notes. Rare LP
This is the more I could find on the web. No tracklisting yet.
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Re: Slim SMith - Toronto 66 album
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:19 am
by jmatherton
77 Records was run by Doug Dobell, who also owned Dobell's Records at 77 Charing Cross Road, hence the label's name. He issued exclusively jazz and blues, pressed in short runs; so yes it's rare, but no, it ain't Slim Smith.
Re: Slim SMith - Toronto 66 album
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:12 am
by Robtee710
I have been collecting Jamaican music since 1971 and I have never before heard of this album by Slim Smith (who, incidentaly, in my opinion is the best vocalist to come out of Jamaica). Then again, who knows. I just recently collected some gems (ska and rocksteady) that were recorded between 1964 and 1968. Go figure.