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Release Date September, 2001 Duration 01:01:01 Genre Styles Recording Date January 24, 1974 - January 25, 1975
Plus Equals
Review by François Couture

was first released on LP in 1975 and has been reissued in October 2001 by Emanem with 20 minutes of material previously unavailable. Although there are other recordings that better illustrate the inner workings of John Stevens' Spontaneous Music Orchestra (For You to Share, for example), this is one of the group's best-sounding, most engaging albums. "Plus Equals" was recorded live in January 1975. For the occasion, the leader had picked ten musicians to form the core of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, including longtime partners , , Roger Smith, , and a string section comprising three cellos and on double bass. They were augmented by 11 of Stevens' workshop students (the SMO, as opposed to the SME, gathered experienced and amateur improvisers), including harmonicist Chris Turner. The 40-minute piece included here evolves slowly, quietly. Constantly present is a flooring of sustained notes and noisy strings over which other instrumentalists develop textures or stir the group in a different direction. It gives the impression of a big, slow, alien live organism moving across a room to come to a halt. The ending is particularly impressive: delicate, gradual, feeling almost conducted. The extra track is an excerpt from a concert held a year before. The lineup is not remembered but surely included some of the core members previously mentioned. More of a screaming, high-octane venture where individual personalities are given more room to stretch, it also ranks among the SMO's strong performances. contains great, challenging large-scale free improvisation. Recommended.

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Purchased: NEW. IMMACULATE/As New 1975 UK copy of these excellent January 25th, 1975 live recordings by this top UK free jazz ensemble led by John Stevens. Inter-related & sharing members with Amalgam in various revolving door permutations that were ever changing, sometimes from 1 week to the next, the only constant player involved along with John was Trevor Watts who was equally committed to the free jazz concept that they both shared strongly in embracing both regularly & continuously throughout their prolific careers. For this session we have additionally some more fine players as noted who are both familiar & less familiar partners in this ongoing ever spontaneous brew! It's quite fortunate that there's so many recordings that were made & have seen the light of day over the years for both SME & Amalgam yielding some very worthy musical results for those who have adventurous open ears! With the addition of this LP I've now offered up for sale along with my next listing (stay tuned shortly!), it's probably the very first time on eBay and quite possibly the only time ever anywhere that choice copies of all 3 rare limited vinyl releases on this tiny 1970's UK based label have been made available at the same time! The only question remaining is whether they will go their separate ways into more than 1 other collection OR possibly find a new home where they will stay together as a cherished trio once again just like they've been with me for multiple decades now. Yet more always uncompromising experimental improvisational recordings by this/these fine folk/jazz/rock zone troopers. Once again this player/these players demonstrate a unique affinity and collective mindset for producing such telepathic improvisation. It doesn't always work well but when it does like here it's absolutely glorious! Worth the price of admission for those who are experimentally inclined and not uptight or inclined to become prejudicially divided (as all of us need to be unified worldwide to stave off the stifling New World Order and their tyrannical diabolical aspirations to enslave us all). Beware and please don't be too square! As a current footnote to the 1970 messages/warnings & evocations of peace aptly cited on the insert to my earlier current listing SME-For Peace For You To Share (recently sold to a very pleased buyer-view the feedback!) , I avidly beseech you all PLEASE AWAKEN PEOPLE OF THE WORLD NOW TO THE IMMINENT THREAT OF EXTINCTION VIA EXCESSIVE GREED fueled by exceedingly immoral, psychopathic, unaccountable, corrupt governments, central bankers, corporations, big Pharma/big Agra & the military industrial complex worldwide that collectively exhibit the greatest terrorism mankind has ever faced on planet earth throughout history to this day!!! They are all enemies of truth, freedom & prosperity. Live & learn!! Watch Jim Mars-Tell The Truth TV & Thrive so you can do more than just survive! Reference Cancer: The Forbidden Cures & Gary Null's War On Health & Seeds Of Death! Above all stay safe & may God Bless each & every one of you & your families!

Cover Condition: Beautiful as new laminated M(-) with some fairly mild creasing/impacting of the corners including some slight lifting of the lamination corresponding with them as well as in spots adjacent to the spine when viewed from both front & rear. Any upgrade would be exceedingly difficult and minimal at best!

Inner Sleeve: Original  white paper to which I've added a sheer plastic liner protecting the pristine vinyl.

Record Condition: Looks virtually immaculate Stone Mint with minimal hairlines/sleeve-wear and plays the same with no sonic discrepancies or audible background noise whatsoever! No upgrade should possibly be desired or required because I have no doubt that when you see this copy (despite some subtle random mottling of the vinyl) you'll admit that any attempt to improve upon it would inevitably be a fruitless quest! I only played this once or twice over close to 4 decades prior to recording it to disc earlier tonight! This is excellent music here featured in an intimate musical setting providing some cosmic sounds that can send one into the stratosphere if they're ready, willing and able! So now it's your move!

Label Condition: Both=M with no visible spindle marks.

Matrix #'s: See photos.

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MY PRESERVATION POLICY on many records that I revered was simple and I share it with you now so that you understand why you take virtually no risk buying from me providing the album was bought new and not used originally. When I'd buy a "new" album and it was something I liked a lot and still available (most of my new albums were purchased in the early-mid 1970's!) I'd initially play it between 15-25 times to become familiar with it and then sell it to a friend as a still EX+ well preserved nice copy. (Adding outer & inner plastic sleeves was standard procedure additionally limiting cover wear and/or hairline paper sleeve marks.) Then I'd buy another new copy and in some cases if a particular favorite then yet another, meaning that I only played the 2nd copy (now my 1st) 5-10 times and the 3rd (now my 2nd if I kept 2) once or twice, always initially taping or now in more recent years currently burning to disc 1 copy within the first couple of  plays thus significantly limiting play to this day on most of my lps. I did/do this with many single copy rarities as well so most play was/is on tapes or cd-rs. I bought a lot of CDs of favorite things also which further helped preserve my vinyl and limit play of much of it. Sometimes I also acquired rare British and European vinyl which I never saw imported in stores and sold new in the United States or Canada from contacts I established through mail correspondence during the 1970's. I developed contacts in England, France, Germany, Holland & Norway. Be aware that the MAJORITY of albums or occasionally 45's that I list ARE FREQUENTLY my ONLY COPIES so bid accordingly as you'll not likely see most of them listed by me again.

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