Bobby Wellins Quartet
What Was Happening (2CD)
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For the first time ever, the Bobby Wellins Quartet albums – Jubilation and Dreams Are Free - expanded with bonus tracks. The original albums, and the extra tracks, were all recorded by the same quartet in 1978 or 1979. Released in partnership with Spike Wells, the drummer in the quartet, who provided the extra recordings from his own tape archive, and wrote the booklet notes as well as providing many previously unseen photographs, Fiona Wellins, Bobby’s daughter, and the bassist in the quartet Adrian Kendon, who also produced the original recordings for the vinyl-only Vortex label.
Format
1-1 to 1-4 previously released as [r=4419879], recorded at Brighton Jazz Club, Hanbury Arms, Kemptown, 8th June 1978
1-5 to 1-7 recorded at Brighton Jazz Club, Hanbury Arms, Kemptown, 19th January 1978
2-1 to 2-6 previously released as [r=465861], recorded at Porcupine Studios, Eltham, London, Mixed at Wave Studios, Middlesex 1979
2-7 recorded in Glasgow, 2nd May 1979
2-8 to 2-10 recorded at Christ’s Hospital Arts Centre, Horsham, 8th June 1979
500 copies available worldwide.
Release notes
1-1 to 1-4 previously released as [r=4419879], recorded at Brighton Jazz Club, Hanbury Arms, Kemptown, 8th June 1978 1-5 to 1-7 recorded at Brighton Jazz Club, Hanbury Arms, Kemptown, 19th January 1978 2-1 to 2-6 previously released as [r=465861], recorded at Porcupine Studios, Eltham, London, Mixed at Wave Studios, Middlesex 1979 2-7 recorded in Glasgow, 2nd May 1979 2-8 to 2-10 recorded at Christ’s Hospital Arts Centre, Horsham, 8th June 1979 500 copies available worldwide.
| 1-1 | Jubilation | 11:48 | |
| 1-2 | Nomad | 10:26 | |
| 1-3 | What's Happening ? | 3:48 | |
| 1-4 | Spider | 15:14 | |
| 1-5 | Softly As In A Morning Sunrise | 14:09 | |
| 1-6 | You Don’t Know What Love Is | 3:26 | |
| 1-7 | Billie’s Bounce | 16:27 | |
| 2-1 | Dreams Are Free | 10:44 | |
| 2-2 | Love Dance | 5:39 | |
| 2-3 | Aura | 3:07 | |
| 2-4 | Conundrums | 7:39 | |
| 2-5 | What Is The Truth? | 7:56 | |
| 2-6 | Ba-loos | 7:37 | |
| 2-7 | Rhythm-a-ning | 6:22 | |
| 2-8 | In A Sentimental Mood | 5:22 | |
| 2-9 | Now’s The Time | 10:49 | |
| 2-10 | My Melancholy Baby | 12:01 |
- Adrian Kendon
- Bass, Producer (1-1 to 1-4, 2-1 to 2-7)
- Roy Osborne
- Design [Designed By] (1-1 to 1-4)
- Spike Wells
- Drums, Liner Notes, Producer [For Release], Mastered By
- Christopher Bird
- Liner Notes
- Mike Shera
- Liner Notes
- Chris Martyn
- Mastered By
- Danny Jarvis
- Mastered By
- Keith Bikel
- Mastered By
- Paul Dutnall
- Mastered By
- Warne Livesey
- Mixed By [Mixing Engineer] (2-1 to 2-7)
- Bill Douse
- Photography By (1-1 to 1-4)
- Claudio Villa
- Photography By [Cover Photo] (2-1 to 2-7)
- Pete Jacobsen
- Piano, Electric Piano, Organ
- Murray Pearson
- Producer (1-1 to 1-4, 2-1 to 2-7), Recorded By (1-1 to 1-4), Sleeve Notes [Original Releases]
- John Thurlow
- Producer [For Release], Mastered By
- Ted Taylor
- Recorded By [Recording Engineer] (2-1 to 2-7)
- Bobby Wellins
- Tenor Saxophone
