Volcanic Tongue Catalogue

John Stevens/Trevor Watts/Barry Guy
Mining The Seam

Hi 4 Head Records HFH-003

CD
£10.99


Another great archival side from a trio that burned up the late 70s UK scene with the kind of high energy free jazz moves more commonly associated with US titans than their fellow UK improvisers. The group cut two massively-charged sides for the Spotlite label in the late 70s - No Fear and Application Interaction And... and this killer compilation rescues the rest of the Spotlite sessions that didn't make it to the final cut and there's a ton of rare meat here, with an alternate take of "No Fear", a track that is always a big favourite at VT HQ, with a bunch of extended, unedited takes and some alternate versions.