Bobby Hales Big Band - One Of My Bags (1975) [Complete LP]

One Of Our Deleted Albums Series

Bobby Hales (1934-2016) was one of the leading studio musicians and arrangers in Vancouver, British Columbia from the 1960's to the 1990's.

His Bobby Hales Big Band was formed in 1966 and included most of the leading Vancouver jazz musicians of the period.

The Bobby Hales Big Band recorded its One Of My Bags album on 14-15 September 1975 at the Little Mountain Sound Company studio in Vancouver, B.C. The album was released on Center Line Records (catalogue number 0975), 7762 Kerrywood Crescent, Burnaby, B.C.

The album has been unavailable for decades.

The audio here is taken from a 1975 Canadian pressing of the original vinyl LP.

Track list:

1. Funklickity 0:00
2. Shuffle Scuffle 4:03
3. Talk Trap 7:40
4. Fireball 11:58
5. Formula #1 15:07
6. Minor Event (a jazz suite in four parts)
7. Part 1: Guitar Solo 19:27
8. Part 2: Piano Solo 25:52
9. Part 3: Alto Sax Solo 33:34
10. Part 4: Drum Solo 37:32

Album Credits:

Trumpets:

Bob Herriott
Stew Barnett
Don Clark
Bob Hilton
Blaine Trungham

Trombones:

Bill Trussell
Bob Hamper
Jack Fulton
Sharman King

Saxophones:

Dave Quarin
Jack Stafford
Fraser MacPherson
Wally Snider
Roy Bull
Al Wold

Bob Doyle – piano
Oliver Gannon – guitar
Tony Clitheroe – bass
George Ursan – drums
Ken Moore – percussion

Composed by Bob Hales
Produced by Dave Bird Sound Productions
Recording Engineer: Geoff Turner

Here are links to more information on Bobby Hales:

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/269696...

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c...
http://vancouverjazz.com/disc/artists...

https://www.vma145.ca/news/in-memory-...

https://www.discogs.com/artist/199484...

https://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Hales-B...

https://vancouversun.com/entertainmen...

https://www.chilliwackmuseum.ca/blog/...

Note: I have never seen this album on CD. As far as I know, it has been unavailable for decades except as second hand copies of the original vinyl LPs.