Trading Places Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Trading Places have blown the dust off a wondrous curio this time, bringing our attention onto the uniquely slanted acid prog psychedelia of Jade Warrior. The project came from percussionist and flautist Jon Field, who had previously worked with Mike Oldfield's producer and in cult psych outfit July, and bassist Glyn Havard. The pair might not have garnered that much attention for their work back in the day, but it was a thing of rare beauty, fusing acoustic passages with searing rock-outs and percussion from other cultures to usurp the dominance of the Western drum kit. It's a record full of surprises, and it sounds in great shape on this impeccable reissue.

Review: Made up of five former members of English mod band The Action, Mighty Baby - Alan King, Martin Stone, Ian Whiteman, et al. - later went on to explore the festival circuit a hell of a lot more, in the process fleshing out their proggier bent, far higher on the pH scale than releases under the former name. In the wake of several members' introduction to Sufism, the band took a spiritual turn, and this rare recording from Glastonbury 1971 is a delicious highlight of that era, in turn an offshoot of the compilation album of the same name. Now reissued after being sifted from an original stash of tapes, Trading Places have successfully reignited the memory of this hitherto unsung project.