departures

• Classic UK jazz-prog
• Originally issued in 1969
• Features three newly recorded bonus tracks
• 12pp full colour booklet
• Detailed notes and rare photos
• Essential for Hammond organ lovers

Don Shinn’s second and final album was made in London’s Lansdowne Studios only a few months after his classic debut. Featuring a more jazzy and experimental side to his remarkable organ playing (a clear influence on the young Keith Emerson) and a band including jazz legend Stan Tracey, it has its first official reissue here, fifty years after its first release. It comes complete with detailed background notes, rare images and three newly recorded bonus tracks that make it clear that the maestro has lost none of his touch.

TRACK LISTING:

• Space-Wards (Space Odyssey)
• Bossa-Wards (Bossa)
• H.VIII-Wards
• Departure IV

BONUS TRACKS

• Heaven Was Made To Be
• Waltz For P
• Mountain Music

Tracks 5-7 produced and engineered by Steve Christie. Recorded at Vintage Keys Studio, New Forest, UK, March 2019. Don Shinn (organ), Louisa Revolta (vocals), Tony Good (guitar), Steve Christie (bass, piano, vibraphone, drums).