This Is Flying Dutchman 1969-1975 (Vinyl)

Double vinyl LP pressing. UK collection.

Bob Thiele is one of the great producers. For his work with John Coltrane alone, where he gave free reign to the saxophone great's wildest musical visions including A Love Supreme, ignoring the usual cost consciousness of a major label, he deserves to be lauded.

He launched his own label, Flying Dutchman in 1969, and continued to innovate and record music that reflected it's times, but that also resonates down through the ages. It is to Flying Dutchman that we are paying tribute on this compilation.

This is Flying Dutchman is a considered tribute to the label, and features in depth and fully illustrated sleeve notes. In the year when Bob Thiele's son is gearing up to release the first new music on the label since 1976, it is an apt and timely reminder of the power of the music.