0619 Collin Bates [Troubadour] 256 7(40.22)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is a real surprise.
I didn't know this existed and it must be ultra rare as there is no mention of it in the Tom Lord discography and little mention of it elsewhere. It is said that only 99 copies of the lp were pressed and it was probably produced and sold by the Troubadour Club in London where the Bates Trio played regularly.
I came across it on YouTube, of all places, where some lucky owner had posted the whole album in 2013 and after some restoration work the sound came out as very acceptable.  It is difficult to establish what the sound format is of music posted on YouTube. It is certainly far from hi-fi so I converted the original video format to MP3 as a good guess. This is as good as it can be until something better comes along but I will be amazed if it does.
The trio recording in 1967 for this private label pre-dates what was thought to be Collin's only recorded album under his own name, 'Brew', which was posted on BritJazz earlier. This is equally good, if not better.
There are some lp cover and label scans (the cover scans are very small) and track and personnel details are provided.
MP3 format from YouTube with thanks to the original uploader 'bluetaka55'.

Collin Bates - piano
Alan James - bass
Bart Monaghan - drums

01 Waltz For Martha
02 Autumn Afternoon
03 Georgie On My Mind
04 Chick Form Cyprus Crescent
05 What A Diff'rence A Day Made
06 Nancy With The Laughing Face
07 Brew!

Label: Troubadour No. 265
Recorded: 1967
Lineage: LP>YouTube>256
Scans: None

0521 Collin Bates [Brew] FLAC 9(41.59)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
There were two pianists with very similar names working in the UK during the same period..
There is Colin 'Barney' Bates and there was this musician called Collin 'Tucker' Bates who was actually Australian.  Both worked almost exclusively in the Mainstream/Traditional fields but this, being in the modern style, is quite a departure in what is Collin Bates' only recording as leader. I don't think there has been a cd re-issue unless it was in Japan.
Collin Bates died in Australia in 1991 aged 60.
His rhythm section partners are not particularly well known but they have obviously worked together as a group and they present a varied and interesting programme of standards and original music. The recording date is indicated only as c.1968.
The music was ripped from the Japanese re-issue lp whilst the cover scans are from the original UK lp issue. I have both lps and thought that the Japanese sound would be better and require less, if any, restoration work.

Collin Bates - piano
Barry Dillon - bass
John Webb - drums

01 Brew
02 For All We Know
03 Days Of Wine And Roses
04 Claudia's Dance
05 Bus Dance
06 Little Lindy
07 Embarcadero
08 Laura
09 Epilogue: King Chanticleer

Label: Fontana SFJL 913 886 502 JCY
Recorded: c.1968
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover