00.00.1972 Newcastle Big Band – Special Edition	
Pau Jazz Festival	
very good Studio

Total Time: 50:32
01. Adam's Apple (Alan Broadbent) (arranged by John Pearce) [5:37]
02. MacArthur Park (Jimmy Webb) (arranged by John Pearce) [6:35]
03. Li'l Darlin' (Neil Hefti) (arranged by Neil Hefti) [5:26]
04. Hey Jude (John Lennon/ Paul McCartney) (arranged by John Pearce) [7:31]
05. Mercy, Mercy (Joe Zawinul) (arranged by John Pearce) [8:38]
06. Trane Ride (Don Rendell) (arranged by Don Rendell) [5:55]
07. Love For Sale (Cole Porter) (arranged by John Pearce) [4:23]
08. Better Get It In Your Soul (Charles Mingus) (arranged by Nigel Stanger) [6:24]

Lineage: Vinyl > ?? > CDR
Source: LP
Impulse Sound Studios
IS/NBB/106
1972

Personnel:
Electric Piano - Andy Hudson
Electric Bass - Gordon Sumner
Guitar - Kevin Healey
Drums - Don Eddy & Jackie Denton

Saxes:
Graham Sheppard - Baritone
Pat Crumley - Alto
Cormac Loane - Alto
Nigel Stanger - Alto & Tenor
Charlie Carmichael - Tenor
Steve Langdon - Tenor
Alistair Atkinson - Tenor
Geoff Hedley - Tenor & Soprano

Trumpets: John Pearce, Pete Volpe, David Lord, Colin Aichison, Malcolm Hutton, Alf Parker, Aldo Bertorelli, Robert Tiplady

Trombones: Gordon Solomo / Brian Chester / Mike Walsh / Ronnie MacLean

Special Thanks To: Ethel Wryhorn - Trumpet / Geno Binks - Trombone / Dene N. Droll – Reeds

Notes (taken from http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3125/nota2.txt):
Sting (then still Gordon Sumner) made his first appearance on record with the Newcastle Big 
Band's first album, issued in 1972 on the small independent Impulse Sound Studios label (cat no. IS/NBB/106). The album was recorded live, half at the University Theatre in Newcastle, and half at the Pau Jazz Festival. The Big Band were led by keyboard player Andy Hudson, and gained quite a reputation for live performances in the Newcastle area. Sting had originally auditioned for the bassplayer's job in the band, but was turned down because he couldn't read music. Within six weeks, he came back for a second audition, having learnt to sight read perfectly - and this time got the job. He played on all the 
tracks on the LP: Adam's Appl, Mac Arthur Park, Li'l Darlin, Hey Jude, Mercy Mercy, Trane Ride, Love For Sale and Better Get It In Your Soul, recorded on a simple two-track tape recorder! Only 2000 copies of the album were ever pressed, and although we haven't heard of any copies being auctioned recently - making it hard to put a definite value on this item - we'd expect a Mint condition album to fetch at least #20, and probably even more! Sting was never really a full-time member of the Newcastle Big Band, although he continued to play with them occasionally as late as 1976. But three other members of the Big Band, Jerry Richardson, John Hedley, and Ronnie Pearson, combined to form a group with Sting called Last Exit, which also achieved some local success in the North-East in the Mid-Seventies. They released just one single, Whispering Voices/Evensong, which was again recorded through the auspices of the Impulse Sound Recording Studios in Newcastle. Both songs were written by Jerry Richardson, and the record was issued on the Wudwink Studio label, WUD 01, and featured Sting's characteristic lead vocals and bass playing on two very jazz-orientated numbers. Again, only a couple of thousand copies were pressed, and like the Big Band LP, Whispering Voices has never been reissued - so this is another very highly priced record, which would surely fetch at least #15.

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