Release date: 29-08-2006 (originally released in 1978)

2006 UK limited 8-Track edition audiophile issue of the 1976 LP pressed on 180gm virgin vinyl - an album recorded upon his return to the US in 1976, and done in a style that breaks the bounds of some of his sessions in Europe! Gordon seems to take new life in the recording, include classic "As Time Goes By".  - presented in sealed & stickered gatefold sleeve

Tracks:
01. As Time Goes By
02. Moment's Notice
03. Tanya
04. Body And Soul
05. I Told You So
06. LTD
07. Ruby, My Dear
08. Secret Love

This session represents Dexter at the beginning of the last phase of his career, perhaps not quite as dextrous as the preceding 15 years but still sufficiently surprising with his melodic inventions and commanding with his sound to be the mantle bearer following Coltrane's death in 1967. 

The performances on this disk are examples of Dexter's mature musical/emotional rhetoric, demonstrating why the saxophonist was reaching larger audiences than ever upon his return to the States in the late '70's. It's a vital documentation of the Tower of Power during his period of fruition (many curses on Sony for seeking to limit the circulation of music as important as this), but it's not so singular as to be "essential" Dexter. -by samuel chell