Off Centre - Vinyl

Decca Records are making The John Cameron Quartet's 'Off Centre' album available on vinyl again for the first time since it was released in July 1969. Long sought after by collectors and connoisseurs, original copies now sell for eye-watering sums.

Joining pianist John Cameron in the "good and the great of British Jazz" line-up is bass player Danny Thompson, percussionist Tony Carr, and flute and saxophone player Harold McNair.

This new edition was mastered at Abbey Road using high definition 24bit/192kHz audio files, copied directly from the original stereo analogue master tapes. Images of those tapes are included in the package alongside new sleeve notes written by noted author, compiler and documentary maker Tony Higgins, who interviewed John Cameron especially for this release.

'Off Centre' was originally released on Decca's 'alternative' Deram imprint, a home for Psychedelia, Folk, and Prog Rock sounds, that still found time for chart hits by Cat Stevens, The Move, and The Moody Blues. The variety displayed on the seven original tracks on 'Off Centre' sits comfortably with Deram's eclectic style, ranging from passages of improvisational 'Free Jazz' on the title track, to the danceable 'Mod Jazz' grooves of album closer 'Troublemaker'.

Side A
1. 'Off Centre'
2. 'Go Away, Come Back Another Day'
3. 'Dafina Querida'

Side B
1. 'Omah Cheyenne'
2. 'Wenceslas Square'
3. 'Splat'
4. 'Troublemaker