TERRY CALLIER

It has been a long time coming, and to be honest I thought that it would probably never happen.

Terry Callier is an old favourite of us all here at BGP / Ace. He is one of the best live performers I have ever seen, a man who can make you feel completely part of the moment in a way that very few can. Acid Jazz’s 1990 reissue of ‘I Don’t Want To See Myself (Without You)’ was the very first record I worked on after I left college and started a job, and BGP’s 1995 was the earliest legal reissue of one of Terry’s original albums. But for reasons of inter-label politics and such like, there has never been a compilation of Terry’s classic era recordings from Prestige, Cadet, Elektra and Cadet, until now. “It’s About Time” brings together some of his finest tracks – for all of them you really need to invest in every single one of his albums – and also has a few firsts. It is the first time that the B-side of his debut single, an early version of ‘You’re Going To Miss Your Candyman’ has been reissued, which is quite useful as it’s a-side is a Northern Soul smash that now sells for around £400. It is also the first time that you have been able to buy both sides of Terry’s final single on one CD. However perhaps most significantly we have found an unreleased track, a folk-funk epic that is every bit as good as the rest of Terry’s Cadet recordings. A true winner.