Turtle Records discography This is a discography of the albums released by Turtle Records in the early 1970s. Turtle was a short-lived UK label which, possibly, only released 3 albums.

Outback, Mike Osbourne, 1970, Turtle TUR 300 Tracks: So It Is, Outback Musicians : Mike Osbourne, Harry Beckett, Chris McGregor, Harry Miller, Louis Moholo

Flight, Howard Riley, 1971, Turtle TUR 301 Tracks: Motion, Cirrus, Forgotten Game, Two Ballads: For Lesley/For Sue, Flight Musicians : Howard Riley, Barry Guy, Tony Oxley

Pause, And Think Again, John Taylor, 1971, Turtle TUR 302 Tracks: And Think Again, White Magic, Pause, Awakening/Eye to Eye, Interlude/Soft Winds Musicians : John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, Chris Pyne, Stan Sulzmann, John Surman (tracks 1 & 4), Chris Laurence, Tony Levin, Norma Winstone (track 5)

Relaunched Turtle Records: albums

Jubilation!: Trios, Quartets And Septets In Session 1964-1984, Gordon Beck, 2018, Turtle Records TURBX 501 Tracks : CD 1: (Gordon Beck Trio 1964-1968) Speak Low, Time After Time, Virgo, Airegin, Miss T. Flying, Sincerity, Suite Number One, And Still She Is With Me, Motifs, (Gordon Beck Septet 1972) Reaching For The Stars And Further Still, Prelude / Tying Up The Loose Ends, Whoops! / CD 2: (MOB 1975 / 1976) Little D, The Curtain, Was That The Way It Was, Headin' On Out, Suite: Bits & Pieces (Solo), Untitled Improvisation (Incl. Blue In Green) / CD 3: (Gordon Beck Solo 1976) Box You Fight Him He Cry Out, Thoughts, Good Times Sometimes, Here Comes The Mallet Man, (Gordon Beck Quartet + Frank Ricotti 1984) November Song, Romantic It Isn't, Lady V, The Quick Brown Fox, (Gordon Beck + 4-Piece) Untitled 1, Untitled 2 Musicians : Gordon Beck Trio 1964-1968: Gordon Beck, Jeff Clyne, Johnny Butts (1-4), Tony Oxley (5-9) / Gordon Beck Septet 1972: Godon Beck, Kenny Wheeler, Chris Pyne, Ray Warleigh, Frank Ricotti, Ron Mathewson, Tony Oxley / MOB 1975 / 1976: Gordon Beck, Ron Mathewson, Tony Oxley / Gordon Beck Solo 1976: Gordon Beck / Gordon Beck Quartet + Frank Ricotti 1984: Gordon Beck, Stan Sulzmann, Mick Hutton, Steve Argüelles, Frank Ricotti / Gordon Beck + 4-Piece: Gordon Beck, plus unknown musicians A 3 CD box set of previously unreleased live recordings sourced from Gordon Beck's archive

Turtle albums collected in a box set

Turtle Records: Pioneering British Jazz 1970-1971, Mike Osborne / Howard Riley / John Taylor, 2015, RPM Records Tracks : CD 1 (Mike Osborne): So It Is, Outback / CD 2 (Howard Riley): Motion, Cirrus, Forgotten Game, Two Ballads: For Lesley / For Sue, Flight / CD 3 (John Taylor): And Think Again, White Magic, Pause, Awakening / Eye To Eye, Interlude / Soft Winds Musicians : CD 1: Mike Osborne, Harry Beckett, Chris McGregor, Harry Miller, Louis Moholo / CD 1: Howard Riley, Barry Guy, Tony Oxley / CD 3: John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, Chris Pyne, Stan Sulzmann, John Surman, Chris Laurence, Tony Levin, Norma Winstone A 3 CD set that combines the three Turtle albums Outback (Mike Osbourne, 1970), Flight (Howard Riley, 1970) and Pause, And Think Again (John Taylor, 1971)

Last updated November 2014