Ok . MORE Arthur Russell (But This Is Great)

Always get my hopes up for a moment when I see this thread has been bumped, that Steve at Audika is going to issue something else. 'Love Is Overtaking Me' was so damned good. And there was talk oh, I guess a decade ago, of releasing 'World of Echo' demos, which would basically make my year. . .

The Soul Jazz compilation was my introduction to him. I love all the Audika stuff but "World of..." is better for his disco tracks. Would love a volume 2 collecting some more of the unavailable single tracks.

Another Thought has been given a recent vinyl issue with some 'subtle' remastering apparently.

was wanting to get that... has there been any talk about the remastering?

i'll just leave this here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwlsdSutsQw

was wanting to get that... has there been any talk about the remastering?

I haven't read any critical mentions yet, to be truthful the whole thing could do with an outright but subtle remix when I hear the noise gate cutting the vocals in and out on Home Away From Home it kinda makes me wince.

that's fantastic xp

haven't read any critical mentions yet, to be truthful the whole thing could do with an outright but subtle remix when I hear the noise gate cutting the vocals in and out on Home Away From Home it kinda makes me wince.

noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! "home away from home" is maybe my favourite arthur russell song which possibly makes it my all time favourite track by anyone ever. nothing about this track needs a remix (that noise gate is an intrinsic part of the character of it). if anyone ever tried to remix it i think i'd make it my life's mission to track them down and shout abuse at them until my time on this planet was up.

Stir OTM

Hah well, it's my favourite AR song too and is hauntingly beautiful, which is why I think it is a shame hearing that beautiful voice singing '.ome away from home'

so, it turns out someone has remixed it, though not in the way we are referring to -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2b1F5fe3kE

tim otm

so is this 'Tell You Today" version just the two version on the 12" spliced together, or something else entirely?

has anyone ever actually heard the long version of "tell you today"? i've never encountered it or met anyone who has heard it. if it exists it remains the only arthur russell released creation i have still to hear.

Going by discogs it's only available on this version of the 12"

http://www.discogs.com/Loose-Joints-Tell-You-Today/release/95384

but with the same cat number is this version marked as a mispress (Mispress. Label states B side is 15:49 New Shoes Part I & II but actually plays 5:44 Instrumental)

http://www.discogs.com/Loose-Joints-Tell-You-Today/release/2975303

I guess it's possible EVERY version is "mispressed" and the 15:49 version has never been released

hmm I'm gonna have to look at my copy when I get home today, can't believe this is a $50 record now

oh, this is the one I have, now I see the difference

http://www.discogs.com/Loose-Joints-Tell-You-Today/release/842719

I own a copy of the original "Tower Of Meaning" LP. Discogs just blew my mind at what it's selling for. o_O

well really you need to check completed listing, but still!

Ah yeah - that's a test pressing (!) on Discogs. Continues to put a smile on my face that the resurgent love for AR was not a passing thing. Long may he inspire and move!

There's a Japanese only loose Joints singles CD:

OTLCD-5061

01． Is It All Over My Face? (Original 12" Version)
02． Pop Your Funk (Original 12" Version)
03． Pop Your Funk (Original Single Vocal Version)
04． Pop Your Funk (Original Single Instrumental Version)
05． Is It All Over My Face (Original 12" Larry Levan Female Vocal Version)
06． Tell You (Today) (Original 12" Vocal Version)
07． Tell You (Today) (Original 12" New Shoes Edit)
08． Tell You (Today) (Original 12" Instrumental Version)
09． Is It All Over My Face (Masters At Work Remix)
10． Is It All Over My Face (MAW Joint Dub)
11． Is It All Over My Face (Unreleased Single Female Vocal Version)

No long version of "tell you today" :(

amaze tho

(assume the MAWs are redundant but still)

daaaamn never seen that!

Audika to thread!

'Kiss Me Again' was reissued/bootlegged via Insound (I think) a year or so ago. It's easy to find....
The promo and commercial copies of 'Tell You Today' are different mixes/edits.
This is the first I've heard of a Japanese Loose Joints EP - anyone have a link to view/buy?

I have a new album in the works of previously unreleased music, more in the vein and left of Calling Out Of Context material.
Some of the material is from similar sessions as 'Platform On The Ocean'. I'm hoping to have it out late Spring 2014.
I'm also repressing all the Audika vinyl with World Of Echo on deck first for early next year.

you're a hero, dude! thanks for all of this.

Here's a link for Loose Joints

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Loose-Joints-Complete-Collection-OTLCD-5061/dp/B00FA7VML4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1386966092&sr=1-1&keywords=loose+joints+pop+your+funk

you're a hero, dude! thanks for all of this.

― tylerw, Friday, December 13, 2013 4:21 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ that's so lovely to hear, steven! hyped for platform-on-the-ocean era cuts. & i have a bunch of the audika lps but it's always cool seeing them existing again in shop windows, &c. these records give me as much pleasure as anything.

on another note i just saw the another thought reissue, it is so irresistible, even the way the songs are split up is super alluring

Woo, nice! Very glad to hear the news, Steven--can't wait!

Reissued Loose Joints!

http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=24875

Still no 16 min version of Tell You Today though :(

Happy birthday, Arthur!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-OZokZbaUs

http://www.yeproc.com/artists/master-mix-red-hot-arthur-russell

I guess I have a limitless appetite for AR offcuts but this one is making me smile a lot:

https://soundcloud.com/foommusic/dinosaur-l-clean-on-your-bean-featuring-peter-gordon

Excellent. What's the story with it?

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17308-dinosaur-l-clean-on-your-bean-00-ft-peter-gordon/

Sorting through his own archive of tapes not long ago, Gordon came across an unmarked box with a 1/4-inch reel inside; that tape, he says, turned out to be an unreleased mix of 1982's "Clean On Your Bean" (co-produced with Russell under his moniker Dinosaur L). François Kevorkian's mix of the same song serves as the B-side to Dinosaur L's "Go Bang! #5", the inaugural 12-inch on the Sleeping Bag label, but this version, with vocals and saxophone pushed into the foreground, is Gordon's own.

In an email, Gordon offered some history. "'Clean On Your Bean' was born of the circus," he writes. "At the time, I was playing music with the Big Apple Circus (other members of the circus band included Peter Zummo, Boris Policeband, Denman Maroney and Michael Cannick). One of the circus acts was a unicycle act comprised of young African-American athletes, the Backstreet Flyers. Two of the performers (Andre and Abel) were neophyte rappers and I brought them into the studio with Arthur. This version features more vocals (and more of Arthur’s lyrics) than appear on the single, or on the album 24->24 Music. You can very slightly hear Julius Eastman's organ playing (more prominently featured on 'Go Bang') in the background."

Finally found the 15:49 minute New Shoes Part I & II version of Tell You Today online

http://youtu.be/3Iw8xCdm-xA

and also In the Light of the Miracle (Ponytail Club Mix Part 1 & 2)

http://youtu.be/c3pl-yMX_6o

Thanks!

That is great! Love the bleeps and bloops on Tell You Today.

I'd been looking for it for years, to the point where I had begun to think it didn't exist, so finally hearing it and it being as great as I'd always hoped has put a big smile on my face.

thanks for the links!

superextended "tell you today" is amazing, big smiles all around. thanks, worlds.

f**k!!!!! it really does exist. i too had stopped believing it did. it's everything i hoped it would be too but also pains me that i'll have to put it back to the top of the list of records i'm searching for and will probably never find. i wonder why nobody has made it available again?

So great and dubbed out. Kind of a Holy Grail achieved just to hear this!

Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell really is a fine joint.

Too, I mean (thanx for latest links!)

this is incredible, cheers!

xxxxp looks like its on discogs? http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/199411487

"Notes
total duration of side B is 15:49 "

im 99.9% sure that's not it. i've fallen for it being that one before which is why i have ended up with several copies all the same that aren't the one in the video.

really? the title and running time are exactly the same. what's the difference?

looks like the seller is Joseph Colbourne, a friend and a friend of many a DJ I know. May be worth contacting him and asking.