Woo, nice! Very glad to hear the news, Steven--can't wait!
― Soundslike, Saturday, 14 December 2013 06:19 (ten years ago) link
Reissued Loose Joints!
http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=24875
Still no 16 min version of Tell You Today though :(
― Rotating prince game (I am using your worlds), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
Happy birthday, Arthur!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-OZokZbaUs
― Soundslike, Thursday, 22 May 2014 01:46 (ten years ago) link
http://www.yeproc.com/artists/master-mix-red-hot-arthur-russell
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 10:44 (nine years ago) link
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
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Thursday, 5 February 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link
Excellent. What's the story with it?
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 5 February 2015 02:56 (nine years ago) link
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."
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."
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Thursday, 5 February 2015 09:52 (nine years ago) link
Finally found the 15:49 minute New Shoes Part I & II version of Tell You Today online
http://youtu.be/3Iw8xCdm-xA
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 20 February 2015 15:05 (nine years ago) link
and also In the Light of the Miracle (Ponytail Club Mix Part 1 & 2)
http://youtu.be/c3pl-yMX_6o
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 20 February 2015 15:07 (nine years ago) link
Thanks!
― paolo, Friday, 20 February 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
That is great! Love the bleeps and bloops on Tell You Today.
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Friday, 20 February 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link
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.
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 20 February 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
thanks for the links!
― tylerw, Friday, 20 February 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link
superextended "tell you today" is amazing, big smiles all around. thanks, worlds.
― describing a scene in which the Hulk gets a boner (contenderizer), Friday, 20 February 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
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?
― stirmonster, Friday, 20 February 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
So great and dubbed out. Kind of a Holy Grail achieved just to hear this!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 21 February 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link
Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell really is a fine joint.
― dow, Saturday, 21 February 2015 00:57 (nine years ago) link
Too, I mean (thanx for latest links!)
― dow, Saturday, 21 February 2015 00:58 (nine years ago) link
this is incredible, cheers!
― tayto fan (Michael B), Saturday, 21 February 2015 01:13 (nine years ago) link
xxxxp looks like its on discogs? http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/199411487
"Notestotal duration of side B is 15:49 "
― just sayin, Saturday, 21 February 2015 06:59 (nine years ago) link
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.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 21 February 2015 12:54 (nine years ago) link
really? the title and running time are exactly the same. what's the difference?
― describing a scene in which the Hulk gets a boner (contenderizer), Saturday, 21 February 2015 13:35 (nine years ago) link
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.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 21 February 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
i've contacted him just in cas. i have a copy with those exact running times on the label but the actual record is just the original instrumental. there was a label misprint. trust me, i've been looking for 15 years. :-)
― stirmonster, Saturday, 21 February 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
case.
this is amazing, thank you
― sleeve, Saturday, 21 February 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
^^
is that ginsberg on in the light of the miracle?
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Saturday, 21 February 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
Sounds like him!
What year is that "LOTM" remix from? Sounds recent. Maybe it's the House pulse running underneath.0
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 22 February 2015 12:41 (nine years ago) link
it is ginsberg. it was scheduled for release in '96 but never got past the promo stage. i guess it was done around that time.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 22 February 2015 14:44 (nine years ago) link
AR shows up several times in Ginsberg's box set,Holy Soul Jelly Roll, to very good effect. Dylan plays on a couple of the same tracks.
― dow, Sunday, 22 February 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
T. Heads, "Psycho Killer" with Arthur on cello ( 'tube comments incl. that it's a bonus track on Talking Heads 77, dunno if it's same version though.)Note big chunks of AR on this same youtube page:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoclXuB6JOU
― dow, Friday, 6 March 2015 18:12 (nine years ago) link
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.
Wonder what the status of this is?
― spastic heritage, Friday, 6 March 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
attn englanders:
https://twitter.com/Cafeoto/status/581447893325840385
― yeovil knievel (NickB), Friday, 27 March 2015 13:41 (nine years ago) link
woahthat's quite a line-upday after Eurovision thoughI will be hungover
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Saturday, 28 March 2015 01:14 (nine years ago) link
wish i hadn't told my friends about it, looks like getting tickets is going to be a vicious, bloody battle
― cis-het shitlord (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 28 March 2015 01:29 (nine years ago) link
Really hoping this event is documented better than with someone's cell phone.
― doug watson, Saturday, 28 March 2015 12:18 (nine years ago) link
What time did it sell out? I completely forgot to check until 4pm or so.
Wonder whether they would be able to put on a second show the next day.
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Monday, 30 March 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link
it managed to break the site, when it started functioning again after around an hour down it sold out in a matter of minutes. i was successful!
― cis-het shitlord (Merdeyeux), Monday, 30 March 2015 23:41 (nine years ago) link
Damn, good work Merdey!
― yeovil knievel (NickB), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 06:51 (nine years ago) link
Was lucky enough to be checking my Twitter feed (which I m/l never do) around the time that the new venue was announced and extra tickets were released, so I am going to this. Hopla!
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Saturday, 4 April 2015 23:59 (nine years ago) link
http://content-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10339780_824440714299874_6398739041397457071_n.jpg?oh=548f83ac748132d723120481e5d90be3&oe=55A9E648Out in June!
― Goodoh, Saturday, 11 April 2015 09:03 (nine years ago) link
wow!
Arthur Russell fans buoyed by this 2014 vinyl edition of World Of Echo can look forward to vinyl re-presses of the compilations Love Is Overtaking Me and Calling Out Of Context, as well as an upcoming album of unreleased material entitled CORN: “The material is for the most part solo, and to the left of Calling Out Of Context. Programmed drum machine, heavy metal cello, multi-layer Casio drones, and all very rhythmic."
http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/the-story-of-arthur-russell-world-of-echo/
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:29 (nine years ago) link
I thought a lot of the Corn material showed up on Calling Out Of Context? Or is this new album different to the original unreleased Corn album?
― courtney barnett formula (seandalai), Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:39 (nine years ago) link
anyway new material is always welcome
Love is Overtaking Me is a real grower
― paolo, Saturday, 11 April 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
Extra London date! Kind of wish I'd waited...
― courtney barnett formula (seandalai), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
01 Lucky Cloud02 Corn03 Keeping Up04 See My Brother, He's Jumping Out (Let's Go Swimming #2)05 This Is How We Walk on the Moon06 Corn (Continued)07 Hiding Your Present From You08 They and Their Friends09 Ocean Movie
can you even imagine hearing alternate versions of some of these songs
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Thursday, 30 April 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
I cannot believe this thread failed to alert me to the "Pop Your Funk" reissue:
http://www.discogs.com/Loose-Joints-Pop-Your-Funk/release/6922282
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Times being what they are I've put my copy of "Tower Of Meaning" up for sale on Discogs. Yeah, pricey but it's in great shape and rare and yadda yadda. Sad day.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link
Rhys Chatham has been tweeting from the AR tour w Peter Gordon.
A friend asks who played on the version of "In The Light of The Miracle"on The World of Arthur Russell, but my copy of the Soul Jazz CD doesn't credit players on the track list (although a few are mentioned, for a few tracks, in the very conversational booklet). Does anybody know?
― dow, Saturday, 30 May 2015 22:26 (eight years ago) link