On March 23, Craft Recordings will release The Thousand Incarnations Of The Rose: American Primitive Guitar and Banjo (1963-1974) on 2LP, CD, and digital. This new compilation celebrates the groundbreaking, inventive approach to traditional instrumentation brought forward by an impressive group of maverick artists whose interpretations of folk, blues, and traditional song gave rise to one of American music's most unique and influential stylistic schools, known today as American Primitive. Featured artists on the compilation, which serves as a "Who's Who" of the genre, include John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Robbie Basho, Harry Taussig and more. The two-LP vinyl edition features deluxe gatefold packaging, and a tipped-in booklet containing new liner notes by compilation producer Glenn Jones and illustrations by Drew Christie. The CD configuration comes housed in a softpack and features a booklet containing both Jones' notes and Christie's artwork.
Preorder the release on Amazon or find it at your local record store.
The Craft Recordings release comes in connection with a three-day festival by the same name, The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose, which promises to be a music festival unlike any other. Taking place at multiple venues in Takoma Park, MD from April 13th - 15th, the festival brings together for the first time more than 25 acoustic fingerstyle guitar and banjo players from every era of the American Primitive/Guitar Soli movement and every corner of the United States; pairing legends such as Peter Lang, Max Ochs, Harry Taussig, and Peter Walker with modern day heavy hitters like Glenn Jones, Marisa Anderson, Daniel Bachman, and Nathan Bowles. There will also be documentary screenings and rare footage of John Fahey, Robbie Basho, and Jack Rose, plus panel discussions with scholars and musicians. It is only fitting that Takoma Park, Fahey's boyhood home, will host the festival this year, which commemorates the 60th anniversary of his very first recordings.
For tickets and additional information, including lineup and event schedule, please click here.
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When guitarist John Fahey sat down to record The Takoma Park Pool Hall Blues for Fonotone Records in 1958 he could not have imagined that he was starting an artistic movement or that generations of players would follow in his footsteps. The number of players who have since taken up the American Primitive mantle has grown exponentially year-by-year and album-by-album. The term has come to refer to a certain approach to playing the guitar (or banjo) that favors emotion and mood over virtuosity for its own sake. With his minimalistic, self-taught approach to writing and recording, incorporating folk, blues, American roots music, and sound collage, Fahey laid the foundation for others to follow in his style. Leo Kottke, Peter Lang, and Robbie Basho, Fahey's labelmates on the Takoma label, all shared aspects of Fahey's approach to fingerstyle acoustic guitar, expanding and building upon the sounds that Fahey brought forward with his inventive approach to the instrument. Later, contemporary artists like Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Ryley Walker, and Vetiver, among many others, would cite Fahey as being highly influential on developing their own signature styles and approaches to music.
Track Listing:
LP
Side One:
1. John Fahey -- Night Train to Valhalla (2:14)
2. Leo Kottke -- The Ice Miner (1:54)
3. Leo Kottke - Anyhow (2:04)
4. Peter Walker - April In Cambridge (3:11)
5. Harry Taussig - Water Verses (1:52)
6. Harry Taussig - Children's Dance (3:48)
7. Sandy Bull - Little Maggie (4:08)
Side Two:
1. John Fahey - On the Banks of the Owchita (3:50)
2. Peter Walker - Gypsy Song (3:41)
3. Max Ochs - Raga (1) (4:53)
4. Max Ochs - Raga (2) (4:13)
5. Billy Faier - Longhorn Express (4:35)
Side Three:
1. Robbie Basho - The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose (13:56)
2. Fred Gerlach - Eyrie (5:52)
Side Four:
1. George Stavis - Winterland Doldrums (9:31)
2. Peter Lang -- When Kings Come Home (4:35)
3. John Fahey -- The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, California (4:26)
CD
8. John Fahey - On the Banks of the Owchita (3:50)
9. Peter Walker - Gypsy Song (3:41)
10. Max Ochs - Raga (1) (4:53)
11. Max Ochs - Raga (2) (4:13)
12. Billy Faier - Longhorn Express (4:35)
13. Robbie Basho - The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose (13:56)
14. Fred Gerlach - Eyrie (5:52)
15. George Stavis - Winterland Doldrums (9:31)
16. Peter Lang -- When Kings Come Home (4:35)
17. John Fahey -- The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, California (4:26)
For more info, visit CraftRecordings.com on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Spotify.
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
Thanks, I should have read that press release, thought would just be about the festival.
xp A few more re National Record Store Day:
Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2018Release Date: 4/21/2018Format: LPLabel: ORG MUSICQuantity: 1600Release type: RSD Exclusive ReleaseMORE INFO
An Evening With Ornette Coleman (Part 2) is taken from a 1965 concert at Fairfield Hall in Croydon, England. This album captures Coleman during a transitional period that showcases his experimentation with contemporary classical forms. The recordings have been released in various forms over the years, though the last US vinyl pressing is now over 40 years old. Presented as the second in a two part series, this reissue shines a new light on the fantastic recording from a world-renowned jazz great. Pressed on 180gram color vinyl at Pallas in Germany, this limited edition release features new artwork and is exclusive to Record Store Day 2018.
A1 Falling Stars 8:35 A2 Silence 9:27 B1 Happy Fool 7:21 B2 Ballad 5:27 B3 Doughnuts 6:19 Didn't know about Part 1!
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The Allman Brothers BandLive At The Atlanta Pop Festival, July 3 & 5, 1970
DETAILSEvent: RECORD STORE DAY 2018Release Date: 4/21/2018Format: 4 x LPLabel: LegacyQuantity: 3000Release type: 'RSD First' ReleaseMORE INFO
The Allman Brothers Band was one of Georgia's top live acts still looking for a break when they were hired to open the three-day Atlanta International Pop Festival. The band's Southern-blues style, bolstered by jams that stretched to epic lengths, won over audiences--and two days later, after legends like Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and B.B. King took the stage, the Allmans were invited back for a second set. Recorded nearly a year before At Fillmore East established them as one of America's hottest bands, fans can now discover these landmark nights in Allman Brothers Band history with this individually numbered, limited edition box set, available on vinyl for the first time and packaged in an oversize slipcase with an eight page booklet of photos and liner notes.
7/3/70 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Statesboro Blues 1.3 Trouble No More 1.4 Don't Keep Me Wonderin' 1.5 Dreams 1.6 Every Hungry Woman 1.7 Hoochie Coochie Man 1.8 In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed 1.9 Whipping Post 1.10 Mountain Jam Part I 1.11 Rain Delay 1:14 1.12 Mountain Jam Part II7/5/70 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Don't Keep Me Wonderin' 2.3 Statesboro Blues 2.4 In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed 2.5 Stormy Monday 2.6 Whipping Post 2.7 Mountain JamHave heard the CD of this, maybe a decade ago; the parts I remember were incredible, esp, Oakley's bass.
Neil YoungTonight's The Night Live At The Roxy
DETAILSEvent: RECORD STORE DAY 2018Release Date: 4/21/2018Format: 2 x LPLabel: Warner Bros.Quantity: 7500Release type: 'RSD First' ReleaseMORE INFO
The legendary first live performance of Tonight's The Night from Los Angeles' Roxy Theatre in 1973. Side 4 of this double LP contains an etching of the Roxy logo. Previously unreleased. The Record Store Day 2018 edition includes a collectible photo reprint.
Side A- Intro, Tonight's The Night,Roll Out the Barrel, Mellow My Mind, World On A String, Band Intro Side B Speakin' Out, Candy Bar Rap, Albuquerque, Perry Como Rap, New Mama, David Geffen Rap, Roll Another Number (For The Road), Candy Bar Rap 2 Side C Tired Eyes Rap, Tired Eyes Rap, Tonight's The Night-Part II, Walk On, Outro Side D (Etching) Tylerw mentions rough sound not being too much of a prob.
― dow, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
Royal Trux (Neil Hagerty/Jennifer Herrema) are making their entire cumulative catalog (40 lps including Royal Trux, NMH, RTX, Howling Hex, and Black Bananas) available via their new home at Fat Possum. The releases will be made available to the public via streaming for the first time and the scheduled roll out has the first 3 chosen albums arriving on all streaming outlets including Spotify, TIDAL, Amazon, Google Play and Deezer this Friday, March 9th.
1993's Cats and Dogs, 1998’s Accelerator and 1999’s Veterans of Disorder
are the first 3 albums the duo have chosen to roll out. Since picking up where they left off, Jennifer Herrema and Neil Hagerty have gone back to work on their first studio LP in nearly 18 years. The band will self-produce, but will include an impressive roster of unexpected co-producers and collaborators on the new record's rumored 15 new tracks.
Stay tuned for the announcement coming via Instagram launching Royal Trux TV which will unleash a vault of previously unseen films, videos and live footage as well as the band's long out-of-print scripted films What Is Royal Trux? and Live At Gettysburg along with newly created content for the forthcoming new record created by Herrema and Hagerty.https://www.instagram.com/therealroyaltrux/
― dow, Thursday, 8 March 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
A bunch of Rhino vinyl for National Record Store Day, Lou Reed and Hawkwind most inneresting to me, but quite a few others somebody might like, orig. press release here:http://view.e.wbr.com/?qs=5fd73b1726f464a59c217c50db73bf7e199e21ca98cf345f46148001905c1459dd4cda9accd9795c0070852516b3c21bd3faf2d02532a10c0f3c267dab46019b41ca37762c1e582a
― dow, Friday, 9 March 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link
The Yachts finally get their due:
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/yachts-suffice-to-say-the-complete-yachts-collection-3cd-box-set/
Great new wave / power pop.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 25 March 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
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This initial volume of the band’s complete recorded output comes in a limited-edition CD box set, each featuring Def Leppard’s first four studio albums — along with some choice bonus live and studio material — all spread across 7CDs. The Volume One collection contains all of Def Leppard’s iconic 1980s recordings – On Through The Night, High ‘N’ Dry, Pyromania and Hysteria - with reproductions of the original packaging. Furthermore, this collection includes a replica 3-inch CD of the band’s original independent EP, the self-titled The Def Leppard E.P. The Volume One collection also houses bonus material including Live At The LA Forum 1983, originally released as a bonus disc in the deluxe CD version of Pyromania. The box set also includes Rarities Volume 1 which has been specially compiled by Joe Elliott, containing rare B-sides and recordings from Def Leppard’s early years, all in a newly commissioned sleeve. Each album in the Volume One box set was mastered by longtime band producer/soundmaster Ronan McHugh and frontman/vocalist Joe Elliott at Joe’s Garage in Dublin, Ireland, and cut by Greg Moore. Housed in rigid boxes, the Volume One collection also contains a hardback book with rare photos by longstanding band confidant Ross Halfin and liner notes by Classic Rock’s Paul Elliott. Def Leppard bandmembers Joe Elliott, bassist Rick Savage, drummer Rick Allen, and guitarist Phil Collen have all also contributed their personal introductions to the collection.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 04:29 (six years ago) link
Major upheavals at Sony Legacy, one of the best reissue/box set/catalog operations in the industry.
For 28 years, [Sony] has been host to one of the most popular catalog labels in the business, Legacy, which has won multiple Grammy Awards for beautifully curated collections from Sony’s vast repertoire — which includes Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson and many others — as well as new releases from heritage artists like Willie Nelson and Earth, Wind & Fire. But in recent months management found the business to be too oriented toward physical releases, and a major reorganization is under way, a source close to the situation tells Variety. By mutual consent, Legacy president Adam Block agreed to step down earlier this year, and longtime publicity chief Tom Cording is transitioning to a consulting role; several other staffers have or will leave the company.Yet Legacy, which is housed within Sony’s Commercial Music Group under the direction of president Richard Story, is also staffing up in the digital space, with nine new roles and more likely to come. The source tells Variety that the company felt renewed urgency in realizing it did not have sufficient staffers specializing in deep catalog, streaming, marketing and analytics. The insider stressed that the company will continue to release lavish boxed sets and other physical product, but it has moved to correct that imbalance.Promoting catalog on streaming is a dramatically different proposition than pushing physical product, according to music-retail veteran Amy Dietz, exec VP and GM of global distribution and services platform InGrooves, who spent 15 years as an executive at Warner Music’s Alternative Distribution Alliance. “Format changes have always given catalog a bump,” she says. “But what’s different now is the idea of lifetime value — before, you were trying to get people to buy something once, but now you’re trying to get people to keep coming back.”
Yet Legacy, which is housed within Sony’s Commercial Music Group under the direction of president Richard Story, is also staffing up in the digital space, with nine new roles and more likely to come. The source tells Variety that the company felt renewed urgency in realizing it did not have sufficient staffers specializing in deep catalog, streaming, marketing and analytics. The insider stressed that the company will continue to release lavish boxed sets and other physical product, but it has moved to correct that imbalance.
Promoting catalog on streaming is a dramatically different proposition than pushing physical product, according to music-retail veteran Amy Dietz, exec VP and GM of global distribution and services platform InGrooves, who spent 15 years as an executive at Warner Music’s Alternative Distribution Alliance. “Format changes have always given catalog a bump,” she says. “But what’s different now is the idea of lifetime value — before, you were trying to get people to buy something once, but now you’re trying to get people to keep coming back.”
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
Reminds me of somebody quoted in Goldmine Magazine long ago: "How many times do they expect me to buy my collection?"
DAIS RECORDS ANNOUNCES RE-ISSUES + RARITES FROMLEGENDARY NEW ZEALAND POST PUNK OUTFITNOCTURNAL PROJECTIONS -COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS LP
INMATES IN IMAGES LP
OUT APRIL 27
Formed in Stratford, near New Plymouth, New Zealand in 1981, Nocturnal Projections was the explosive project of legendary and prolific brothers Graeme and Peter Jefferies (who would later form This Kind of Punishment before launching their solo careers), who along with friends Brett Jones and Gordon Rutherford, created some of the most energetic and influential avant-garde punk rock to emerge from the country.
Largely ignored during their tenure (but revered and referenced in the years after their breakup) and often compared to UK contemporaries like Joy Division, Comsat Angels, The Fall, or Wire, Nocturnal Projections stood well apart - never enjoying the luxuries of unlimited studio time, music videos or international fame, the NPs possessed a driven, rough-hewn serrated edge that cut through the lot comparisons to the UK post-punk exports of the era. They were ahead of their time, completely singular, and for those that had the benefit of seeing Nocturnal Projections play live – formative, with a dedicated cult following to this day.
As residents of New Plymouth’s Lion Tavern during their first year as a band, they perfected their soaring, impactful live set locally (often as the only band, without an opener and 3 hours to fill!) before heading off to Auckland in January of 1982, performing with bands like The Fall, John Cooper Clarke, and New Order at venues like The Mainstreet Cabaret, The Rumba Bar and Reverb Room. *The band recorded three EPs at Stebbing Studios in Auckland: The self-titled and self-released 7” single released April 1st of 1982, with the “Another Year” 12” EP following later that year. Their self-titled three song 12” was recorded in 1983, and released by the band posthumously that June, after the band called it quits. The Jefferies would move on and regroup with Rutherford and sound engineer Andrew Frengley shortly after the NPs fell apart to work under the This Kind of Punishment banner.
Complete Studio Recordings comprises the three original Nocturnal Projections studio records, direct to board recordings on a 24 track and not a synthesizer to be found! This release is a crucial part of New Zealand’s punk history, remastered and collected for existing fans and new audiences.
Frantic and fast punk anthems like Nerve Ends In Power Lines, Isn’t That Strange, and In Purgatory are a shot in the gut, while slower, more introspective tracks like Difficult Days and You’ll Never Know reveal what the band had in store later with TKP. Nocturnal Projections are hard to pin down: bright, slashing, and prominent guitars with driving solid basslines and drums in tight lockstep, all with Peter Jefferies’ urgent signature baritone vocals soaring alongside – the result is still perhaps the most energetic, unique, and fresh music to ever emerge from the post-punk scene.
Inmates In Images pulls the best of the best from board recordings of live sets between 1981 and 1983, including the never-before-released tracks: “Blank Faces” and “Late Night”, along with unheard versions of previously released songs - and includes Peter and Graeme’s song “Walk In A Straight Line”, written in October of 1980 and originally intended for their earlier band The Plastic Bags.
We were better live. If you went to the shows that’s when you really got Nocturnal Projections. What you have here is an attempt to document those performances. Much debate, trawling of archives, and careful re-mastering has gone into this set. If you weren’t there, then this is probably as close as you’re gonna get to it. If you were, then I hope this album brings back some memories. Certainly works for me.- Peter Jefferies. December, 2017
Listen: Nocturnal Projections (samples from both LPs)https://soundcloud.com/daisrecords/sets/dais-records-presents/s-rid1T
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Nocturnal ProjectionsComplete Studio RecordingsApril 27, 2018Dais Records
1. You'll Never Know2. Isn't That Strange?3. Could It Be Increased?4. Difficult Days5. Out Of My Hands6. Understanding7. Another Year8. In Purgatory9. Nerve Ends In Power Lines10. In Darkness
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Nocturnal ProjectionsInmates In ImagesApril 27, 2018Dais Records
1. Inmates in Images2. Walk In A Straight Line3. Moving Forward4. Blank Faces5. Don't Go6. Restoration7. Alone In The Corner8. Words Fail Me9. Late Night
― dow, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
The final Pere Ubu catalog box set will be out next Friday; it includes The Tenement Year, Cloudland, Worlds In Collision, and about a dozen other tracks.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 23:49 (six years ago) link
Like Cher's next final farewell tour?
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Newly Remastered And Back In Print!
Deutsche Elektronische MusikExperimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-83SOUL JAZZ RECORDS
Newly remastered, fully licensed and back in print! Out next Friday worldwide in all good record stores or direct from us early right now!
AVAILABLE AGAIN! Soul Jazz Records new 2018 edition of their long out of print classic first “Deutsche Elektronische Musik – Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-83” is ‘a near-definitive guide to some of the world’s most extraordinary music’ (The Guardian).
Featuring a stunning line-up of groups including Cluster, Can, Faust, Popol Vuh, Neu!, Amon Düül, Harmonia, La Düsseldorf and Tangerine Dream as well as a host of lesser known groups such as Kollectiv, Ibliss, Between and many more. This new edition is fully re-mastered and features all the original artwork and tracks.
The first seeds of German rock and experimental electronic music were planted in 1968, as students and workers in Paris, Prague, Mexico and throughout the world demonstrated against mainstream society, the war in Vietnam, imperialism and bourgeois values. The birth of a counter-culture, drug experimentation and social change expanded musical worlds. Germany experienced its own cultural revolution fuelled by these worldwide student and worker revolts and by a generation’s desire to rid itself of the guilt of war.
German rock and experimental electronic music grew out of this worldwide counter-cultural revolution of 1968. The objectives were to create new music, ‘free’ from the past, many German youth turning their back on mainstream society. From the opening of the first collective/cooperative, Kommune 1, in Berlin, to the formation of the Baader-Meinhof terrorist group and the bombings, kidnappings and killings of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (RAF), young Germans sought out new values and a lifestyle outside of ‘the system’.
These cooperative and communal experiences led to a number of new collective German bands forming such as Amon Düül, Faust, Can (all featured here) and others and these ideals drove this new movement. A music that gave seed out of the cultural ‘nothingness’ that young Germans felt as a consequence of Germany’s role in the Second World War. A generation who grew up stifled by the recent history of Nazi atrocities, the guilt of their parents’ generation and their disillusionment at the reintegration of old Nazis into mainstream society.
Influenced equally by the electronic experimentalism of Stockhausen, the progressive rock of Pink Floyd and the black American jazz and soul music played at the occupying armed forces bases, young German artists seamlessly created out of this a new unique music with its own unique identity.
Double CD pack with large 36-page outsize booklet encased in slipcase. The vinyl edition is made up of TWO separate volume heavyweight loud gatefold double albums (+ free download codes) featuring all sleevenotes and text.
Double Vinyl Record A is tracks 1-13
Double Vinyl Record B is tracks 14 - 24
Digital download does not include track 3 and 23 which are physical only
***** GUARDIAN REVIEW (John Savage)https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/mar/30/elektronische-musik-krautrock
***** GUARDIAN REVIEW (Dave Simpson)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/01/elektronische-musik-review
2x LP Record A/CD1:
1. Can – A Spectacle2. Between – Devotion3. Harmonia – Dino4. Gila – This Morning5. Kollektiv – Rambo Zambo6. Michael Bundt – La Chasse Aux Microbes7. E.M.A.K. – Filmmuzik8. Popol Vuh – Morgengruss9. Conrad Schnitzler – Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal10. La Düsseldorf – Rheinita11. Harmonia – Veterano12. Faust – It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl13. Neu! – Hallo Gallo
2x LP Record B/CD2:
1. Cluster – Heisse Lippen2. Ibliss – High Life3. Moebius – Hasenheide4. Amon Düül II – Fly United5. Popol Vuh – Aguirre 16. Ash Ra Tempel – Daydream7. Tangerine Dream – No Man's Land8. Amon Düül II – Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse9. Roedelius – Geradewohl10. Can – I Want More11. Deuter – Soham
Also available on 2CD, MP3---more info, audio:https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/deutsche-elektronische-musik-experimental-german-rock-and-elect
― dow, Thursday, 29 March 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link
Chris Squire’s FISH OUT OF WATER Limited Edition Boxed Set & 2CD Set To Be Released April 27, 2018!Official limited edition deluxe boxed set includes 2CD, 2DVD, 1LP and 2×7-inch singles!
Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of an official limited edition deluxe boxed set of Yes founder CHRIS SQUIRE’s legendary 1975 solo album FISH OUT OF WATER. Recorded in the late Spring and Summer of 1975 whilst Yes was on hiatus as members recorded their respective solo albums, FISH OUT OF WATER was a breath-taking work, and equal in standard to any Yes album in terms of sheer invention and creativity. The album was essentially a collaboration between Chris Squire and his friend Andrew Pryce Jackman, a gifted arranger who had been a member of The Syn, Squire’s pre-Yes group. The sessions saw contributions from former Yes drummer BILL BRUFORD, Yes keyboard player PATRICK MORAZ and noted musicians MEL COLLINS and JIMMY HASTINGS. Released in November 1975, FISH OUT OF WATER was a Top 30 chart hit in the UK and made the US Billboard Top 75 album chart, going on to sell nearly 500,000 copies worldwide.
The highlight of this limited edition deluxe boxed set is a stunning new 5.1 Surround Sound mix (exclusive to this set on an NTSC / Region Free DVD), along with a new stereo mix, from the original multi-track master tapes by JAKKO JAKSZYK and a new re-master of the original 1975 mix by Paschal Byrne. FISH OUT OF WATER also includes four bonus tracks of the single edits of “Lucky Seven” and “Silently Falling”, along with both sides of the 1981 single by CHRIS SQUIRE and ALAN WHITE; “Run With the Fox” and “Return of the Fox” (appearing on CD for the first time).
The boxed set also includes a replica 180 gram gatefold LP with poster of FISH OUT OF WATER (mastered and cut from the original tapes at Abbey Road studios), along with two seven inch singles of “Lucky Seven” b/w “Silently Falling” and “Run With the Fox” b/w “Return of the Fox”, both in picture sleeves. To complete the content is a visual DVD (NTSC / Region Free) featuring the 1975 FISH OUT OF WATER promotional film featuring the songs “Hold Out Your Hand” and “You By My Side”, along with a 2006 interview with Chris Squire conducted by Jon Kirkman and a 2006 audio commentary by Chris Squire. Finally, the set also contains a 36-page book with an essay by Sid Smith featuring exclusive interviews with BILL BRUFORD, PATRICK MORAZ, GREGG JACKMAN and JAKKO JAKSZYK.
Also available as a 2CD set which features a stunning new Stereo mix from the original multi-track master tapes by JAKKO JAKSZYK and a new re- master of the original 1975 mix by Paschal Byrne.
Always justly proud of his first solo album, it was Chris Squire’s long held wish that a 5.1 Surround mix would be undertaken of the work someday. This Esoteric Recordings edition finally brings this to fruition and is a fitting tribute to the artistry of Chris and his collaborator, Andrew Pryce Jackman.
Track Listing:DISC ONE: CDFISH OUT OF WATER - THE NEW STEREO MIX1. HOLD OUT YOUR HAND2. YOU BY MY SIDE3. SILENTLY FALLING4. LUCKY SEVEN5. SAFE (CANON SONG)
DISC TWO: CDFISH OUT OF WATER - THE ORIGINAL 1975 MIX1. HOLD OUT YOUR HAND2. YOU BY MY SIDE3. SILENTLY FALLING4. LUCKY SEVEN5. SAFE (CANON SONG)BONUS TRACKS6. LUCKY SEVEN (SINGLE VERSION)7. SILENTLY FALLING (SINGLE VERSION)CHRIS SQUIRE & ALAN WHITE:8. RUN WITH THE FOX9. RETURN OF THE FOX
DISC THREE: DVDFISH OUT OF WATER - THE NEW 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX (96 KHZ / 24-BIT)/THE NEW STEREO MIX (96 KHZ / 24-BIT)/RE-MASTERED ORIGINAL STEREO MIX (96 KHZ / 24-BIT)1. HOLD OUT YOUR HAND2. YOU BY MY SIDE3. SILENTLY FALLING4. LUCKY SEVEN5. SAFE (CANON SONG)
DISC FOUR: DVDFISH OUT OF WATER - VISUAL CONTENT1. FISH OUT OF WATER 1975 PROMOTIONAL FILM FEATURING HOLD OUT YOUR HAND, YOU BY MY SIDE2. 2006 INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS SQUIRE BY JON KIRKMAN3. 2006 FISH OUT OF WATERAUDIO COMMENTARY WITH CHRIS SQUIRE
DISC FIVE: LPFISH OUT OF WATER180 GRAM GATEFOLD VINYL LP WITH POSTERSIDE ONE1. HOLD OUT YOUR HAND 2. YOU BY MY SIDE3. SILENTLY FALLINGSIDE TWO1. LUCKY SEVEN2. SAFE (CANON SONG)
DISC SIX: 7″SINGLELUCKY SEVEN7” SINGLE IN PICTURE SLEEVECHRIS SQUIRE:SIDE ONELUCKY SEVEN (TOM DOWD EDIT)SIDE TWOSILENTLY FALLING (SINGLE VERSION)
DISC SEVEN: 7″SINGLERUN WITH THE FOX7” SINGLE IN PICTURE SLEEVECHRIS SQUIRE & ALAN WHITE:SIDE ONERUN WITH THE FOXSIDE TWORETURN OF THE FOX
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 30 March 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
Eh dunno if I've ever heard exotica, but this is Numero so maybe
Numero Group’s Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights 3 LP in stores 5/25http://i0.wp.com/www.thevinyldistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/numero.jpg?w=425
In the late ’50s to the mid-’60s, somewhere between Elvis’ last Ed Sullivan Show appearance and the Beatles’ U.S. invasion, a strange musical movement surfaced in America seemingly from some fantasy island in the South Pacific. Known as Exotica, the music blended together wildly disparate musical styles — easy listening and lounge; jazz and surf — to concoct a fizzy colorful sound that felt both marvelously mysterious and delightfully fun. While originally a rather short-lived phenomenon, Exotica (and its stars, such as Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Esquivel, Yma Sumac, and Les Baxter), has never disappeared from the cultural radar. Come to think of it, maybe Brian Wilson was tripping to some of this.More info, audio here (at least they're Numero-thorough, got various subsubgenre groupings etc)http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/2018/04/tvd-radar-numero-groups-technicolor-paradise-rhum-rhapsodies-exotic-delights-3-lp-stores-5-25/
― dow, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
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As Royal Trux's Jennifer Herrema and Neil Hagerty are officially holed up a private studio in Orange County, California to begin their first new LP in over 18 years, the band's next slate of reissues, 1989's Hand of Glory, 1990's Twin Infinitives, 1992's Untitled and 2000's Pound for Pound, will be live on all streaming sites this Friday, April 6th.
The band's new label Fat Possum are helping unleash the classic Trux catalog into the streaming world. The new LP (which is yet to be titled) is slated for an early 2019 release on Fat Possum.ROYAL TRUX on SPOTIFY
ROYAL TRUX on TIDAL
ROYAL TRUX on APPLE MUSIC
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― dow, Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link
lol that is such a disjointed selection of releases
― sleeve, Thursday, 5 April 2018 20:00 (six years ago) link
hunger is doing a reunion gig here in pdx in conjunction with the new reissue of their record. i'm considering it, but i'm kind of old so probably not.
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Friday, 6 April 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
Five Temptations albums from their psychedelic soul period - Puzzle People, Psychedelic Shack, Sky's The Limit, Solid Rock, and Masterpiece - are being reissued June 1 on the Elemental Music label. These are all long out of print, newly reissued on CD with original artwork and track listing/timings and digitally remastered audio, packaged in deluxe gatefold mini-LP style jackets with inner sleeves and info.
Pre-order links:Puzzle PeoplePsychedelic ShackSky's the LimitSolid RockMasterpiece
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 18:52 (six years ago) link
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The soundtrack to the 70s BBC TV children's series 'The Changes', with music composed by Paddy Kingsland of the Radiophonic workshop was released in full for the first time yesterday on digital, remastered from the 1/4" mono masters.
There's a limited edition double vinyl edition for RSD:https://lightintheattic.net/releases/4005-the-changes-unofficial-2018-rsd-release
― Jeff W, Saturday, 21 April 2018 07:12 (six years ago) link
Rafael ToralWave FieldLPDrag City To Be Released 2018-05-25 Catalog # DC702
All TracksWave Field 5 25:22Wave Field 5 (continued) / Wave Field 6 21:35WF Radio Edit 3:01About this product1995: new composition methods involving the dirty textures of rock guitar, a synthesis of disparate elements — a nexus where Alvin Lucier, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine and Eno blend together. A prescient vision of the next phases of listening space.
CD version released 2/2/1998 on dexter's cigar (dex14).
Originally released on CD in 1995 on Moneyland Records in Lisbon, Portugal
Rafael ToralSound Mind Sound Body (30th Anniversary Edition)2xLPDrag City To Be Released 2018-05-25 Catalog # DC701Double LP
All TracksA E R 4 16:57Loopability I 2:26A E R 7 E 20:25Soft Energy I 4:00A E 1 14:24Textura e Linhas Curvas 3:44A E 2 13:03Textura VIII 3:23About this product1994: The massive impact of discreet gestures; slow-moving tones and spacious orchestral resonances, drifting and droning with glacial majesty, hardly recognizable as guitar much of the time. 30th anniversary (of inception) edition!
CD reissued 2/21/2000 on Moikai records (M7). (Includes AER4, Loopability I, AER7E, Soft Energy I, AE1)
Original CD release in 1994 on Ananana, Lisbon
― dow, Monday, 23 April 2018 01:48 (six years ago) link
nice, those are great records
― sleeve, Monday, 23 April 2018 01:55 (six years ago) link
More from Drag City:
...on June 22nd...John Renbourn Live in Kyoto 1978 comes from a tape made by a private collector who promoted shows for many years in Japan - and taped them immaculately! They came to light after his passing, and one of the many performances deemed release-worthy was this solo show at a coffeehouse in Kyoto by one of the legends of British folk - and really, of roots music in the 20th century! Playing in a style often dubbed 'folk baroque' John Renbourn busted out as a part of a duo with Bert Jansch in the early 60s, after which the two formed Pentangle. Later, John made records with his own John Renbourn Band as well as with Stephen Grossman and as a solo performer. His unique combination of traditional folk, blues, world and early music, all played with feathery-yet-incisive fingers sustained him for over five decades of making records and performing. Live in Kyoto 1978 catches him on a typically sweet evening, in front of an avid crowd whose ardor grows with each passing number, climaxing in a wizardly series of medleys that bring the house down. Beautifully recorded, and with liner notes from The Silence's Masaki Batoh, who was in attendance all those years ago, Live in Kyoto 1978 is a fresh testament to the genius style of John Renbourn. (And from a few years back, check Renbourn's remarkably adequately-recorded and well-preserved The Attic Tapes, which are also living room/crash pad tapes from hither and yon in early 60s etc., with traces of and finally a full sighting of Davey Graham; Beverly Martyn's in there too.)
― dow, Monday, 23 April 2018 01:59 (six years ago) link
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Grönland Records Announce Reissue Of Seminal Ambient Records by
David Sylvian & Holger Czukay
Plight & Premonition (1988)
and
Flux & Mutability (1989)
Release date: 22nd June 2018
Today, Grönland Records are proud to announce the reissue of one of ambient music's hidden gems, by two unique musicians whose paths originally crossed in the early-eighties while working on Sylvian’s debut solo album, 'Brilliant Trees'. In 1986, David Sylvian - of British Art-Pop band Japan - and Holger Czukay - founding member and bassist in legendary German Kosmiche band Can - were ostensibly reconvening for Sylvian to record a vocal for Czukay's forthcoming album 'Rome Remains Rome’. But on arriving at Czukay's studio - a former cinema in Köln - Sylvian began playing freeform, improvising on readily available instruments located in the studio itself. No sooner had Sylvian, on whatever instrument he’d been applying himself, start to structurally define/refine the performance than Czukay would stop the recording he’d surreptitiously been making. Czukay had attempted to capture the process of creation without a musician's inclination for refinement. This process, drawn out over two nights, gave birth to the duo's first, full-fledged, collaboration, 'Plight and Premonition'.
Having been out of print for some time, the parallels between the original release 30 years ago and now are quite stark; at the time of recording the Cold War was lifting - but still very real - after a bitter winter. The names "Plight & Premonition" and "Flux & Mutability" themselves hint at an instability. In Sylvian's words, the sessions seemed to touch on something: “A form of music that seemed to have been created while we were absent by instruments abandoned to the earth and the woods, sounded by the coarse winter elements.”
The version of ‘Plight and Premonition’ included here is a new mix by Sylvian from 2002. All the recordings have been fully remastered. The packaging has been redesigned by Chris Bigg with Art Direction by Sylvian with new, previously unseen, photographs by Yuka Fujii, accompanied by an extensive essay by David Toop.
Originally released separately, they are now packaged in a 2CD / 2LP set.
(text by the man, Sylvian, himself, via fb)
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
The 2002 mix of "Plight" and "Premonition" comes from "Camphor", a collection of Sylvian's ambient work. I think it's an improvement over the original.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:44 (six years ago) link
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THE CURE MIXED UP AND TORN DOWN
Remastered 3-CD Deluxe Edition Featuring 16 Brand New Mixes By Robert Smith And 11 Rare Mixes From 1982-1990 Available June 15 From Rhino
2-LP 180-gram Vinyl Versions Also Available On The Same Day
LOS ANGELES - With the Disintegration album and its accompanying global Prayer Tour, 1989 had delivered a triumphant end to the 80s, but the first year of the 90s found The Cure unexpectedly unsettled.
Determined to keep up the momentum of the band's ongoing success, but knowing there were internal tensions to address before heading back into the studio, Robert Smith decided on a different course of action; curating an album of the band's rarer 12" mixes. As work on Mixed Up progressed, Smith realized that some of The Cure's earlier remixes didn't stand up to the newer ones.
Robert singles out Brian 'Chuck' New's dub style remix of "Pictures Of You" as the one that inspired him to take a more adventurous path. Smith notes, "That mix turned the music on its head, but at the same time left the essential heart of the song intact. As soon as I heard it, I updated the entire Mixed Up plan. My revised ambition was to compile an album that was contemporary without being dated, immediate without being obvious, musically inspiring, rhythmically exciting and sonically great!"
Two tracks on the album, "A Forest" and "The Walk," were not just remixed but entirely re-recorded, as the multi-track tapes for both songs had long been lost. Both songs were reconstructed in the studio with producer Mark Saunders, using original instruments and gear.
The band convened over five days in June 1990 to record a new track for Mixed Up. After a certain amount of fraught experimenting with beats, loops and sequenced bass lines, Smith decided to change the vibe. A demo entitled "PhaseAGE" that had previously been deemed 'too rock' was committed to tape as "Never Enough" and was released as a single in September 1990. The "Closer Mix" of "Close To Me" soon followed this and both songs were accompanied by customarily deranged Tim Pope videos.
With Mixed Up finally released, Smith felt he could at last move on, confident in a reenergized and reintegrated band. Smith continues, "The whole of 1990 was essentially spent emerging from the shadow of Disintegration, and we managed to do it in a creatively satisfying way; by the end of the year, I couldn't wait to start work on new songs for the next record."
Once the remaining 1981 to 1990 12" / extended mixes were compiled, Robert realized that there were too many for one CD and too few for two CD's. His solution was to deliver an entire disc of brand new mixes.
"I wanted a 3-disc package, but we didn't have enough 'historic' remixes - for a while I thought the 'extra-extras' CD would be Cure songs re-mixed by choice artists, rather than by choice re-mixers... that then got me thinking maybe I should have a go at one... so in early August 2017, I decided to experiment with Three Imaginary Boys. It is a pretty sparse multi-track; I pulled it apart at home and finished the initial re-mix in one session - and I really enjoyed the whole process," says Smith.
By choosing favorite songs rather than the usual singles, one of Smith's objectives was to illustrate the variety of the Cure catalogue, and by October of 2017 working on songs in chronological release order, he had remixed entirely the 16 songs that appear on Torn Down: Mixed Up Extras 2018.
For the Torn Down cover, Robert decided on a self-portrait painted in oils during the summer of 1990 which was originally intended as the sleeve for Mixed Up. He chose Torn Down as the title for the 'extra-extras' album inspired by the way he had 'torn down' Never Enough, stripping the song back to resemble his original 1990 PhaseAGE demo. "I felt it was a good way to bring the project back full circle...in a Mixed Up kind of way," states Smith.
The Cure's MIXED UP [DELUXE EDITION] will be available on June 15 as a 3CD set for ($24.98). Also available the same day, are the 2LP vinyl sets of Mixed Up ($34.98) and Torn Down: Mixed Up Extras 2018 ($34.98). Both albums have been Half Speed Mastered by Robert Smith and Tim Young at Metropolis Studios, London and are pressed on 180-gram vinyl and are housed in Gatefold Sleeves.
For more information about THE CURE please contact Jessica Giordano in the Rhino Media Relations Department at jess✧✧✧.giord✧✧✧@rh✧✧✧.c✧✧ or 818-238-6403.
MIXED UP [DELUXE EDITION]Track Listing:
Disc One - Mixed Up - Remastered by Robert Smith 20181. Lullaby - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster 2. Close To Me - Closer Mix - 2018 remaster 3. Fascination Street - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster 4. The Walk - Everything Mix - 2018 remaster 5. Lovesong - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster 6. A Forest - Tree Mix - 2018 remaster 7. Pictures of You - Extended Dub Mix - 2018 remaster 8. Hot Hot Hot!!! - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster 9. The Caterpillar - Flicker Mix - 2018 remaster 10. Inbetween Days - Shiver Mix - 2018 remaster 11. Never Enough - Big Mix - 2018 remaster
Disc Two - Remixes 1982-1990: Mixed Up Extras 2018 1. Let's Go To Bed - Extended Mix 1982 - 2018 remaster 2. Just One Kiss - Extended Mix 1982 - 2018 remaster 3. Close To Me - Extended Remix 1985 - 2018 remaster 4. Boys Don't Cry - New Voice Club Mix 1986 - 2018 remaster 5. Why Can't I Be You? - Extended Mix 1987 - 2018 remaster 6. A Japanese Dream - 12" Remix 1987 - 2018 remaster 7. Pictures of You - Extended Version 1990 - 2018 remaster 8. Let's Go To Bed - Milk Mix 1990 - 2018 remaster 9. Just Like Heaven - Dizzy Mix 1990 - 2018 remaster 10. Primary - Red Mix 1990 - 2018 remaster 11. The Lovecats - TC & Benny Mix 1990 - 2018 remaster
Disc 3 - Torn Down: Mixed Up Extras 20181. Three Imaginary Boys - Help Me Mix by Robert Smith 2. M - Attack Mix by Robert Smith 3. The Drowning Man - Bright Birds Mix by Robert Smith 4. A Strange Day - Drowning Waves Mix by Robert Smith 5. Just One Kiss - Remember Mix by Robert Smith 6. Shake Dog Shake - New Blood Mix by Robert Smith 7. A Night Like This - Hello Goodbye Mix by Robert Smith 8. Like Cockatoos - Lonely In The Rain Mix by Robert Smith 9. Plainsong - Edge Of The World Mix by Robert Smith 10. Never Enough - Time To Kill Mix by Robert Smith 11. From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea - Love In Vain Mix by Robert Smith 12. Want - Time Mix by Robert Smith 13. The Last Day of Summer - 31st August Mix by Robert Smith 14. Cut Here - If Only Mix by Robert Smith 15. Lost - Found Mix by Robert Smith16. It's Over - Whisper Mix by Robert Smith
MIXED UP - 2-LP A1: Lullaby - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster A2: Close To Me - Closer Mix - 2018 remaster A3: Fascination Street - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster
B1: The Walk - Everything Mix - 2018 remaster B2: Lovesong - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster B3: A Forest - Tree Mix - 2018 remaster
C1: Pictures of You - Extended Dub Mix - 2018 remaster C2: Hot Hot Hot!!! - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster C3: Why Can't I Be You ? - Extended Mix - 2018 remaster
D1: The Caterpillar - Flicker Mix - 2018 remaster D2: Inbetween Days - Shiver Mix - 2018 remaster D3: Never Enough - Big Mix - 2018 remaster
TORN DOWN: MIXED UP EXTRAS 2018 - 2-LPA1: Three Imaginary Boys - Help Me Mix by Robert Smith A2: M - Attack Mix by Robert Smith A3: The Drowning Man - Bright Birds Mix by Robert Smith A4: A Strange Day - Drowning Waves Mix by Robert Smith
B1: Just One Kiss - Remember Mix by Robert Smith B2: Shake Dog Shake - New Blood Mix by Robert Smith B3: A Night Like This - Hello Goodbye Mix by Robert Smith B4: Like Cockatoos - Lonely In The Rain Mix by Robert Smith
C1: Plainsong - Edge Of The World Mix by Robert Smith C2: Never Enough - Time To Kill Mix by Robert Smith C3: From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea - Love In Vain Mix by Robert Smith C4: Want - Time Mix by Robert Smith
D1: The Last Day of Summer - 31st August Mix by Robert Smith D2: Cut Here - If Only Mix by Robert Smith D3: Lost - Found Mix by Robert Smith D4: It's Over - Whisper Mix by Robert Smith
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― dow, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 19:53 (six years ago) link
The Breeders: 4AD Catalogue Back In Print On May 18
All of the Breeders’ previous albums – Pod, Last Splash, Title TK, and Mountain Battles – will be re-issued on vinyl on 18th May. Available to pre-order from today, this is the first time Pod and Last Splash will be released by 4AD in North America.
The Breeders continue to tour their latest album All Nerve with further European dates announced for November. The group will also play two shows before FYF Festival in July. Currently on the road in North America, The Breeders will tour the UK and Europe throughout the Spring and Summer.
Pod, the 1990 debut featuring the line-up of Pixie’s Kim Deal, Throwing Muses’ Tanya Donelly, the Perfect Disaster’s Josephine Wiggs and Slint’s Britt Walford, was recorded by Steve Albini. Kurt Cobain listed the record as one of his top three favourite albums saying, “the way they structure [the songs] is totally unique.” Critically acclaimed when it came out, Pod’s legacy lives on – Pitchfork called it a “blissful mindfuck of a record,” and ranked it in their Best Albums of the 90s. Last Splash was recorded in 1993 by what is now regarded as the ‘classic’ Breeders line-up of Kim and Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson. Including the twisted pop singles ‘Cannonball’ and ‘Divine Hammer’, it has become one of the defining albums of the 90s.
2002’s Title TK saw the band work with Steve Albini once more, with the Guardian saying it was “a welcome return to punky pop that knows how to flex some melodic muscle.” The album has been out of print on vinyl since its release.
Fourth album Mountain Battles, a perfectly formed album of 13 miniatures in 36 minutes engineered by Steve Albini, was originally released in 2008. Like Title TK before it, Mountain Battles has been out of print since its release.
All Nerve, the Breeders’ fifth studio album, saw the iconic line-up of Kim and Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson reunite for the first time since the release of the platinum-selling album Last Splash. Released earlier this year, critics and fans welcomed them back with open arms and they scored their highest chart positions – including top 10 in the UK – in 25 years
― dow, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
Exclusive Soul Jazz Records RSD 2018 7" Deluxe Box Sets!Our 3 new deluxe box sets are available ONLINE NOW TODAY direct from independent record stores!
You can buy the PUNK 45 Box Set and the CONGO Box Set direct from us here right now. The Studio One Box Set is already sold out - so you will need to try and get this from your friendly local record store and quick!
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Punk 45 RSD BOX SET - Approaching The Minimal With Spray GunsAn Edition Of Five Independent Singles: classic punk rarities from the likes of X_X, The Bizarros, Rubber City Rebels, Hollywood Squares and more, all in original stunning artwork! more info, audio:https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/an-edition-of-five-independent-singles-in-original-cover-art
http://i4.cmail20.com/ei/i/39/CCF/2E2/232151/csimport/kinshasa-box-set-upper-lower_3.jpgAfrica Latin, Jazz and Funk: Sounds From The Two Congos (1957-73)Soul Jazz Records’ Record Store Day seven-inch box set which brings together a stunning five-single/ ten track selection of mind-blowingly groovy selection of African, Latin, Jazz and Funk music from the Congo.
Absolutely killer and essential tracks (mostly unknown) from the masters of the vibrant Congo scene in the 1960s – featuring the groups Franco & OK Jazz, Rock-A-Mambo, African Jazz, African Fiesta and more.
Roots African meets Cal Tjader, James Brown, Ray Barretto & more. The bomb!
more info, audio:https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/afrolatin-jazz-and-funk-evolutionary-and-revolutionary-sounds-from-the-two-congos
― dow, Saturday, 28 April 2018 21:58 (five years ago) link
Soul Jazz puts out some crazy stuff. Got a few of the Punk 45 comps but they got bunches of compilations I would like to check out.
Have not yet checked out that Who at the Fillmore collection. Still curious but haven't gotten to the local store to pick it up yet.
One of these days those Led Zeppelin Fillmore/Winterland recordings are going to come out. I got to figure that the bad blood between LZ and Bill Graham might be one historical reason why those recordings have been on ice and never really been formally released. They had them up online for a bit on that garage website, but that I think is it except for the bootlegs.
― earlnash, Saturday, 28 April 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 April 2018 23:23 (five years ago) link
ok that's a bit hyperbolic but it's good! i've long loved the bootleg i had from fillmore '68 (which might be from a different show? not sure, but "shakin' all over" is only seven minutes on this release) and i'm glad it came out. the who didn't suddenly become an amazing live band in 1970... there's also some nice acetates from their first attempt at a live album from fall of '69, but the '68 who is really my jam.
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Saturday, 28 April 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
i was just listening to a mingus boot from the adams-pullen era and while entwistle may be the greatest bassist in rock i'd never confuse him with mingus!
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Saturday, 28 April 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link
Third Man's putting out Trout Mask Replica on vinyl:Out of print on vinyl for nearly ten years, this remaster was helmed by industry legend Bob Ludwig and cut by the estimable Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Utilizing crystalline-quality safety masters kept in the Zappa family vault for decades by the trustworthy Joe Travers, the audio here is positively glorious. Every last skronk breathes full life into the room. Every twisted guitar figure uncurls onto paths previously unpaved. Every last bark and howl shines resolute through the vast emptiness of your mind.
Previous countless Trout Mask Replica repressings used scans of scans of scans of the cover image, but for Vault Package #36 the original Cal Schenkel cover photo has been tracked down and reproduced here at its clearest — its resolution from the original release in 1969. If you’ve only ever seen a jpg online or fuzzy, smeared-looking CD issues from the 90’s, be prepared to be wowed by the fully engaging spectrum this iconic image casts. This 2xLP is pressed on heavyweight 180-gram fruitcake fish-scale colored vinyl for that full-on frenetic feeling.
The French-only 7-inch single of “Pachuco Cadaver” b/w “Wild Life” will also be included as part of this overreaching package. As the only single ever pulled from this admittedly dense album, this is the first time EVER that “Pachuco Cadaver” has been repressed and comes wonderfully housed in a replica glue-pocket picture sleeve and pressed on a white colored vinyl. ALL vinyl in this package is lovingly pressed at Third Man Pressing’s state-of-the-art plant in Detroit, Michigan for that extra-special attention to detail. Simmer down now! More details and art bits they prob won't let stand for long as C&P :https://thirdmanrecords.com/news/introducing-vault-package-36-trout-mask-replica
― dow, Sunday, 29 April 2018 02:36 (five years ago) link
glue-pocket o baby!
― dow, Sunday, 29 April 2018 02:37 (five years ago) link
disappointing, that's not really a "reissue" per se, more like a subscription-only collector-only boutique release
― sleeve, Sunday, 29 April 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 April 2018 03:38 (five years ago) link
Yeah I gotta hear that! One I missed last fall: reissue of PSF's oft-molten maiden comp, a wake-up call to Westword noizeheads ov yore---tell it, Marc Masters:The most immediately exciting material on Tokyo Flashback is drenched with fiery guitars and mammoth rhythms, mixed into a cacophonous lava pouring from speakers. High Rise, Marble Sheep & the Run-Down Sun’s Children, and Fushitsusha (whose first two albums on PSF, released before Tokyo Flashback, are legendary for their bleeding psych bombast) all stomp on the gas pedal until it breaks. But there are other gears on Tokyo Flashback too: Ghost’s seance-like acoustics, White Heaven’s Blue Cheer-style string wrangling, Kousokuya’s slow-burning metal, and a closer by Fushitsusha’s Keiji Haino that consists solely of his harrowing vocal calisthenics.from https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-tokyo-flashback/
― dow, Sunday, 29 April 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
Czukay box---so was he a better Eno Zappa?https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/holger-czukay-cinema/
― dow, Sunday, 29 April 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
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― dow, Sunday, 29 April 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
From Northern Spy:
A bunch of us purchased Marvin Pontiac’s Greatest Hits back in 1999 on CD, and some of us totally bought into the story: Marvin Pontiac was an enigmatic genius of modern music. He was the son of an African father from Mali and a white Jewish mother from New York. Having been killed by a bus, this was a posthumous collection. Jackson Pollock listened solely to Marvin. Flea, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Iggy Pop, Beck, Angelique Kidjo, Mike Gordon and Michael Stipe were fans.
John Lurie’s story was deeply amusing and his music was extraordinary. The whole thing was characteristically ahead of its time and guaranteed to leave a permanent mark on your consciousness. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it still is and still does! We’re blissfully psyched to bring this music to vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day and to compact disc for a one-time pressing. Check out the music if you haven’t already and please help spread the word. The package, co-designed by John Lurie and Adam Downey, features a detail of Lurie's painting The sky is falling. I am learning to live with it.
We also asked John Lurie to take over our weekly Spotify playlist called Office Ephemera. Listen here.
“I have never used Spotify and don’t know what Record Store Day is, but I am releasing Marvin Pontiac’s Greatest Hits on vinyl with the people at Northern Spy. They asked me to make a playlist. They are nice people, so I did it.” – John Lurie
Read a feature by Marc Masters in the Washington Post here.https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/lifestyle/cult-favorite-john-lurie-makes-way-for-an-alter-ego/2018/04/12/4fb378f6-3825-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html?noredirect=on
For a long time, John Lurie was everywhere. If you cared about American independent art and culture between the mid-’70s and the late ’90s, you probably knew about his acting in films such as “Stranger Than Paradise,” “Paris, Texas,” and “Down by Law.” Or maybe as the host of his absurdist nature show “Fishing With John.” Or perhaps you heard his music as the composer of scores for “Get Shorty” and “Mystery Train,” or as the leader and saxophone player for his raucous jazz group, the Lounge Lizards. During this prolific run, one of Lurie’s ventures was a little less visible. In 1999, his record label Strange and Beautiful released “Greatest Hits,” by someone called the Legendary Marvin Pontiac. According to press materials, Pontiac was a hard-luck drifter who made music in Mali, Chicago and Detroit before being killed by a bus in 1977. But since the album included a supporting cast of Lurie’s fellow New York musicians and featured a singing voice that sounded a lot like him, it wasn’t hard to guess who Pontiac actually was.
RELEASE INFOCATALOG #: NS 097VINYL: Record Store Day Exclusive, Available only in stores April 21st, 2018CD: in stores June 22nd, 2018PRE-ORDER CD: northern spy website, bandcamp
BACKGROUND
MARVIN PONTIAC was hit and killed by a bus in June 1977 ending the life of one of the most enigmatic geniuses of modern music. He was born in 1932, the son of an African father from Mali and a white Jewish mother from New Rochelle, New York. The father's original last name was Toure but he changed it to Pontiac when the family moved to Detroit, believing it to be a conventional American name.
Marvin's father left the family when Marvin was two years old. When his mother was institutionalized in 1936, the father returned and brought the young boy to Bamako, Mali where Marvin was raised until he was fifteen. The music that he heard there would influence him forever.
At fifteen Marvin moved by himself to Chicago where he became versed in playing blues harmonica. At the age of seventeen, Marvin was accused by the great Little Walter of copying his harmonica style. This accusation led to a fistfight outside of a small club on Maxwell Street. Losing a fight to the much smaller Little Walter was so humiliating to the young Marvin that he left Chicago and moved to Lubbock, Texas where he became a plumber's assistant.
Not much is known about him for the next three years. There are unsubstantiated rumors that Marvin may have been involved in a bank robbery in 1950. In 1952, he had a minor hit for Acorn Records with the then controversial song "I'm a Doggy." Oddly enough, unbeknownst to Marvin and his label, he simultaneously had an enormous bootleg success in Nigeria with the beautiful song "Pancakes."
His disdain and mistrust of the music business is well documented and he soon fell out with Acorn's owner, Norman Hector. Although approached by other labels, Marvin refused to record for anyone unless the owner of the label came to his home in Slidell, La and mowed his lawn.
Reportedly Marvin's music was the only music that Jackson Pollack would ever listen to while he painted, this respect was not reciprocated. In 1970 Marvin believed that he was abducted by aliens. He felt his mother had had a similar unsettling experience, which had led to her breakdown. He stopped playing music and dedicated all of his time and energy to amicably contacting these creatures who had previously probed his body so brutally.
When he was arrested for riding a bicycle naked down the side streets of Slidell, La, it provided a sad but clear view of Marvin's coming years.
Marvin held the tribal belief that having a photograph taken of yourself could steal your soul, thus these candid shots are the only ones known to exist.
In 1971 he moved back to Detroit where he drifted forever and permanently into insanity.
WHAT OTHER GREAT ARTISTS HAVE SAID ABOUT MARVIN PONTIAC.....
"In my formative years, as an aspiring bass player, there was nothing I listened to more than Marvin Pontiac." -Flea
"A dazzling collection! It strikes me that Pontiac was so uncontainably prescient that one might think that these tracks had been assembled today." -David Bowie
"A Revelation." -Leonard Cohen
"This record has changed my life." -John Lurie
"Marvin would kick your ass for nothing. A true genius, Marvin was a pure original." -Iggy Pop
"The innovation and possibility in this music leaves me speechless." -Beck
"Marvin is good." -Angelique Kidjo
"...beds of eerie, hypnotic, textural rhythm with that tragic voice of the American male floating on top, or actually below." - Mike Gordon, Phish
CREDITS
Recorded At – The Magic ShopMixed At – RPM StudiosMastered At – Classic Sound, New York
I'm A DoggyBass – Tony ScherrDrums – Kenny WollesonGuitar – Jaime ScottHarmonica – Marvin PontiacPiano, Organ – John Medeski3:30
Small CarAcoustic Guitar – Erik SankoBacking Vocals – Adele Bertei, Eszter Balint, Kate Fenner, Kyrie Tinch, Liz Riley, Meaghan Gannett, Veronica BryantBass – Tony GarnierCello – Jane ScarpantoniDrums – Calvin WestonElectric Piano – Evan LurieGuitar – Jaime Scott, Marc RibotMarimba – Bill WarePercussion – Mauro RefoscoShekere – Billy MartinTenor Saxophone [Tenor] – Michael BlakeTrombone – Art Baron5:45
Now I'm HappyBaritone Saxophone – Doug WieselmanBass – Tony GarnierDrums – Calvin WestonGuitar – Marc RibotGuitar, Alto Saxophone – Marvin PontiacOrgan – John MedeskiPercussion, Gong – Mauro RefoscoTenor Saxophone – Michael BlakeTrombone – Art BaronTrumpet – Steven Bernstein3:49
PowerBass, Drums, Chair – Erik SankoCello – Jane ScarpantoniDrums [Murds] – Calvin WestonGuitar – Jaime ScottKeyboards [Casio] – Marvin PontiacOrgan, Clavinet, Mellotron – John Medeski4:02
Runnin' RoundBass – Tony ScherrDrums, Backing Vocals – Calvin WestonGuitar – Jaime ScottGuitar [Wah Wah Guitar] – Marvin PontiacOrgan – John MedeskiPercussion – Mauro RefoscoPiano – Evan Lurie3:39
PancakesBacking Vocals – Adele Bertei, Calvin Weston, Eszter Balint, Kyrie Tinch, Liz Riley, Renee FrenchBass – Tony ScherrDrums, Balafon [Balaphone] – Calvin WestonGuitar – Jaime ScottHarmonica, Keyboards – Marvin PontiacMarimba, Balafon – Bill WarePercussion – Kenny WollesonShaker – Billy Martin4:34
Bring Me RocksAlto Saxophone, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Marvin PontiacBacking Vocals – Calvin Weston, Jaime Scott, Steven Bernstein, Tony ScherrBaritone Saxophone – Doug WieselmanBass – Tony ScherrDrums – Calvin WestonGuitar – Jaime ScottMarimba – Bill WareTenor Saxophone – Michael BlakeTrombone – Art Baron3:32
RubinBass – Erik SankoDrums – Calvin WestonGuitar – Jaime ScottMarimba – Bill WarePercussion – Billy MartinTrombone – Art BaronVocals – Angelique Kidjo3:36
Wanna WannaBacking Vocals – Adele Bertei, Angelique Kidjo, Calvin Weston, Eszter Balint, Kate Fenner, Kyrie Tinch, Liz Riley, Meaghan Gannett, Sharon Niesp, Veronica BryantBaritone Saxophone – Doug WieselmanBass – Erik SankoDrums – Calvin WestonGuitar – Jaime Scott, Marvin PontiacPercussion – Billy Martin, Kenny WollesonPiano, Organ – John MedeskiTenor Saxophone [Tenor] – Michael BlakeTrombone – Art BaronTrumpet – Steven Bernstein4:49
Sleep At NightHarmonica – Marvin PontiacPiano – John Medeski3:25
Arms & LegsBass – Tony ScherrDrums – Calvin WestonGuitar – Jaime ScottKeyboards, Sitar – Marvin PontiacMellophone [Melophone] – Steven Bernstein2:40
She Ain't Going HomeBacking Vocals – Calvin Weston, Erik Sanko, Jaime Scott, Marvin Pontiac, Tony ScherrBanjo, Harmonica – Marvin PontiacBass, Slide Guitar – Tony ScherrGuitar – Jaime ScottPercussion [Sticks] – Calvin Weston3:12
Little FlyBacking Vocals – Eszter Balint, Kate Fenner, Kyrie Tinch, Liz Riley, Meaghan Gannett, Veronica BryantBass – Erik SankoDrums [Disco Drums] – Calvin WestonGuitar – Jaime ScottLyrics By – PontiacOcarina – Doug "The Hank" Wieselman1:39
No KidsAcoustic Guitar – Marvin PontiacBacking Vocals – Angelique Kidjo*, Meaghan Gannett, Melanie RockBass, Guitar – Erik SankoDrums – Calvin WestonGuitar – Jaime ScottMarimba – Bill WarePercussion – Billy Martin3:05
― dow, Monday, 30 April 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
I haven't bought these because they've previously only been available as way overpriced CD/DVD or CD/Blu-Ray sets. If they release a reasonably priced CD-only version of this box, I might consider it, even though I don't really like the Wilson mix of Topographic:
YES: THE STEVEN WILSON REMIXES
Celebrate The Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer's 50th Anniversary With A Vinyl Set Featuring Steven Wilson's Remixes Of Five Classic Albums: The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Relayer And The Double Album, Tales From Topographic Oceans
Available June 29 From Rhino
LOS ANGELES - Yes mark their 50th anniversary this year and release YES: THE STEVEN WILSON REMIXES which spotlights five studio albums that helped secure the band's recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
YES: THE STEVEN WILSON REMIXES will be available June 29 as a five album set. It includes remixed versions of: The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1971), Close To The Edge (1972), the double album Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973), and Relayer (1974). Each album features remixed audio by renowned producer Steven Wilson, released on vinyl for the first time.
The record case features artwork created specifically for the set by Roger Dean, whose artwork and trademark calligraphy are synonymous with the band's identity, two of the albums, Close To The Edge and Tales From Topography Oceans have new cover art, while the remaining three covers have been reworked by Dean.
After their initial release in the 1970's,Wilson's articulate remix shines a light on the stellar performances that run deep through each of these the albums, from hits like "Roundabout" and "I've Seen All Good People," to album-side length epics like "Close To The Edge" and "The Gates Of Delirium."
The music included in this collection confirms the band's standing as the most enduring, ambitious, and virtuosic progressive band in rock history. It also follows the band through a number of personnel changes. Starting in February 1971 with Yes's third studio release, The Yes Album, the band featured vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, keyboardist Tony Kaye and drummer Bill Bruford. Released just nine months later, Fragile was Yes's first release with keyboardist Rick Wakeman. The same line-up returned on 1972's Close To The Edge. A year later, drummer Alan White made his Yes debut on Tales From Topographic Oceans. And finally, keyboardist Patrick Moraz joined for Relayer in 1974.
YES: THE STEVEN WILSON REMIXESLP Album Listing:
The Yes Album (1971)Fragile (1971)Close To The Edge (1972)Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)Relayer (1974)
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
The music included in this collection confirms the band's standing as the most enduring, ambitious, and virtuosic progressive band in rock history.
― niels, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
xp Boy the brainy 80s NYC hipster rollcall of Marvin's musical attendants---"the downtown crowd," as Lou Reed used to say---really takes me back, though they're a bit underemployed here, despite the alert, expert zigzag elevator groovage---underemployed compared to some other ventures, though not quantity-wise, would be better at half the length---about 25 minutes---or less (an excellent bonus EP w Lounge Lizards box, for inst). "Small Car" gets him out of the neighborhood or ward for a few minutes: it's about tiny farmers with "inch-long dogs" who are happy but one night they start to wonder where the stars come from, so they get in their cars made from cans and drive and drive, happy in the starlight and saying, "Hi farmer" to each other, 'til they come to the giants, us, or people our size, and agree that they don't belong here/there, so get in their can-cars and drive back home, but they enjoyed the trip and they're happy ever after to remember the night. Nice music.Otherwise, in the usual fedoraheadspace, my fave line is "I put a piece of fur in my shoe to hide it from you. " Last track, "No Kids," has an intriguingly more serious vibe, or back and forth, coulda used a few more like that (although I kept getting interrupted, took most of the day so far to hear it all, so some may take hold later).
― dow, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:10 (five years ago) link
Numero Group announces Ectotrophia, the first authoritative compilation of American dream pop artist Happy Rhodes' earliest recordings from 1984-87, out June 29
The first authoritative compilation of American dream pop artist Happy Rhodes, whose singular songwriting and four-octave vocal range emanated from the pastoral confines of upstate New York in the 1980s. Her melding of classical music influences with synthesizer and acoustic guitar, and her enchanting and idiosyncratic singing, are favorably compared to heralded English chanteuse Kate Bush.
Fans of such artistic pop music would be remiss to overlook Rhodes’s similarly remarkable and otherworldly sonic transmissions, traversing tales of dreamers, outsiders, lovers and other lovely and terrifying creatures born of a wellspring of wild creativity and bold imagination.
Affectionately remastered from the original tapes, Ectotrophia gathers essential songs from Rhodes’s mid-'80s salad days, many written when she was just a teenager—wildly ahead of her time and unafraid to bare her soul to regional audiences, the ectophiles who’d eventually coin an entire subgenre of pop music in her honor. Dive deep into ecto, with the woman who started it all.
"When The Rain Came Down" (not my cuppa, but maybe yours)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP8Nv8XWMgU&feature=youtu.be
― dow, Saturday, 5 May 2018 01:39 (five years ago) link
Aw crap--anyway it's on YouTube
So Guns N' Roses are putting out a 4-CD/1-Blu-Ray super deluxe edition of Appetite For Destruction in June. There are various versions, the biggest of which costs $999 and comes in a crate with about a hundred stupid things nobody needs. But here's the track listing, which includes new remasters of the album and the Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide and G N' R Lies EPs, plus a bunch of previously unreleased tracks:
Disc One - Appetite For Destruction
01 “Welcome To The Jungle”02 “It’s So Easy”03 “Nightrain”04 “Out Ta Get Me”05 “Mr. Brownstone”06 “Paradise City”07 “My Michelle”08 “Think About You”09 “Sweet Child O’ Mine”10 “You’re Crazy”11 “Anything Goes”12 “Rocket Queen”
Disc Two – B-sides N’ EPs
01 “Reckless Life”02 “Nice Boys”03 “Move To The City (Live)04 “Mama Kin”05 “Shadow Of Your Love” (Live)06 “You’re Crazy” (Acoustic Version)07 “Patience”08 “Used To Love Her”09 “You’re Crazy”10 “It’s So Easy” (Live)11 “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” (Live)12 “Whole Lotta Rosie” (Live)
Disc Three – 1986 Sound City Session
01 “Welcome To The Jungle” (1986 Sound City Session)02 “Nightrain” (1986 Sound City Session)03 “Out Ta Get Me” (1986 Sound City Session)04 “Paradise City” (1986 Sound City Session)05 “My Michelle” (1986 Sound City Session)06 “Think About You” (1986 Sound City Session)07 “You’re Crazy” (1986 Sound City Session)08 “Anything Goes” (1986 Sound City Session)09 “Rocket Queen” (1986 Sound City Session)10 “Shadow Of Your Love” (1986 Sound City Session)11 “Heartbreak Hotel” (1986 Sound City Session)12 “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1986 Sound City Session)
Disc Four – 1986 Sound City Session and More
01 “Shadow Of Your Love”02 “Move To The City” (1986 Sound City Session)03 “Ain’t Goin’ Down No More” (Instrumental Version – 1986 Sound City Session)04 “The Plague” (1986 Sound City Session)05 “Nice Boys” (1986 Sound City Session)06 “Back Off Bitch” (1986 Sound City Session)07 “Reckless Life” (1986 Sound City Session)08 “Mama Kin” (1986 Sound City Session)09 “New Work Tune” (1986 Sound City Session)10 “November Rain” (Piano Version – 1986 Sound City Session)11 “Move To The City” (Acoustic Version – 1986 Sound City Session)12 “You’re Crazy” (Acoustic Version – 1986 Sound City Session)13 “November Rain” (Acoustic Version – 1986 Sound City Session)14 “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (Acoustic Version- 1986 Sound City Session)15 “Move To The City” (1988 Acoustic Version)
Blu-Ray Audio
Bonus Tracks
01 “Shadow Of Your Love”02 “Patience”03 “Used To Love Her”04 “You’re Crazy”05 “Move To The City” (1988 Acoustic Version)
Music Videos
01 “Welcome To The Jungle”02 “Sweet Child O’ Mine”03 “Paradise City”04 “Patience”05 “It’s So Easy” (Brand New Video From 1989)
Did you notice what's missing from Disc Two? That's right - "One In A Million" is not included on this box. Axl is woke now. (Well, kinda - "Used To Love Her" is still there.)
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 5 May 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
Sky's The Limit is by far my favorite of theirs, followed by All Directions and 1990, which were on CD not too long ago I guess.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 6 May 2018 01:36 (five years ago) link
There are various versions, the biggest of which costs $999 and comes in a crate with about a hundred stupid things nobody needs.
Including a life-size replica of Slash's hat or GTFO.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 May 2018 01:43 (five years ago) link
Axl is woke now. (Well, kinda - "Used To Love Her" is still there.)
It’s about his dog, remember? ;)
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Sunday, 6 May 2018 02:19 (five years ago) link
I watched the unboxing video for this and could only see a succession of sad living rooms where this product serves as some kind of altar or shrine.
― DACA Flocka Flame (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 6 May 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
I’m slightly interested in the 2CD version they’re putting out – I’ve never actually owned Appetite, in any form – but spending any amount of money on it feels like a failure of imagination (and sense).
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Monday, 7 May 2018 03:57 (five years ago) link
TheVinylFactory.com has beaucoup news, about first-timers and reissues; here's some, starting last month:
Far Out reissues two cult ’70s Brazilian albums featuring original members of Azymuth
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With Victor Assis Brazil, Orlandivo, and legendary producer and multi-instrumentalist Durval Ferreira.
Far Out Recordings is reissuing two 1970s Brazilian “comedy concept” albums from television duo Chico Anysio and Arnauld Rodrigues this June.
Baiano & Os Novos Caetanos (1974) and Azambuja & Cia (1975) are based on characters created by Anysio and Rodrigues, with sounds that mix jazz-funk, soulful samba-rock and MPB.
Baiano & Os Novos Caetanos is a satire on Brazil’s Tropicália movement, while Azambuja & Cia tells the story of Carioca conman Paulo Maurício Azambuja.
Both albums have been remastered for these new viny reissues, with original album artwork.
More pix and full albums streams linked here:https://thevinylfactory.com/news/far-out-cult-70s-brazilian-albums-featuring-members-azymuth/
― dow, Saturday, 19 May 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link
South African kwaito jazz
A future-facing hybrid of jazz, broken beat and afro-synth.
Composer and pianist Moses Taiwa Molelekwa’s 2000 album Genes And Spirits has been reissued on vinyl for the first time by Matsuli Music.
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Released a year before his death at the age of 29, Molelekwa forged a unique international sound with a band that included Cuban legend Chucho Valdez, Cameroonian drummer Cuba Brice Wassy and Brazilian singer and fusion star Flora Purim.
The result is an album of genre-defying dexterity, created by a process of “finding a range of rhythmic alternatives”, of which the jazzy broken beat of second track ‘Spirits Of Tembisa’ is a particularly strong example.
The album will be reissued ion gatefold vinyl by Matsuli Music, who have already been responsible for reviving South African jazz gems by Batsumi, Black Disco and Ndikho Xaba And The Natives.
More info, audio here:https://thevinylfactory.com/news/south-african-kwaito-jazz-by-moses-taiwa-molelekwa-reissued-on-vinyl/
Read next: An introduction to 10 of South Africa’s most important labelshttps://thevinylfactory.com/features/south-africa-record-labels-ranger/
― dow, Saturday, 19 May 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link