A thread for Sandy Bull

i could ask her about it if you are sincerely curious.

― sarahell, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 3:41 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Of course! That would be great. I was just wondering what became of it. I'm pretty burned out on music docs in general but I feel like Sandy's is probably a story that actually deserves one

it's only a 40- or 50-min movie anyway, from what i can gather online

Looks like KC Bull posted the documentary on Youtube last year -- missed it til just now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7nSx1oJySQ

Seconding the praise for Memphis, Tennessee. Wish he'd done more in that vein.

thx for the heads up on the doc — been wanting to see that!

hell yeah - i will be watching that soon, thanks

thanks for sharing

Anyone heard this recently released live album?
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/bull-sandy-live-in-san-francisco-late-1969-lp/TDP.54111LP.html

I’ve pretty much given up on Drag City repressing the rhythm ace record

curious about that SF 69 thing ... but I can't find any info about it (other than the descrip on the FE page and elsewhere). seems like it'd be at least a slightly bigger deal.

biggest surprise of the Jann Wenner bio was Sandy Bull playing such a prominent role being Jane Wenner's longtime romantic partner, even while she was married to Jann. also didn't know he was such a bad junkie.

just when you think sandy can't be any cooler, he cucks jann wenner

and yeah, he was, uh, a committed heroin user for a long time, i think.

but I can't find any info about it (other than the descrip on the FE page and elsewhere). seems like it'd be at least a slightly bigger deal.

idk, is it a bootleg label? the cover photo, pretty clearly from the 80s, doesn't inspire much confidence.

Trading Places appears to be a Radation sublabel, which afaik is legit

https://www.discogs.com/label/1624893-Trading-Places

from Discogs comments:

For those concerned with questions of legitimacy, Trading Places appears to license many of their releases from Cherry Red, who does factually maintain rights to the several releases I checked. Cherry Red / Esoteric Recordings is fully legitimate, and if they grant the license then the releases are legitimate. One may contact Cherry Red to confirm this for themselves. Every Trading Places release I've viewed has some form of licensing claim, whether from Cherry Red or other parties related to the respective release. This does not mean they are legitimate, but are at the very least researching rights holders.

what an amazing doc that was, and so real. loved it.