I think they're all downloads as well, though storefront plays up the more expensive formats.
― dow, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 04:03 (one year ago) link
The word is, this is not a "legit" reissue because Savoy has nothing to do with it; they got the tapes from Marty Cook, who plays trombone on the record and is the last living member of the group. But since Savoy (which is now owned by Concord) has never bothered to do anything with the album, I say fuck 'em, get it how you can. I've wanted to hear this music for more than 20 years and now I can.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, December 12, 2022 10:40 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Bill Dixon (who also plays piano on one of the tracks, "Play It Straight") called Savoy a "plantation." Fuck 'em seconded.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 16:42 (one year ago) link
FTR, bassist Steve Tintweiss is also still among the living. In fact, I interviewed him earlier this year about Albert Ayler:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/albert-ayler-revelations-interview
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link
welp
Dear buyer, unfortunately, we will have to provisionally withdraw the reissue of The Marzette Watts Ensemble LP due to discrepancies in the authorisation we had to do so. Mad About Records is firmly against unofficial releases, and we strictly adhere to this policy. With this reissue, some discrepancies have arisen, and we don't want to operate in a territory where there could be any suspicion. Until we have a clarification, we will withdraw the disc from the market until then in pre-sale. We apologise for what happened and the damage caused. We will immediately refund the purchase and ensure that this reissue is a reality so that we can all enjoy the excellence of this record.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 15 December 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
One of my favorite Latin spiritual jazz albums, trumpeter Luis Gasca's For Those Who Chant, has been reissued on CD in a nice mini-LP sleeve by some South Korean label I've never heard of, but I just bought one on eBay, so I guess I'll report back on the quality of the remastering etc. when it arrives in, like, February. The personnel on this record is fucking mind-blowing, and it really should be better known and never out of print:
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Luis GascaTenor Saxophone – Joe HendersonFlute – Hadley CalimanGuitar – Carlos Santana, Neal SchonPiano, Electric Piano – George Cables, Gregg Rolie, Mark LevineOrgan – Richard KermodeBass – Stanley ClarkeVibraphone – José "Chepito" Areas Percussion – Garnette Mims, Joan MacGregor, Rico Reyes, Snooky FlowersCongas – Mike Carabello, Victor PantojaTimbales – Carmelo Garcia, Coke EscovedoDrums – Lenny White, Mike Shrieve
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:15 (one year ago) link
So he's got pretty much all of early Santana-the-band on there, along with Joe Henderson and George Cables and Stanley Clarke etc.?!
― dow, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:31 (one year ago) link
Yep. He had an interesting career — only made a few albums under his own name, but he was a member of Woody Herman's band, played with Mongo Santamaria and did sessions for Janis Joplin, Van Morrison, Santana (he was also on the live album with Buddy Miles), Malo, George Duke, and Joe Henderson.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
good lord, that lineup
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:52 (one year ago) link
holy shit, that lineup is nuts. definitely let us know how the quality is, that sounds like something i will totally keep an eye out for.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 20 December 2022 21:21 (one year ago) link
did the marzette watts reissue on mad about get scrapped? the link is now dead.
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link
it did, I think there was a post above abt that?
― sleeve, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 22:01 (one year ago) link
Yeah, it's down. The copy I purchased is now set to "Private" in my Bandcamp account and I can't download the files anymore. Fortunately I downloaded them the minute the transaction went through...
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 20 December 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
Do you have the full line-up? Was wondering if Sharrock was with him again (def his apprentice work on the ESP-DISK, but wondering if they did more, when he could play a bit more).
― dow, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 22:18 (one year ago) link
I haven’t been able to find a definitive listing of the personnel (there may be one out there; I’m just lazy), but Sharrock isn’t on it. The drummer I believe is J.C. Moses and, as I posted upthread, Bill Dixon produced, and played piano on one track.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 20 December 2022 22:23 (one year ago) link
The lineup (and instrumentation) are pretty interesting — credits via Discogs:
Cornet – George TurnerTenor Saxophone – Marzette WattsTrombone – Marty CookViolin – Frank KipersPiano – Bobby FewBass – Cevera Jeffires, Juini Booth, Steve TintweissDrums – J.C. Moses, Tom BergeVocals – Amy Sheffer, Patty Waters
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 20 December 2022 22:55 (one year ago) link
Sorry; the first bassist's name is Cevera Jeffries.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 20 December 2022 22:56 (one year ago) link
― sleeve, Tuesday, December 20, 2022 4:01 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah, sorry, missed that!
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 23:46 (one year ago) link
whoa, this is big news. iirc this is one of those German records that routinely fetches $500+
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/wegmuller-walter-tarot-2lp/KK.2258003LP.html
― frogbs, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 15:41 (one year ago) link
Also a 4CD reissue:
Four CD version. Includes two remastered versions, each on two CDs. Four-CD version includes two remastered versions, each on two CDs; first remaster by Dierks/Flüchter and then a completely different mastering by Dieter Wegner, who has already remastered many albums of the krautrock catalog, including the albums of the Cosmic Jokers.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 15:59 (one year ago) link
that rules, always wanted to hear that since reading about it in Krautrocksampler
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 16:06 (one year ago) link
you can hear it on YouTube, it sounds like a mash-up of Ash Ra Tempel & Amon Duul II. really cool and definitely something I've always wanted to own. plus the intro where he introduces the band is (accidentally?) hilarious
― frogbs, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link
yeah I'm super stoked, this has long been on my wishlist
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
Just found this posted elsewhere today:
Mechanical royalty rates are calculated in a completely different manner for European labels, so what may be possible for European labels is not viable for U.S. labels. There's a reason why European labels can include a ton of songs on a disc and sell it for a low price, or sell 4-fers for the cost of a single disc, or do box sets with tons of great content for a low price, while U.S. labels cannot do the same. The law in Europe is that the mechanical royalties (the money paid to the songwriters) are calculated and paid as a percentage of the wholesale price of the disc. If the wholesale price of the disc is $8, the amount paid in mechanical royalties would be the same whether the disc had 10 tracks or 50 tracks. In the U.S., it's a statutory rate paid per song -- and a 32% increase in that statutory rate just went into effect this year.
I vaguely knew that royalty payouts were higher in the U.S. when they included more songs on an album (one reason why U.S. versions of U.K. albums in the '60s had less songs), but I didn't realize how much of a difference that made in the CD era.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 16 March 2023 23:47 (one year ago) link