Д.Д. Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 Got Bley and AEoC w/ Fontella Bass in a local store today. Bley is number 3XXX, so there are quite a few of those pressed (5,000?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 I won't get the Alan Shorter reissue. Did not bother with the original vinyl when it came out and was widely available and on sale at many stores. Wayne's brother was a special character and not a very interesting player if I may say! I hear you... he had a few good early years and then appeard to have lost whatever he had by about 1970. I mean, he doesn't even really play on that Tusques Shandar! I was recently trying to decide whether his solo on "Mr. Syms" was interesting because it was so odd or because of a lack of chops... either way, it is 'out'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 Got Bley and AEoC w/ Fontella Bass in a local store today. Bley is number 3XXX, so there are quite a few of those pressed (5,000?). I think I have one that is higher than 4000, so yes, 5000 could be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy T. Frog Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 DMG finally was able to send out the discs last week, but I was informed that the Art Ensemble with Fontella Bass was "not yet pressed", although I believe Ubu implied he bought every disc in the series. Anyone know the story? Ubu? All I know is that I own that one, and the the store where I got it has re-stocked it, too, thus there must be two that were pressed, at least... ubu Thanks. I may have to wait until the rumored domestic issues come out (I'll believe it when I see them, frankly). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Just an FYI: CD Universe has the Free America titles up for pre-ordering, available January 18, 2005. Cost: $29.99 (each) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 The Paris stores seemed to be restocked last week. One secondhand shop had several of the new releases for €8 ($10) each. All still sealed. They're gone by now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Got the first two notices of Free America titles now in stock at Dusty Groove: Alan Shorter -- Tes Esat -- Limited Numbered Edition . . . CD . . . $22.99 Frank Wright -- Uhuru Na Umoja -- Limited Numbered Edition . . . CD . . . $22.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 I got those notices too. Thought it was strange that they had only acquired the Shorter and Wright. I'd like both of those, but am going to have to pass ... an order from Hiroshi, an ECM order, and the Andrew Hill Select have put me in the doghouse. I wonder if Dusty Groove will ever put those titles on "sale." Maybe then my guilty conscience will permit me some leeway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadcoldfish Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 They might have the others later, as CD Universe has the Shorter and the Braxtons, as imports, with a due date of March 15th, $29.99 on a list price of $34.99. I tried to order the Braxtons last week from alapage.com in France, and it came back out of stock / cancelled. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Got mine from http://www.amazon.de. 17.99 Euro, or about $23 USD. Worth the trouble, as it has proven more difficult for DustyGroove to procure them than I think they first anticipated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Hold on, I thought they were also going to be reissued in the States by a US label? $30 is too much, even for these titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Hold on, I thought they were also going to be reissued in the States by a US label? $30 is too much, even for these titles. At this point, that's an unconfirmed rumor. (Unconfirmed rumor? Is there such a thing?) Just out of curiousity, I'm wondering if Downtown Music Gallery has been able to deliver on these titles. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 (Unconfirmed rumor? Is there such a thing?) (yes, that's when you're not yet sure it's really a rumor or not.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadcoldfish Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Got mine from http://www.amazon.de. 17.99 Euro, or about $23 USD. Worth the trouble, as it has proven more difficult for DustyGroove to procure them than I think they first anticipated. Yep, I just went with amazon.de too, as the cduniverse price for the 2 disc sets pre order is $57.99 ! Supposedly the early rumour was that Dusty Groove (the Bastards!) said that they weren't available for import, due to possible US release. However, they're now on their site with 3/1 due date, so that appears to have changed. maybe. possibly. then again they may not arrive. or they could. or the big assed music corporation that owns the rights could some day figure out how to: 1. reduce marketing costs by leaking pre-release info to rabid fans, eliminating glossy ads in Maxim. 2. release them in the US at the same time as European / Japanese release, thereby eliminating the problem of super rabid fans ordering through those darned non US web sites. But then again ... Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmirBagachelles Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 It sounds as if these have been hijacked in distribution. There is more stock coming, but at something like $5 additional wholesale markup. I'm sure the artists will be as pleased as we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 I picked some of these up when I was in Paris a few weeks ago. Very nice packaging. I had never heard AEC's Phase One before. Quite nice. Certain Blacks is always a lot of good fun. The Clifford Thornton is also nice, a fairly rounded portrait of his talents in a quartet setting. I hadn't heard the Shepp before either, but I am not too crazy about it after an initial listening. Any reviews on the Rudd or the Bley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnhrtg Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Any reviews on the Rudd or the Bley? Not a review, obviously, but I quite like the Rudd. It packs good energetic playing and fine solos, especially by Rudd - nice tunes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Any reviews on the Rudd or the Bley? Not a review, obviously, but I quite like the Rudd. It packs good energetic playing and fine solos, especially by Rudd - nice tunes too. I like the Rudd a lot, too! I think I posted a little write up (not a real review) in the "funny rat", you would certainly find it by looking for "Rudd" and me as member. ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Thanks, guys. I guess that the Rudd goes on my "must" list right away. The fact that he has made so few recordings as a leader also makes this quartet date look especially appealing. If it wasn't for the price (over 17 EUROs a pop), I would have picked up the whole set right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Dorward Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 (edited) The Thornton just popped up in the mailslot at Exclaim--hadn't heard Thornton before, but it's a really good one, not least because of the glimpse of folks like Francois Tusques & Beb Guerin. (As it happens I recently reviewed Arc Voltaic, a fine new disc by Tusques on the In Situ label.) I gotta grab a few other discs from the series.... Edited February 8, 2005 by Nate Dorward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 The Bley is his electronic stuff - long Moog tones and squeaks with Bennink rustling around it. Pretty weird, but not bad. The title track is the better of the two, imho. I suppose technically there is another Bley on America, but I don't think it'll be part of this series (Hillcrest recording). The Rudd is excellent - a bit reminiscent of Mohawk but with Moholo instead of Milford on drums (they actually play similarly here) and a particularly good pickup Scandinavian bassist, Finn von Eyben. Get it! Cheers, CT PS: Nate, thanks for the "props." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Nate: Is your Tusques review appearing in the March issue of PT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 The Bley is his electronic stuff - long Moog tones and squeaks with Bennink rustling around it. Pretty weird, but not bad. The title track is the better of the two, imho. There is also some singing on a couple of tracks - by Bley and Peacock. I thought the disc was quite weak overall, with first track indeed being somewhat more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Dorward Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 The Tusques piece appeared a while back-- it's here: http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine...07jul_text.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Dorward Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Dan's got a little more on Tusques here-- http://www.bagatellen.com/archives/features/000463.html & there's a short clip of him playing here-- http://www.dunoisjazz.info/TRESOR1.htm though he's hidden behind his floppy hair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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