David Ayers Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 Yes it bothers me. I have the LP though I don't play it much. I had the Major Works set but I sold it. But. Why no sonically upgraded, individual issue of OM? As I recall, even Japanese Universal om-itted it (geddit?) from their round of 24 bit reissues. Is there no love for OM? Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 Finding more than 200 customers is the problem. Quote
couw Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 Finding more than 200 customers is the problem. only 200? What's the problem? Quote
etherbored Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 i've seen 'OM' from japan, albeit it was several years ago... -e- Quote
couw Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 i've seen 'OM' from japan, albeit it was several years ago... -e- me too and my hands were too filled to pick it up. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 Finding more than 200 customers is the problem. only 200? What's the problem? The number was a joke but in reality few are waiting for this and the cd might generate an unusual amount of returned cds. It is primarily interesting as a Coltrane "curio" for late Trane collectors and "regular" Trane collectors will feel let down. Quote
etherbored Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 me too and my hands were too filled to pick it up. next time, bring that wagon...! . -e- Quote
jazzbo Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 I like Om. My vinyl copy was in bad shape. I bought a K2 Japanese Impulse about thee years ago that sounds really good. Short, weird, sweet. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 Couldn't remember what the original cover looked like, looked for it, and here it is, FWIW... Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 Couldn't remember what the original cover looked like, looked for it, and here it is, FWIW... Your memory doesn't go back that far. Quote
felser Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 Short, weird, sweet. Short, weird, really really weird. The spoken parts sound like a trip to hell. I can stretch myself a long way on later Trane, but I wish this one had stayed in the can. Quote
JSngry Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 Short, weird, sweet. Short, weird, really really weird. The spoken parts sound like a trip to hell. I can stretch myself a long way on later Trane, but I wish this one had stayed in the can. The operative word there being "trip"... Quote
Patrick Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 Om was the first Coltrane recording I ever listened to, because that's what was available that day at the public library. Om and the Village Vanguard Again album. I guess the more conventional gems were already checked out/stolen. Om was just too weird for this 8th grader. As a result, didn't listen to any Coltrane-led dates for many years thereafter. Probably not until Blue Train and My Favorite Things in college. This may have been the initial catlayst for my continuing (though now receding a bit) aversion to late period Coltrane. Quote
EKE BBB Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 It is primarily interesting as a Coltrane "curio" for late Trane collectors and "regular" Trane collectors will feel let down. Yes, I was. Surely the Coltrane CD (and I have about 50, counting bootlegs) that I like the least. Quote
John L Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 I used to meditate to OM back in the 70s. How I did it, I don't know. -_- Quote
7/4 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 I love it. Don't listen to it too often, but I still dig it. Late Trane is good for the soul. Quote
David Ayers Posted August 11, 2006 Author Report Posted August 11, 2006 The 1998 Japanese MVC disk is still in print. There was no 24 bit issue in Japan (in fact IIRC there was no 24 bit Interstellar Space either). I suppose I just wonder why, if Ascension and Kulu Se Mama (the other inclusions on Major Works) could be reissued and kept in print, as well as other late Trane, and even the release of Olatunji concert, as well as endless spiritual romps from Alice and Pharaoh (of which Om is a precursor) I just wonder why the line stops at Om. Quote
P.L.M Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 (edited) I just wonder why the line stops at Om. I wonder either. I also liked to know why OM should has stay "in the can". As far as I know, nobody has ever been obliged to listen to it. Not a favorite, but a record that you can't ignore if you like late COLTRANE (and I've listen since to MUCH "unlistenable" music than OM.) Edited August 11, 2006 by P.L.M Quote
JSngry Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 The line really stops at the Cosmic Music material. At least Om has had some form of American CD issue... Quote
Kyo Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 The line really stops at the Cosmic Music material. At least Om has had some form of American CD issue... Indeed, I wonder how long it'll take them to release this stuff (hopefully in unedited, un-overdubbed form). Quote
Parkertown Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 (edited) I've got a domestic cd issue of this. Mine has a little sticky-note on it that reads: Note to Shelley (my wife): Never play this cd! Edited August 11, 2006 by Parkertown Quote
rostasi Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 (edited) The line really stops at the Cosmic Music material. At least Om has had some form of American CD issue... Indeed, I wonder how long it'll take them to release this stuff (hopefully in unedited, un-overdubbed form).Don't have it handy now, but I seem to remember that the American version released it with two tracks (sides 1 and 2) Am I remembering this correctly? Patrick's comment about being an 8th grader - I remember this time well when a classmate named Scott borrowed Om and Kulu Se Mama from me and I had a hell of a time getting it back from him. I suppose it just goes to show that Om may just be a love it/hate it recording. Edited August 11, 2006 by rostasi Quote
Big Al Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 Maybe they can't find an engineer willing to sit through the re-mastering process? Quote
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