danasgoodstuff Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 Blue Note france has apparently reissued this much sought after title and dusty Groove's got it! Quote
J Larsen Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 (edited) This is supposed to be coming out domestically on an indie label soon. Anyone remember the exact details? I thought this and Ghetto Music were supposed to be released very soon. Okay, I see that the domestic CDs and LPs are going to come out on May 30. I can't find the label they're being released on right now, but I distinctly recall that it is a small label and that it's not Blue Note. Edited April 2, 2003 by J Larsen Quote
brownie Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 Saw the CD in a Paris store this week, along with a bunch of fresh BN reissues, all on sale at 10 euros (about the same as dollars). I have this Eddie Gale session on LP and did not bother with the reissue. Quote
J.A.W. Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 (edited) Saw the CD in a Paris store this week, along with a bunch of fresh BN reissues, all on sale at 10 euros (about the same as dollars). €1 = $1.09 at the moment. Edited April 2, 2003 by J.A.W. Quote
Soul Stream Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 what else is blue note france putting out? does anybody know. i'd like to be hip to it so i can keep an eye on the dustygroove website for them. Quote
Kari S Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 what else is blue note france putting out? does anybody know. i'd like to be hip to it so i can keep an eye on the dustygroove website for them. Check out the GroovExperience website (flash plug-in required). Click "Les rééditions GrooveMasters" once you get in. There's the list of all the reissues, complete with sound samples. Quote
JohnS Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 It's listed as a new release on Blue Note in the UK this month-presumably a Rare Groove. Buyers should treat with caution though. I don't think I have ever had any urge to play it again since I bought the lp when it first came out. Ditto Ghetto Music. It's those voices. Quote
jazzbo Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 I hear ya. . .but I like those voices. I like the voices on "Lift Every Voice" by Hill and the unreleased session included on the Conn. I like the Sun Ra voices. So these are all in the same vein. I like the two Gales and will be on the lookout for the reissue of Ghetto Music on cd. . . . Quote
JohnS Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 Lon, I like the voices on the Hill disc (perhaps the best example of this type of thing, same goes for Hill's writing for strings)-and the Sun Ra vocal additions are fine with me. But these are somehow.... Quote
jazzbo Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 'Scool. I dig them fine. And the music is great! Quote
JohnS Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 Lon, On reflection maybe I thought differently at the time. I must have liked Ghetto Music enough to buy Happening a few months later. Or perhaps I was just a Blue Note Junkie. Quote
Christiern Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 Blue Note france has apparently reissued this much sought after title and dusty Groove's got it! French Blue Note? Perhaps Berigan will buy a case and destroy it's content! Quote
Peter Johnson Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 That's funny, I didn't know this had become the politics forum. Quote
Ed S Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 I checked out the link Kari provided. (Thanks) It's Rare Groove Heaven. I definitely have to figure out where to get these babies. I guess I'll start at Dusty Groove. Yesterday, I ordered the Ronnie Foster, Eddie Gale, Alphonse Mouzon and Gene Harris. Didn't see any others, but I didn't know what to look for either. Quote
Swinging Swede Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 Grant Green's The Final Comedown is part of this series too. Quote
Noj Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 Just ordered the Eddie Gale and the Ronnie Foster. I'm regretting not getting the Alphonse Mouzon and the Grant Green already. I'm sure it will bug me until I go back and do it. Quote
Kari S Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 Easy, easy, people... I'd reconsider getting that Mouzon disc... Have you actually heard it? Mouzon was (is) a great drummer and played on some classic groove dates (Hancock's for example) but Mind Transplant is a very guitar-heavy session, almost rock. I just recently listened to the LP for the first time and it wasn't really my bag. Although AMG has given it a cool 4,5 stars. How about those two Grant Greens? Has anyone heard 'em? Carryin' On was reissued as a Rare Groove and The Final Countdown was supposedly a soundtrack (??). Quote
Noj Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 How do I love thee Dusty Groove? Let me count the dollars. Quote
Ed S Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 (edited) Well my discs arrived today from Dusty Groove. What super service! Order Tuesday, confirm Wednesday, arrive Friday. Not bad. I've given the discs the once over. If nothing else, they are definitely "of the period'. They've definitely got that early 70s sound. The first one I listened to was the Gale. I had no idea who Gale is and had never heard a lick of his music. Never checked AMG, just sort of took a flyer on this one. I was expecting a sort of jazzy soul/groove Donald Byrd sort of thing. What I got was something that nearly knocked my socks off. Nice record. Very adventurous and I dig the vocals too. I'll definitely have to give this some more listens. Then I went on the the Mouzon. Blistering guitar work and occasionally over the top fusion style drumming. Not that that's a bad thing. You just have to be ready and/or in the mood. Kari's right, sounds a lot more like a rock album in many places. There are some real nice moments as well. On to the Foster. Definitely my favorite of the bunch so far. AMG characterized this album as Ronnie Foster plays hits of the 70s. True in a lot of respects. He does a knock-out version of "Me and Mrs Jones". Very Nice. "Where Is The Love" and "Alone Again, Naturally" (even with the sitar) are also highlights of the first listen. I've got Gene Harris "Nexus" on now. The first two songs were not bad except for the annoying high pitched synth that played the lead and solos. The next few tunes haven't been bad. There's a few nice soulful tracks with the feel that you'd expect Harris could generate in this setting. I remember when I was a teenager thinking that the synthesizer sound was so excellent. 30 years later, it doesn't sound so great. One complaint about these is that the liner notes, the song titles and artist information is printed in microscopic size lettering on the back of the removable booklet. Open it up, and there's nothing inside. Would have been nice to print them in a readable size on the inside. In summary, if you plan on picking these up, expect and be ready for some hard core 70s style (and sound) soul/funk/jazz. I happen to dig that thing as I grew up in that period. It's sort of a retro/nostalgia thing for me. But this might not be for everyone. Edited April 4, 2003 by Ed Swinnich Quote
king ubu Posted April 18, 2003 Report Posted April 18, 2003 thanks for this reviews! I will have to get at least some of these. they hit the stores of old (still not european, though) switzerland, too, a couple of days ago. ubu Quote
mailman Posted April 19, 2003 Report Posted April 19, 2003 CD Universe shows the Gale's coming out on a label called Water. I'ver never heard of it I almost bought those on lp a few times back when but other releases always seemed to jump to the front of the line. Quote
JohnS Posted April 20, 2003 Report Posted April 20, 2003 Don't know much about the Water label but they did reissue Albert Ayler's Nuits de la Fondation Maeght. Both lps on one cd and made a pretty good job of it. Quote
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