Roland Kirk Atlantic releases

[romualdo]

I'm wondering why RRK's first Atlantic session (live), Here Comes The Whistleman has never been included within the Collectables stable of releases. It has been previously released through Atlantic/Warners, Water & the M label. Maybe Joel Dorn was not involved with it?

Also, Collectables claim to have released (info that comes with the two box set releases) all of RRK's Atlantic/Warners sessions in the two (5Cd & 7CD) box sets - these appear to be the already issued Collectables releases (including an Ornette Coleman session - twofer release) put into two boxes. Here Comes The Whistleman & Bright Moments are missing.

Can anyone comment on the audio quality of these releases - I've read that many/most of the Collectables Atlantic transfers are not up to par.

[Shrdlu]

There was a CD of Whistleman a few years back. A very tasty set!

[AndrewHill]

The Water reissue is still available, and the remastering/packaging (the Ayler and Blue Notes for example) have been very good.

[Hot Ptah]

Kirk's Atlantic album with Al Hibbler was paired with an Ornette album for a single disc Collectables reissue. However, to fit both albums onto a disc, they deleted one of the songs from the Kirk album. It's a fine song and one of my favorites from the album.

I am not happy with that!

[Shrdlu]

They did that with Miroslav's "Infinite Search"/"Mountain in the Clouds" album too. Bad production.

[Guest Bill Barton]

There are some truly bizarre pairings of albums in that series. K Mart meets K-Tel...

[Bill Nelson]

When Collectables issues such odd pairings with tasteless cover art, I'm likely to file it under:

Various Artists, esp. when it's not a complete work of the artist with deleted tracks.

And as for future CD resale value? "Priceless."

But sometimes their juxtapositions work, such as Luis Gasca and Ira Sullivan. Who knew?

[king ubu]

beautiful album - here's the edition to get:

[Bluesnik]

There was a CD of Whistleman a few years back. A very tasty set!

yes, i have it. found it the other day getting some order into my cds. i think it is a digipack.

[GA Russell]

They did that with Miroslav's "Infinite Search"/"Mountain in the Clouds" album too. Bad production.

Amen! Infinite Search is one of my favorite albums, although part of that could be based upon sentimentality.

I assume that you are referring to the release that paired it with Tones for Joan's Bones. In that case, a good song was omitted, while a bonus track (that I thought was no big deal) was added.

[Shrdlu]

Yes.