What to Reissue Number Two

[jazzbo]

A quick once through on my end and I say it's a very good reissue. YOURS would have been better, but Ace did the material proud.

[colinmce]

What about the Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon Quartet on Savoy? Has that ever been legitimately reissued on CD? Not that I know of.

[clifford_thornton]

Dunno about legitimately - Free Factory reissued it but I'm not sure if it's a boot or whether the tapes were leased. I know Dixon did not see royalties from it and the original contract stated that he and Shepp owned the masters and just leased them to Savoy for a dollar a year – something like that. Beautiful record.

Keep your ear to the ground for more archival Dixon music to make an appearance on Triple Point in the coming year or two.

[colinmce]

Yeah, those'll be nice to look at through the screen ...

Pretty certain the Free Factory is a needledrop. Sounds pretty junky. Great album with a wonderful cover. It'd be nice to have it done justice.

[Homefromtheforest]

Keep your ear to the ground for more archival Dixon music to make an appearance on Triple Point in the coming year or two.

Will this be less then $300?

[mjazzg]

Triple Point.....forget that then unless they initiate their "For Real Folk" imprint and price accordingly

Dixon certainly wins 'Best Jazz Cardigan' Award on that Savoy. I'd love to have it legit - good suggestion colinmce

[clifford_thornton]

I think there will be a CD set as well, at least that was the initial hope.

[clifford_thornton]

The sound on the original Savoy is far from "crisp" - the levels seem off - but it's a hell of a date.

[romualdo]

What about the Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon Quartet on Savoy? Has that ever been legitimately reissued on CD? Not that I know of.

Sounds nice - there's even an unissued title (Avalon) from the second session with Reggie Workman & Howard McRae

[clifford_thornton]

will have to check Dixonia on that - I know a lot (but not all, thankfully) of the 1960s material from Bill's tape archive was lost in the early '70s due to an unpaid/payment screw up with a storage unit.

[jonathanhorwich]

Dear All: Firstly I will be putting out the Daley material in the future. But for the here and now I will be putting out some Ran Blake (Film Noir and Rapport) and then I need your opinions on this: Sound by Roscoe Mitchell has never come out on CD in it's original vinyl form. The CD that did come out from Delmark has the original recording session performance unedited. This is fine but is not the original vinyl issue. I had the thought of putting it out on CD with my usual packaging as it originally came out on vinyl as an historic issue which would allow the listener to have on CD exactly what was on the vinyl. The question is would anybody think that was good and be interested. It is a very important recording and what made it so was the edited music on the vinyl release which I would duplicate. It is easy to do so as Delmark is here in Chicago.

Would love to hear what members here think. Thank you as usual.

[clifford_thornton]

Only have this on LP so I've never even heard the unedited takes...

[Chuck Nessa]

You should check them out, to say the least.

[johnblitweiler]

Jon, I'm so glad you are bringing out the Ran Blakes again. But the Delmark "Sound" CD, including original cover and liners plus terrific alternate takes and the original full-length performance also titled "Sound," this time with the drum solo restored, is still widely available - it's already a great reissue.

[Late]

I'd personally buy Sound as an International Phonograph reissue, but I don't think, overall, it would sell that well considering the already available reissue.

Jonathan — do you like Sam Rivers? There's a fair amount of his work that has never made it onto compact disc.

[Head Man]

I'd certainly be very interested in having the Ran Blake's...I missed them when they came out on vinyl and they've been out of print for a long time so I would imagine they would sell pretty well.

Not sure about the Roscoe Mitchell. I would buy it because it's an International Phonograph reissue but the Delmark CD is still widely available so I wonder if there would there be much of a market for another reissue...I doubt it, myself.

[blind-blake]

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but Beaver Harris and Don Pullen's "Well Kept Secret" is great and has never been issued on CD. Also features cover art by Ralph Steadman - the guy who did those illustrations for Hunter S. Thompson's writings.

Edited April 23, 2015 by blind-blake

[jcam_44]

Love International Phonograph reissues but I have 0 interest in another copy of Sound. The Sam Rivers sound like an excellent idea and I'd be all over that.

[AllenLowe]

I'd prefer Fuchsia Swing Song.

[jlhoots]

Jon, I'm so glad you are bringing out the Ran Blakes again. But the Delmark "Sound" CD, including original cover and liners plus terrific alternate takes and the original full-length performance also titled "Sound," this time with the drum solo restored, is still widely available - it's already a great reissue.

I agree.

[king ubu]

Yes on the Blake!

And that Rivers I'd surely buy as well, in spite of having the LP.

The Roscoe ... probably not, the Delmark CD is just fine for me.

[Steve Reynolds]

For me, I would buy any of Sam Rivers trio sessions that I've never heard - especially if they ever got the wonderful International Phonograph treatment. I prefer the trio with Holland and Altschul but those trio records with Joe Daley & Warren Smith look real tempting as well.

[peterintoronto]

The sound on the original Savoy is far from "crisp" - the levels seem off - but it's a hell of a date.

Agreed. Found a sealed OG on eBay 2-3 years ago and can attest to the lo-fi presentation. Doesn't detract from the music though.

[Clunky]

The Ran Blakes sound promising. I can't see healthy sales of "Sound" given that the existing CD is so good already.

[jonathanhorwich]

Thank you all for your excellent comments. So helpful. Oh boy. I may just drop it on Sound. I don't want to go nuts over a giant fizzle. Maybe someday. I love Sam Rivers. Well his playing on Tony Williams's Love Song from Spring is as good as modern sax gets. I adore his playing. So a list of possibles would be great. Allen, you mentioned "I'd prefer Fuchsia Swing Song" Isn't that one out on CD? I thought so. Another avenue is I had a good communication with Sam's people during the Mosaic work on that and there are tapes in his family's possession. I may check those out. He was a monster player. So I'll cool off on Sound for a while and get on with Ran Blake which should be nice reissues. And meantime research Sam Rivers, with your help so fire away anymore.