Norma Winstone - Edge of Time

[RogerF]

Reissued for January 2014! - NORMA WINSTONE – ‘EDGE OF TIME’ (Dusk Fire Records; DUSKCD108)

"One of the most individual releases from the heyday of modern British jazz is reissued on the Dusk Fire label this January (2014) in the shape of Norma Winstone’s 1972 solo debut ‘Edge of Time’.

Although she began her career in 1965 singing jazz standards, her exploration of the use of voice took Norma to experimentalism and the evolvement of a wordless approach to improvisation that she was to make distinctively her own.

Voted top singer in Melody Maker’s 1971 Jazz Poll, Norma recorded this, her first album, for release the following year on Decca’s Argo label.

Featuring the cream of modern British jazz talent including Kenny Wheeler, Paul Rutherford, Frank Ricotti, Tony Levin, Alan Skidmore, Henry Lowther, Art Themen, Gary Boyle, Chris Pyne, Chris Laurence, John Surman and John Taylor, ‘Edge of Time’ is to this day a startlingly original work not least in its deployment of her extraordinary vocal styling".

This was available for a while as a CD reissue on the Spanish Disconforme label but will now be getting the excellent Dusk Fire treatment with photos and extra notes and is a terrific album.

[sidewinder]

Good news ! Time to pull the vinyl out of this one.

[A Lark Ascending]

The earlier cd version had an atrocious transfer. Let's hope this is better.

[Jay]

The earlier cd version had an atrocious transfer. Let's hope this is better.

Agreed. I love this record and that reissue sounds wretched. Will be interested to hear opinions once it is out.

[Homefromtheforest]

I bought that Disconforme reissue CD when it came out and remember not really getting into it; probably because it sounded so bad. I'll have to get this new reissue and give it another try...has anyone heard the Wah Wah LP reissue from last year or so??

[Head Man]

The earlier cd version had an atrocious transfer. Let's hope this is better.

I played this last night, the first time for a long time, and whilst it does sound a bit shrill to my ears, I wouldn't have said that it sounded "atrocious". Has anyone compared it to the original vinyl and, if so, does it sound worse?

[A Lark Ascending]

Long time since I played it - I seem to recall that it starts ok but what was the second side sounded very poor. I'm normally pretty accepting of transfers but this one really grated on me. Might lie in the originals.

[king ubu]

The earlier cd version had an atrocious transfer. Let's hope this is better.

The cover is pretty atrocious, too ... but this does seem to be down my alley!

[clifford_thornton]

I didn't like the Disconforme sound either; got a rip of the original LP and that sounded a lot better. I'm eager for the Dusk Fire reissue.

[Head Man]

It's available now from:

http://www.themusicindex.com/store/duskfire/norma_winstone.htm

[Swinger]

I bought my copy via ebay.co.uk yesterday. I should get in in first half of January. Let's hope it's good transfer.

[Head Man]

I bought my copy via ebay.co.uk yesterday. I should get in in first half of January. Let's hope it's good transfer.

It is!

I've been playing this over the holiday and much to my surprise it DOES sound better than my copy on Disconforme.

[king ubu]

Pretty darn good album! Finally picked it up together with their "Dejeuner" reissue, late last year.