Uncle Skid Posted October 16, 2015 Report Posted October 16, 2015 Back in print... relelase date 11/13/2015: AmazonJust discovered this record recently... rather than download the MP3s, I think I'll wait and order the CD.Anyone have any more info on this? Quote
kh1958 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) It's very good, a favorite Sonny Sharrock recording. Edited October 16, 2015 by kh1958 Quote
Uncle Skid Posted October 16, 2015 Author Report Posted October 16, 2015 Yes! I've been listening to it on youtube... and curious about the re-issue. It looks like it was one of those hard to find/out of print) discs that apparently fetches $30 or more on the used market. Quote
BFrank Posted October 16, 2015 Report Posted October 16, 2015 Definitely a great album, with some Santana overtones. Quote
JSngry Posted October 16, 2015 Report Posted October 16, 2015 Looks like Laswell is getting to his back catalog. There's some fine stuff there. Quote
felser Posted October 16, 2015 Report Posted October 16, 2015 I sold mine a few years ago and have always sort of semi-regretted it. Pharoah Sanders and Elvin Jones along for the ride. The only post-60's/70's Sharrock I've ever really been into. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) IMHO Laswell's greatest triumph as a producer and Sharrock's masterpiece, intense and freewheeling yet focused and succinct. Glad to to it coming back into print, wonder if there's more SS to come. Doesn't remind me of Carlos at all, YMMV. My only quibble is I might have sequenced it differently. Edited October 17, 2015 by danasgoodstuff Quote
BFrank Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 Forget the Santana influence........I was thinking of Highlife. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 Among other wonderous aspects of this magical recording, Elvin Jones sounds as good or better sound wise than on any other recording of his I've heard. Plus I'm no Sharrock or Sanders follower so for me the record is Sui Generis Quote
Guy Berger Posted October 17, 2015 Report Posted October 17, 2015 I hope this means a reissue of NO SUGAR FOR A DIME is coming soon too. Quote
gvopedz Posted October 21, 2015 Report Posted October 21, 2015 Doesn't remind me of Carlos at all, YMMV. My only quibble is I might have sequenced it differently.The similarities between Sharrock and Santana are quite obvious in the songs “Who Does She Hope to Be?” and “Once Upon a Time”. Quote
robertoart Posted October 21, 2015 Report Posted October 21, 2015 A masterpiece of a recording. I hear no Sharrock - Santana connection or influence. Santana is crazy. Quote
gvopedz Posted October 21, 2015 Report Posted October 21, 2015 (edited) A masterpiece of a recording. I hear no Sharrock - Santana connection or influence. Santana is crazy.Maybe I should point out that I am referring to the guitar playing or guitar solos. I do not mean that Sharrock's band included timbales or that they performed anything that sounded like Black Magic Woman, etc. Edited October 21, 2015 by gvopedz Quote
BFrank Posted October 21, 2015 Report Posted October 21, 2015 A masterpiece of a recording. I hear no Sharrock - Santana connection or influence. Santana is crazy.Maybe I should point out that I am referring to the guitar playing or guitar solos. I do not mean that Sharrock's band included timbales or that they performed anything that sounded like Black Magic Woman, etc.That's what I was trying to say in my original comment. It's more apparent on High Life than Ask the Ages, though. Quote
Utevsky Posted October 24, 2015 Report Posted October 24, 2015 As evidence of this album's influence, there is a band in Seattle that named itself "Ask The Ages." Pretty good, too. Quote
robertoart Posted November 12, 2015 Report Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) Actually Mr Sharrock does at least make guitar faces like Santana... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvkUSUlPkZs Edited November 12, 2015 by robertoart Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted November 12, 2015 Report Posted November 12, 2015 2 hours ago, robertoart said: Actually Mr Sharrock does at least make guitar faces like Santana... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvkUSUlPkZs OK, that's funny! Quote
robertoart Posted November 17, 2015 Report Posted November 17, 2015 On 22 October 2015 5:02:20 am, gvopedz said: Maybe I should point out that I am referring to the guitar playing or guitar solos. I do not mean that Sharrock's band included timbales or that they performed anything that sounded like Black Magic Woman, etc. Actually i just remembered that Sonny Sharrock used this devise that made his notes sustain for extra long periods...i think it was called an e-bow, and of course Santana was all about long sustained notes....so that is a connection for sure...i better re listen to high life Quote
7/4 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Posted November 19, 2015 I don't think Sharrock was using an ebow, just an old fashioned high gain signal chain with a Les Paul. Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted November 20, 2015 Report Posted November 20, 2015 Big Country used an ebow Quote
Swinger Posted December 5, 2015 Report Posted December 5, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e-P1eFq1T0 Quote
WD45 Posted December 25, 2015 Report Posted December 25, 2015 This is a fave--sad to see that the reissue didn't include a vinyl release... Quote
GA Russell Posted March 1, 2016 Report Posted March 1, 2016 M.O.D. TECHNOLOGIES RELEASES SONNY SHARROCK'S Ask The Ages ENHANCED AND RE-MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL RELEASE. AVAILABLE IN STORES & ONLINE AND THROUGH WWW.MOD-TECHNOLOGIES.COM. Sonny Sharrock Electric Guitar Pharoah Sanders Tenor & Soprano Saxophone Elvin Jones Drums Charnett Moffett Acoustic Bass New York, December 17, 2015 - Ask The Ages - The classic definer. Guitarist Sonny Sharrock wasn't just ahead of his time, like a freight train roaring through a darkened station, not just hours but weeks ahead of schedule. Channeling the energy and spirit of John Coltrane...with the support of two undisputed icons of free jazz and the avant-garde, legendary Coltrane-drummer Elvin Jones and saxophonist Pharoah Sanders with Charnett Moffett on bass. Absolutely an exploration of the stratosphere and beyond. Enhanced and re-mastered from the original. Produced by Bill Laswell - who upon emerging from the downtown NYC scene as a producer and bassist to be reckoned with, made it one of his first priorities to find Sharrock who he first heard at age fourteen...Ask The Ages. TRACKS 1. Promises Kept 9:43 2. Who Does She Hope To Be 4:41 3. Little Rock 7:12 4. As We Used To Sing 7:45 5. Many Mansions 9:31 6. Once Upon A Time 6:26 ©1992 Jack Vartoogian, FrontRowPhotos Quote
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