Richard (Dickie) Landry Reissues

[clifford_thornton]

I did a lot of work on these and they are finally coming out after many years of chipping away at the story... LPs dropping in November, digital in the weeks leading up.

https://unseenworlds.com/products/dickie-landry-solos

https://unseenworlds.com/products/dickie-landry-4-cuts-placed-in-a-first-quarter?variant=41765842059317

https://unseenworlds.com/products/dickie-landry-lawrence-weiner-having-been-built-on-sand

Landry is a Louisiana native who co-founded the Philip Glass Ensemble and worked with Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Robert Wilson, Paul Simon, and many others. These three (or four) LPs grew out of the conceptual/experimental art scene that Landry was a part of in Lower Manhattan upon his arrival there at the tail end of the '60s. They've been woefully out of print for decades and these authorized, remastered reissues (with liner notes by me) are the definitive versions.

A fresh pressing of his LP Fifteen Saxophones, which Unseen Worlds previously released and I also worked on/wrote the essay for, should be out some time in the next year.

[mjazzg]

Good work, hope it generates the interest it deserves

Coincidentally I only just recently moved on my copy of 'Solos'. May spring for a digital replacement

[clifford_thornton]

the digital version does contain extra music too.

my obsession with that record has been going on probably a couple of decades now... and hearing it from the tapes was a revelation for me.

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

the digital version does contain extra music too.

my obsession with that record has been going on probably a couple of decades now... and hearing it from the tapes was a revelation for me.

Sounds like a "labour of love" ....

[Rabshakeh]

This is great! Well done.

[Joe]

Awesome news; congrats!

[JSngry]

So this is three records, right? And David Lee is on two of them?

[colinmce]

Very nice work, these look great. Always regret not trying to stop by his studio in Lafayette all those years I lived there.

[clifford_thornton]

4 hours ago, JSngry said:

So this is three records, right? And David Lee is on two of them?

Correct! One two-LP set and two single LPs. David Lee is on two of the three albums.

4 hours ago, colinmce said:

Very nice work, these look great. Always regret not trying to stop by his studio in Lafayette all those years I lived there.

Yeah, he definitely would've welcomed your visit!

[JSngry]

LPs only?

David Lee is a big draw for me here, but no CD option at all?

Still....two record of David Lee cymbal whooosh....

[clifford_thornton]

CDs likely at a later date — different layout/packaging, etc.

[JSngry]

That would be groovy!

[OliverM]

Got the digital versions of all three on Bandcamp yesterday and listened to Solos. Excellent!

[mikeweil]

I still have this one on the shelves:

[clifford_thornton]

Reissue of Fifteen Saxophones will be repressed fairly soon, I think.

The LPs of Solos, Four Cuts, and Having Been Built on Sand are out officially tomorrow (though I think pre-orders have landed most places).