soulpope Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 https://pitchfork.com/news/pharoah-sanders-1977-album-pharoah-getting-reissued-with-unreleased-music/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 This is good news. Means I can ditch my not very official copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 David Byrne's label (Luaka Bop) looks like there'll be a CD version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 1 hour ago, romualdo said: looks like there'll be a CD version Then count me in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 Box set?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, jlhoots said: Box set?? 2CD or 2LP? box sets (anything more than 1 CD/LP is probably considered as a box set in marketing crapola - a deluxe item!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) 40 minutes ago, jlhoots said: Box set?? Dusty Groove is showing a CD box set "with bonus tracks", ETA 9/15. I thought the original release was pretty light on playing time, so the bonus tracks must be significant? After reading the link posted by the OP, looks like one short (40 min) CD of the original album plus one CD (unknown duration) of the 2 live "Harvest Time" bonus tracks (the studio track was about 21 min). 29 minutes ago, romualdo said: 2CD or 2LP? box sets (anything more than 1 CD/LP is probably considered as a box set in marketing crapola - a deluxe item!!) Definitely some semantic games being played. 🧐 In the label's defense, their only title I own is the outstanding Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane. Edited July 14, 2023 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 Editorial Reviews With Pharoah Sanders’ blessing, this limited edition 2 CD box set presents the definitive, remastered version of PHAROAH, his seminal record from 1977, along with two previously unreleased live performances of his masterpiece “Harvest Time." PHAROAH will be released a year after the legendary tenor saxophonists’ untimely death, and two years after the release of what was to become his final album, the widely acclaimed PROMISES, a collaboration between the composer Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders, featuring the London Symphony Orchestra (Luaka Bop, 2021). This deluxe CD box set comes with a 64-page booklet featuring never-before-seen photographs, rare ephemera, interviews with many of the participants, and a conversation with Pharoah himself. This record’s origin story is as elusive as Pharoah was about everything Pharoah. It was born out of a misunderstanding between him and India Navigation producer Bob Cummins, and was recorded at a crossroads in his career with a group of musicians so unlikely that they were never all in the same room again. There was a guitarist who was also a spiritual guru, an organist who would go on to co-write and produce “The Message,” and a classically trained pianist—his wife at the time, Bedria Sanders—who played the harmonium despite never having seen one. At times ambient and serene, at others funky and modal, PHAROAH radically departed from his earlier work. It would become one of the artist’s most beloved records and one of the great works of the 20th century. These exceptional live versions of “Harvest Time”—included here for the first time, and which Pharoah performed during an intense European tour in the summer of ’77—turn the original, beloved composition on its head. For seasoned listeners and new acolytes both, PHAROAH will never sound the same. PHAROAH (Disc 1) 1. Harvest Time 2. Love Will Find a Way 3. Memories of Edith Johnson Harvest Time Live 1977 (Disc 2) 1. Harvest Time Live – Version 1 2. Harvest Time Live – Version 2 from Amazon listing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 Cool! I also have the unofficial copy and that one doesn’t sound very good. Hope they make something great out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/art/pharoah-sanders-pharoah/hnum/11544154?lang=en https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/art/pharoah-sanders-pharoah/hnum/11544152?lang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 Is this a good album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 And what, if anything, does this indicate about the availability of the remainder of the India Navigation catalog for the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, JSngry said: And what, if anything, does this indicate about the availability of the remainder of the India Navigation catalog for the future? Interesting question, hard to say. I took a look at the Luaka Bop page, and they claim to have been working personally with Sanders on this release (when he passed). So as far as India Navigation goes, I'm inclined to think it's a one-off. But that's mere speculation. https://www.luakabop.com/products/pharoah-sanders-pharoah-deluxe-2-lp-box-set-harvest-time-live-1977 Edited July 16, 2023 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, JSngry said: And what, if anything, does this indicate about the availability of the remainder of the India Navigation catalog for the future? It is my understanding Bob Cummins (an old friend) left the masters to the respective artists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 Ah, ok. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 11 hours ago, Guy Berger said: Is this a good album? Indeed. This is great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 17 hours ago, Guy Berger said: Is this a good album? It is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 Cool. Aside from Solomon's Daughter and Spirits of Our Ancestors (as well as some live performances I attended), I'm embarrassingly blank on post-1973 Pharoah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 On 7/15/2023 at 11:26 PM, Chuck Nessa said: It is my understanding Bob Cummins (an old friend) left the masters to the respective artists. correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitstructures Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 17 hours ago, Guy Berger said: Cool. Aside from Solomon's Daughter and Spirits of Our Ancestors (as well as some live performances I attended), I'm embarrassingly blank on post-1973 Pharoah. Solomon's Daughter is great, as is that Weston album (Khepera was good too) ... Some other good latter-day Pharoah releases: Journey to the One (1980) Rejoice (1981) Africa (1987) Spirits (2000) Africa N'Da Blues (2000, featured artist with Kahil El'Zabar ritual trio) Divine Radiance (2003, sideman date with Tisziji Muñoz) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 Here this is!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 ^ Yup. I am looking forward to the expanded/remastered Pharoah. Will scoop the CD set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted July 18, 2023 Report Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 7/17/2023 at 5:59 PM, JSngry said: Here this is!. Oh yes that’s such a great record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitstructures Posted July 18, 2023 Report Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 7/17/2023 at 11:59 AM, JSngry said: Here this is!. Damn that is a glaring omission from my list... As We Used to Sing, amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbbfam Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 On 7/15/2023 at 6:30 PM, Guy Berger said: Is this a good album? I just downloaded the original album Pharoah and Harvest Time Live 1977 which is the last two tracks from Qobuz. Really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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