Roger Farbey Posted August 6 Report Share Posted August 6 Neil Ardley's Harmony Of The Spheres (with Ian Carr, Barbara Thompson, Tony Coe et al) is receiving a limited vinyl reissue in November. Details here: https://www.analogueoctober.com/product/neil-ardley-harmony-of-the-spheres/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 6 Report Share Posted August 6 Interesting, my impression is there's always been plenty of copies around, hardly a rarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted August 6 Report Share Posted August 6 Per discogs, there seem to be quite a few copies (mostly LP) in the UK, but rare (in any medium) Stateside. Looks like an "audiophile" vinyl special at this point. Will wait and see if anything else surfaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 7 Report Share Posted August 7 Yes, apologies, I was being parochial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 Being a major label release in the original, it's a common LP to find in the racks over here. My Derek Jewell Ardley archive file includes contents of the 'Spheres' press pack which were included (or at least some of it) in the Viv Ardley biography of Neil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Farbey Posted August 10 Author Report Share Posted August 10 There are indeed quite a few vinyl copies on eBay in the UK. I just bought one in pristine condition despite already having the CD. The perils of "completeism". In fairness, I don't think it's Ardley's best album but anything that he was involved in was imo significant. He was, like Ian Carr, a true innovator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 (edited) Agree that it is not his best - his music took a (sadly, not well documented) interesting turn with the electronic stuff/Zyklus with John L. Walters around 1980 which is documented in the two CDs with the book. I'll bet that the Gearbox LP will improve on the original so it is going to be tempting. An intriguing 'what if' might have been an Ardley collaboration with Walters and 'Landscape'. Maybe it would have made TOTP? Only sad though that I didn't get to see one of those 'Kakeidoscope..' UK tour dates. I seem to recall they did a reunion in the 90s/2000s. Edited August 10 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted August 12 Report Share Posted August 12 On 8/10/2024 at 11:01 AM, sidewinder said: Agree that it is not his best - his music took a (sadly, not well documented) interesting turn with the electronic stuff/Zyklus with John L. Walters around 1980 which is documented in the two CDs with the book. I'll bet that the Gearbox LP will improve on the original so it is going to be tempting. An intriguing 'what if' might have been an Ardley collaboration with Walters and 'Landscape'. Maybe it would have made TOTP? Only sad though that I didn't get to see one of those 'Kakeidoscope..' UK tour dates. I seem to recall they did a reunion in the 90s/2000s. I bought a copy of Kaleidoscope a couple of weeks back, and inside was a nicely-preserved copy of the programme for the tour you mention. I took a pic but it's about 5Mb too large for me to upload here, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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