mikechadwick
pfm Member
Hi Paul - how do you know Yale? Agreed, top guy.
Jazz Reissues (Individual and short runs)
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paulfromcamden
Baffled
Hi Mike - I don't!
poco a poco
I'm Jim
I can’t so far find any info on who did the remastering and which plant will repress it. Although it seems the respect with which is is being done is very worthy. I am reluctant to pay this much for it if these are not excellent, especially as the box will take up storage space I don’t have. Hopefully these details will be given soon?
Seanm
pfm Member
Yes can definitely be done! I've been told that at least as regards the majors, and much of the time, the high prices are more about executive wages than increases in cost, real though these might be.
mikechadwick
pfm Member
Sales Notes for Pharoah:
"Frequently bootlegged, this is the first official version since 1977.
Includes two previously unreleased live performances of the masterpiece “Harvest Time,” performed during a European tour in the summer of ’77.
Box set includes never-before-shared photographs, rare ephemera, and features a 24-page booklet with rarely seen photos, interviews with many of the participants, and a conversation with Pharoah himself.
Liner notes by Harmony Holiday, Pierre Crépon, and Marcus J. Moore.
Follows the widely acclaimed PROMISES (Luaka Bop, 2021), a collaboration between composer Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders, featuring the London Symphony Orchestra, which was tobecome the late tenor saxophonist’s final album.
Release will be supported by a documentary film and podcast.
The result of extensive research conducted throughout Europe and North America to be shared with the public throughout the fall on PharoahSanders.com/HarvestTime.
Select performances worldwide in 2023 and 2024 with The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders, a bespoke, ever-evolving concert based on the album’s composition “Harvest Time,” with each performance featuring different musical ensembles playing together at the same time.
World premiere will take place at Le Guess Who? (Nov 12), featuring Irreversible Entanglements, Domenico Lancellotti and the original PHAROAH guitarist Tisziji Muñoz, under the musical direction of Joshua Abrams.
Special workshop performance will take place at National Sawdust (Oct 14), in honor of Pharoah’s birthday.
This record’s origin story is as elusive as Pharoah was about everything Pharoah. It was born out of a misunderstanding between him and the 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.
With Pharoah Sanders’ blessing, the limited edition embossed version of this 2 LP 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.” This is the first official rerelease of PHAROAH, which has been bootlegged often since its original release in 1977. These exceptional live versions of “Harvest Time”—which Pharoah performed during an intense European tour in the summer of ’77 and which are included here for the first time—turn the original, beloved composition on its head.
PHAROAH will be released a year after the legendary tenor saxophonists’ untimely passing, 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). The first pressing of this limited edition box set comes with an embossed cover and is accompanied by never-before shared photographs and ephemera, as well as a 24-page booklet featuring rarely seen photographs, interviews with many of the participants, and a conversation with Pharoah himself.
For seasoned listeners and new acolytes both, PHAROAH will never sound the same."
PRESS/ONLINE:
RADIO:
OTHER ACTIVITY: https://www.luakabop.com/ - link shows live concert of Promises with Shabaka!
"Frequently bootlegged, this is the first official version since 1977.
Includes two previously unreleased live performances of the masterpiece “Harvest Time,” performed during a European tour in the summer of ’77.
Box set includes never-before-shared photographs, rare ephemera, and features a 24-page booklet with rarely seen photos, interviews with many of the participants, and a conversation with Pharoah himself.
Liner notes by Harmony Holiday, Pierre Crépon, and Marcus J. Moore.
Follows the widely acclaimed PROMISES (Luaka Bop, 2021), a collaboration between composer Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders, featuring the London Symphony Orchestra, which was tobecome the late tenor saxophonist’s final album.
Release will be supported by a documentary film and podcast.
The result of extensive research conducted throughout Europe and North America to be shared with the public throughout the fall on PharoahSanders.com/HarvestTime.
Select performances worldwide in 2023 and 2024 with The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders, a bespoke, ever-evolving concert based on the album’s composition “Harvest Time,” with each performance featuring different musical ensembles playing together at the same time.
World premiere will take place at Le Guess Who? (Nov 12), featuring Irreversible Entanglements, Domenico Lancellotti and the original PHAROAH guitarist Tisziji Muñoz, under the musical direction of Joshua Abrams.
Special workshop performance will take place at National Sawdust (Oct 14), in honor of Pharoah’s birthday.
This record’s origin story is as elusive as Pharoah was about everything Pharoah. It was born out of a misunderstanding between him and the 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.
With Pharoah Sanders’ blessing, the limited edition embossed version of this 2 LP 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.” This is the first official rerelease of PHAROAH, which has been bootlegged often since its original release in 1977. These exceptional live versions of “Harvest Time”—which Pharoah performed during an intense European tour in the summer of ’77 and which are included here for the first time—turn the original, beloved composition on its head.
PHAROAH will be released a year after the legendary tenor saxophonists’ untimely passing, 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). The first pressing of this limited edition box set comes with an embossed cover and is accompanied by never-before shared photographs and ephemera, as well as a 24-page booklet featuring rarely seen photographs, interviews with many of the participants, and a conversation with Pharoah himself.
For seasoned listeners and new acolytes both, PHAROAH will never sound the same."
PRESS/ONLINE:
RADIO:
OTHER ACTIVITY: https://www.luakabop.com/ - link shows live concert of Promises with Shabaka!
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mikechadwick
pfm Member
I've seen the release sheet from the UK distributor. No mention of who mastered the release but mentions country of origin as Germany.
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paulfromcamden
Baffled
In Los Angeles :-( Ah well, hopefully streamed. I guess he hasn't given up playing sax completely then?
I actually saw Shabaka and band play 'Pharaoh' from start to finish at Brilliant Corners a few years back. Absolutely fantastic.
Low-fi clip someone uploaded (and yes... it was quite dark!)
Tony L
Administrator
I’ve every confidence the main LP will be great, I really can’t imagine they’d screw it up unless there were real issues with the tape, and there is no suggestion of that. My curiosity/concern is with the entirely unknown quality of the second live LP. For £51 plus shipping I want that to be something I’d play, not some cassette deck in the cloakroom bootleg quality. I’ve ordered it from Rough Trade as they take no money until they ship and there is plenty of time between now and September for more details to emerge (cancelling is very easy). That said I really want this album and really it is the only option as originals are way, way too spendy and I’ve no interest in a pirate.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Another live event related to the launch - Irreversible Entanglements playing Harvest Time at Le Guess Who.
Also sounds like there could be more events on the way....
The Harvest Time Project is an ever-evolving concert which will happen around the world, featuring a selection of different musical ensembles who will come together in different iterations to reinterpret Harvest Time.
https://leguesswho.com/news/harvest-time-lgw23
Also sounds like there could be more events on the way....
The Harvest Time Project is an ever-evolving concert which will happen around the world, featuring a selection of different musical ensembles who will come together in different iterations to reinterpret Harvest Time.
https://leguesswho.com/news/harvest-time-lgw23
mikechadwick
pfm Member
Just come across this:
https://www.vinylmeplease.com/products/the-story-of-impulse-records?variant=39416224907354
$400 boxset? Is this getting silly, especially as some of the titles have already been reissued.
https://www.vinylmeplease.com/products/the-story-of-impulse-records?variant=39416224907354
$400 boxset? Is this getting silly, especially as some of the titles have already been reissued.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Woody Shaw - Blackstone Legacy is being reissued by Jazz Dispensary.
Remastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, housed in a gatefold tip-on jacket.
https://jazzdispensary.com/products/woody-shaw-blackstone-legacy-180g-2-lp-black/
One I've been after so might have to splash out for this. Does anyone know if they have UK distribution?
Remastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, housed in a gatefold tip-on jacket.
https://jazzdispensary.com/products/woody-shaw-blackstone-legacy-180g-2-lp-black/
One I've been after so might have to splash out for this. Does anyone know if they have UK distribution?
Tony L
Administrator
A fabulous album, I’ve already got a nice Japanese copy so I’ll pass on this one, but I can’t recommend it enough as an album and the Jazz Dispensary copy will no doubt be superb. Folk just need to buy this one. One of the better albums to be reissued in recent years.
PS Jazz Dispensary is an imprint of Craft, so should be widely available. I think the recent Bernard Purdie etc was Jazz Dispensary and that ended up on Amazon.
PS Jazz Dispensary is an imprint of Craft, so should be widely available. I think the recent Bernard Purdie etc was Jazz Dispensary and that ended up on Amazon.
mikechadwick
pfm Member
Should be available from Universal (Concord/ Craft distributor) so from your local indie
gavreid
Pretty Words...
New Land Mingus in Bridland. 4LP boxset released end October
https://newland.ochre.store/format/...nhattan-the-complete-birdland-dates-1961-1962
https://newland.ochre.store/format/...nhattan-the-complete-birdland-dates-1961-1962
Tony L
Administrator
Ken M on the current Jazz Dispensary range. He outlines the company structure of Concord, Craft, Jazz Dispensary, Riverside, Prestige etc which is interesting.
Amazon currently have the Idris Mohammad at £29 (Amazon link), so I’ve taken a punt on that. Certainly sounds good and funky based on a quick YouTube listen.
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gavreid
Pretty Words...
Is he taking the p!ss out of Michael45rpm with the glasses?