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April 7, 2008

Interesting New Releases at Other Music, Forced Exposure

Filed under: give me take you — tm @ 10:32 am

No, I didn't win the lottery either.

El Guincho El Guincho "Alegranza" (Discoteca Océano)
RealAudio El Guincho "Palmitos Park"
NORTH AMERICAN EXCLUSIVE! El Guincho's "Alegranza" is a swirling mix of distorted tropicalia beats, exotica samples and chanting vocals. Some have described this stunning CD as a mix of Panda Bear's "Person Pitch" and Os Mutantes, but it's much more than that.
Buy $19.99 El Guincho "Alegranza" CD

Cilibrinas do Eden Cilibrinas do Eden "s/t" (No Smoke)
RealAudio "Gente Fina E Outra Coisa"
Recorded in ’73 and never before released, Cilibrinas do Eden was Rita Lee's first post-Mutantes project and it's an amazing piece of world psychedelia. Imagine Rundgren, T.Rex and Deep Purple jamming with the Beatles and you're almost there.
Buy $24.99 Cilibrinas do Eden "s/t" CD

Es "Sateenkaarisuudelma" (Fonal)
RealAudio Es "Harmonia, Rakkautta"
Originally only available on vinyl, “Sateenkaarisuudelma” is one of the Fonal label’s most stunning releases. Folk instrumentation mysteriously morphs into many different things, from Riley-esque minimalism and music concrete to Far Eastern influences and beyond.
Buy $21.99 Es "Sateenkaarisuudelma" CDx2

Quarteto Em Cy Quarteto Em Cy "Aleluia 1964-66" (El)
RealAudio Quarteto Em Cy "Reza"
You may be familiar with this Brazilian female quartet for their vocal contributions on the seminal “Os Afro Sambas” LP with Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell. Featuring arrangements by Edu Lobo, these mid-‘60s recordings are some of the most sublime music ever recorded.
Buy $15.99 Quarteto Em Cy "Aleluia" CD

Birigwa Birigwa "s/t" (Porter)
RealAudio Birigwa "Lule Lule"
Ugandan-born Birigwa was attending the New England Conservatory in the early '70s when he recorded this self-titled album, with a band that features members of Stark Reality. At times his music sounds like a Caetano Veloso album recorded in South Africa.
Buy $14.99 Birigwa "s/t" CD

Natural Food Natural Food "s/t" (Porter)
RealAudio Natural Food "See See Rider"
Also reissued by Porter, another leftfield gem from Boston. Natural Food’s eponymous album is a fusion record in the truest sense. Folk-pop, blues, psych-boogie and vocal jazz are all referenced here, with a band that includes members of Stark Reality.
Buy $14.99 Natural Food "s/t" CD

Nick Lowe Nick Lowe "Jesus of Cool" (Yep Roc)
RealAudio Nick Lowe "Music for Money"
Nick Lowe is THE original indie rocker and his classic solo debut has finally been given the deluxe reissue treatment! Acerbic power pop classics like "Marie Provost" and "So It Goes" are here, as well as a slew of hard-to-find gems from the vaults.
Buy $15.99 Nick Lowe "Jesus of Cool" CD

BRUHIN, ANTON: Vom Goldabfischer CD (ALGA 066CD) 19.00
"Presents for the first time on CD the classic experimental folk recordings with the same title first issued on LP in 1969. Anton Bruhin conceived some of the most original sonic art musiks, a double of his artistic work as an outsider painter and with the help of Stefan Wittwer on electric guitar and Cristian Koradi on bass and cello, recorded this masterpiece of far out sonorities well hidden in the Swiss mountains. Anton Bruhin sings and plays jew's harp (his favorite instrument), ch-phon (an instrument he invented constructed with a PVC tube with saxophone reed), harmonica, flute, fiddle, percussion, water. This record, surely one of the most psychedelic, experimental and private to be issued in Europe in the 1960s, should be of great influence for the actual renaissance of experimental folk music. Surely it was an important source of magick for Steven Stapleton, so no surprise to see it mentioned in the mythical list of references that Nurse With Wound included in their first LP. This CD edition also includes 5 jew's harp instrumental tracks. In the late 1970s, Anton Bruhin was asked to edit a record of folk and ethnic music, documenting the use of jew's harp in Switzerland. Bruhin climbed up the mountains in order to record some of the most obscure, old jew's harp players. Those mysterious sounds were issued in 1979 on a record titled Maultrommel, Mundhermonika, Kamm. This CD includes 3 solo jew's harp tracks where Anton Bruhin plays themes from the Vom Goldabfischer LP, plus 2 massive, maximal and resonating duos with W. Gwerder, recorded in 1979 at Radio Schweiz International. Beautiful digipack sleeve with photos and liner notes, also including a folded insert reproducing lyrics, technical notes and a group of ink drawings originally created for the Vom Goldabfischer LP sleeve."

PALESTINE, CHARLEMAGNE: Sharing A Sonority CD (ALGA 068CD)19.00
"Alga Marghen proudly presents a new chapter in the documentation series of Charlemagne Palestine's historical works. This CD of previously unavailable recordings not only presents you Charlemagne Palestine activities in 1974, collaborating with some of most important experimental artists and composers from either the New York loft scene and Cal Arts, but also features world premiere recordings of Terry Jennings and The Fundamental D Flat Group. 'Short & Sweet' is the title of a breathtaking duo for piano and sax performed on April 24th by Charlemagne Palestine and Terry Jennings. The two composers happened to play together in very private concerts at Cal Arts, but never recorded those sessions, until a special day when Charlemagne happened to have a little tape recorder around. The recording was considered lost for more than 30 years, when finally a copy was found thanks to Tony Conrad. The piano part reminds some of the early pieces by Charlemagne Palestine titled 'Piano Drones' (as the one pre-dating of a couple of years this duo and presented on the Continuous Sound Forms CD issued on Alga Marghen. The liner notes of the same CD mention this duo with Terry Jennings at the time considered lost). Terry Jennings' soprano sax is very elaborated and decorative. Around 1967, Charlemagne was experimenting mainly with voice and electronics. He also occasionally recorded piano and sax improvisations with his friend Bob Feldman. This CD featured a very special duo by Palestine and Feldman playing electronics and flute. The two artists met in 1961 when Bob Feldman worked in a jazz record shop in the Times Square subway station. Palestine didn't know much about jazz and Feldman guided him through the new progressive jazz styles of the times. Later at the Intermedia Center of NYU where they had a Buchla synthesizer, Charlemagne and Bob Feldman experimented between jazz raga and electronics. Very little was recorded. This is one rare duet that dates probably from around 1967. The last track on this CD is the first 30 minutes of a recording from April 22, 1974 by The Fundamental D Flat Group performing in Db. During one trip back to NYC from Cal Arts, Charlemagne Palestine was invited by Tony Conrad (together with Rhys Chatham) to Albright College in New Jersey for a Sunday afternoon concert. That was the first and last time The Fundamental D Flat Group played in public (Tony Conrad: violin, horn, string drone; Rhys Chatham: flute, organ, string drone; Charlemagne Palestine: voice, pipes, snifter). Although the piece lasted all afternoon, the first 30 minutes were the only portion recorded during the performance. The Fundamental D Flat Group invite you to listen and meditate in the mode of Db. To hear this is to enter the deepest realm of knowledge of the sound current. The ear, the understanding, and the core of the spirit resonate to the mode of the single tone and its harmonic family. You read, and hear, and feel the empathy of human spirit. This CD is housed in a beautiful digipack with a full color sleeve with photos and liner notes. The edition presents some of the best recordings ever issued by Charlemagne Palestine, a highlight in the Alga Marghen catalog and a unique chance to listen to the core of Charlemagne Palestine."

SCHNITZLER, CONRAD: Early Self-Product Series 6CD BOX (CT 614/619CD) 135.00
"Including each of the 5 titles (CTCD-614-618) and a bonus CD 3.3.83 (CTCD-619) in a limited edition special outer box. The original LP of 3.3.83 was pressed as only one copy for Conrad Schnitzler personally! Recorded in 1983, including bonus tracks. 2008 digital remaster version with stamped paper sleeve, same as the original."

MCGREGOR GROUP, THE CHRIS: Very Urgent CD (FLED 3059CD)17.00
"In 1968, the Chris McGregor Group were riding high on the London jazz scene, playing and hanging out with all the rising stars of British free jazz. Very Urgent, their eagerly awaited debut recording, was a joyful call of intent. The album mixes simple but utterly unstoppable tunes and exhilarating horn charts — immediately establishing a vitality and exuberance that would continue to define the group. 'Nevertheless, their evident preference for raw energy and rough spirit over absolute precision never quite obscures the technical proficiency available to the ensemble. There is often a sense of things falling effortlessly into place that's only found in the most exceptional units.' Very Urgent was produced by Joe Boyd and engineered by John Wood at Sound Techniques studio in London, during the same months they were also working with several other luminaries of the Witchseason stable — Fairport Convention, Nick Drake and the Incredible String Band. Forty years later, Fledg'ling Records are very proud to bring this splendid album back into print. The passing years have not diminished the album's impact. Very Urgent is the third release in our campaign to reissue McGregor's wonderfully creative recordings from the late '60s and early '70s."

ROBERTS, ANDY: And The Great Stampede CD (FLED 3064CD)17.00
"With great honor Fledg'ling Records announce a deluxe reissue of Andy Roberts' splendid 1973 album — Andy Roberts and the Great Stampede — originally released on the legendary Elektra label. One of this country's under acknowledged guitarists and songwriters, Andy Roberts was a leading member of the Liverpool Scene, Plainsong, Grimms and the Hank Wangford Band. He has toured with Roy Harper, Pink Floyd and Roger McGough, amongst many. On And The Great Stampede his band are pianist Zoot Money (of Big Roll Band fame), B J Cole — Europe's finest pedal steel guitarist, electric violinist Mick Kaminski (from the Electric Light Orchestra) and the fabulous Fotheringay rhythm section — Pat Donaldson and Gerry Conway. The legendary Ollie Halsall adds lead guitar on the first track. For this edition, Andy Roberts has written extensive sleeve notes chronicling the recording and the background to the songs. The package includes previously unpublished photographs and five previously unreleased bonus tracks."

FAHEY, JOHN: The Mill Pond & Collected Paintings CD (IMPREC 183CD) 13.00
"The Mill Pond was originally released in 1997 as a double 7" that went immediately out of print. For its 10th anniversary, we're issuing it on compact disc housed in a deluxe letterpressed jacket and including an extensive booklet collecting John Fahey's paintings for the very first time. Limited edition. On this release, Fahey uses heavy reverb, electric slide and feedback to create an eerie mood. He gets a bit of help from Jeff Allman, who recorded the songs and adds some electronic noise in spots, and from Scott Colburn, who mixed the tracks, but this record is all Fahey. The Mill Pond is all over the place stylistically, so it should confuse those who try to pigeonhole Fahey into any one category. The Mill Pond further proves that there is only one category into which he fits: truly innovative guitar genius." "Four ecstatic, lo-fi grabs for the ring of eternity, recorded in Fahey's Oregon hotel room. Containing the first graspable evidence of John's throat-singing abilities, this represents the merging of the bull and the china shop. The crudity of the electronics and the delicacy of the stringwork makes for a wonderful match." –Byron Coley.

BRAXTON, ANTHONY: Quartet (GTM) 2006 4CD (IMPREC 184CD)27.00
"Quartet (GTM) 2006 is Anthony Braxton's first release for Important Records. GTM stands for Ghost Trance Music and this four CD box set contains four Ghost Trance compositions recorded in quartet with Anthony Braxton playing reeds, Carl Testa on bass, Aaron Siegal on percussion and Max Heath on piano. This 4CD box also contains a definitive essay by Braxton on his Ghost Trance compositions. Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945 in Chicago) is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist and philosopher. Over the course of his career, he has crafted an immense body of highly complex work. Though Braxton is hardly known to the casual listener, he is certainly one of the most prolific American musicians/composers to date, having released well over 100 albums since the 1960s. In 1994, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Braxton plays a multitude of instruments including the flute; the sopranino, soprano, C-Melody, F alto, E-flat alto, baritone, bass, and contrabass saxophones; and the E-flat, B-flat, and contrabass clarinets. Early in his career, along with trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and violinist Leroy Jenkins, Braxton led a trio and was involved with the AACM or the Association For The Advancement of Creative Musicians. Never genuinely accepted into the jazz establishment, the association was aptly titled. In 1968, Braxton recorded the highly influential For Alto, the first full length album for unaccompanied saxophone. Braxton joined pianist Chick Corea's existing trio with Dave Holland (double bass) and Barry Altschul (drums) to form the short-lived avant garde quartet Circle, around 1970. When Corea broke up the group, forming Return to Forever to pursue a fusion-based style of composition and recording, Holland and Altschul remained with Braxton for much of the 1970s as part of a quartet, with the rotating brass chair variously filled by trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, or trombonists George Lewis or Ray Anderson. This group recorded on Arista Records. The core trio plus saxophonist Sam Rivers recorded Holland's Conference of the Birds, ECM. In the 1970s, he also recorded duets with Lewis and with synthesizer player Richard Teitelbaum. In the late 1970s he recorded two large ensemble recordings, Creative Orchestra Music 1976, inspired by American jazz and marching band traditions, and For Four Orchestras. Both of these records were released on Arista. Anthony Braxton studied philosophy at Roosevelt University in Chicago. He has taught at Mills College and is now a Professor of Music at Wesleyan University. He teaches music history, improvisation and music composition."

HAINO & YOSHIDA TATSUYA, KEIJI: Hauenfiomiume CD (MGC 034CD) 19.00
"The controversial work which stepped into the forbidden territory of editing the performance of Haino Keiji. Yoshida breaks up their studio session boldly and restructures it from the unacceptable tune reproduced by extreme editing to the pop song thing that it is surprised. From the irregular hard core to heavy tune. From the modern music short piece, to the lyricism acoustic number. This album shows new possibility with union/condensing the music of Haino & Yoshida. This time they made 2 different (but similar) albums." 16 tracks, 50 min.

RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT: Open Score DVD (MC 596DVD) 21.00
First volume in this electrifying avant-garde DVD series, documenting this 9 Evenings series in NYC from 1966. "In 1966, 10 New York artists and 30 engineers and scientists from Bell Telephone Laboratories collaborated on a series of innovative dance, music and theater performances, 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, held at the 69th Regiment Armory, New York City, in October 1966. The artists included are: John Cage, Lucinda Childs, Öyvind Fahlström, Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, David Tudor and Robert Whitman. Archival material has been assembled into 10 films, each of which reconstructs the artist's original work and uses interviews with the artists, engineers and performers to illuminate the artistic, technical and historical aspects of the work. 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering is a 10 DVD set of films on this legendary series of theater, dance, and music performances. Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg is the first film to be released in a series that will bring to life a historic moment in contemporary art history. Open Score was performed on October 14th, 1966. It began with a tennis game between Frank Stella and his tennis partner, Mimi Kanarek, on a full-scale court laid out on the Armory floor. Rauschenberg had adopted one of the oldest forms of performance that everyone recognizes, a tennis match, and made it into dance. He also used the game 'to control the lights and to perform as an orchestra.' Each time Frank or Mimi hit the ball a loud BONG vibrated around the Armory and the sound of each BONG switched off one of the lights illuminating the court…" –Billy Klüver, 1997. All-region DVD, two-sided for both NTSC & PAL formats.

CAGE, JOHN: Variations VII DVD (MC 749DVD) 21.00
"In 1966, 10 New York artists and 30 engineers and scientists from Bell Telephone Laboratories collaborated on a series of innovative dance, music and theatre performances, 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, held in October at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City. The artists were John Cage, Lucinda Childs, Öyvind Fahlström, Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, David Tudor and Robert Whitman. Archival material has been assembled into 10 films, each of which reconstructs the artists' original work and uses interviews with the artists, engineers and performers to illuminate the artistic, technical and historical aspects of the work. Variations VII, performed at 9 Evenings, was the next to last in John Cage's series of indeterminate works that he had begun in 1958, which made increasing use of electronic equipment and systems. This DVD documents the only complete performance of Variations VII and also presents a stereo audio recording of the full 85 minutes of the performance. This rare and historical film is the second in the 9 Evenings series from E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology) and ART PIX and was produced by Billy Klüver and Julie Martin of E.A.T. and directed by Barbro Schultz Lundestam." All-region DVD, two-sided for both NTSC & PAL formats. 41 minutes + 85 minute audio track.

SCHLEMOWITZ, JOEL: Short Experimental Films 3DVD (MC 774DVD)52.00
"Joel Schlemowitz is a wizard of cinema, and this collection of short experimental films is a marvel to behold. Each piece is a unique gem — quirky, provocative, playful, often handmade, and always daring — celebrating Joel's astonishing mastery of the tools of filmmaking, and his poetic grasp on the art of cinema." –Alan Berliner. "Joel creates cinema-poems that crack open the infinite. Tracing the jeweled veins of Gustave Moreau, J.K. Huysmans, and Gerard de Nerval, his work eludes the dark shadows of night & illuminates the evening with cascading colors and flickering dreamscapes." – Jennifer MacMillan, Curator, Invisible Film Series. Bonus footage: Filmmaker Interview by Jennifer MacMillan; The Film-Makers Coop's Move by Brian Frye; "Grand Magic Lantern Exhibition!" documentation by Jeanne Liotta. All films newly transferred and re-mastered from 16mm film and soundtrack sources. All-region NTSC format DVD. Total running time: 3 hrs. 21 mins.

OPPENHEIM, DENNIS: Tooth and Nail: Film and Video 1970-74 DVD (MC 778DVD) 26.00
"Dennis Oppenheim (born 1938) has received international attention for a conceptual oeuvre spanning performance, video, sculpture, installation, and land art. In the early 1970s, Dennis Oppenheim was in the vanguard of artists using film and video to investigate themes relating to body and performance. This portfolio features a selection of his works known as the Aspen Tapes, produced between 1970 and 1974, in which Oppenheim uses his own body as a site of experimentation on the personal. In these works, the artist enters into an intimate and dynamic dialogue with his body as he explores the boundaries of personal risk, bodily transformation, and interpersonal communication. With the publication of this portfolio in collaboration with the artist's studio, this seminal series of quasi-anthropological performances is now available to the public for the first time on DVD. Just as Oppenheim's work explores new and unusual forms of communication and address, Slought Foundation hopes that this portfolio contributes to an existing discourse about alternative possibilities for cultural production and reception. In Oppenheim's Transfer Drawings and Identity Transfers, for instance, the artist deposits and retrieves information from his daughter Kristin and his son Erik." An 11-page booklet includes an interview with Dennis Oppenheim by Willoughby Sharp. Running time: approx. 120 mins; NTSC format DVD, all regions.

MISSISSIPPI RECORDS

VA: Last Kind Words (1926-1953) LP (MR 005LP) 11.00
2nd edition with regular printed jacket. "Incredibly well compiled '20s-'30s era blues comp. High quality of sound for the time period of its recordings. This compilation is filled with the most accessible blues songs made to be appreciated by enthusiasts and those new to the genre. Features Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Minnie, Geechie Wiley, etc."

{{{SUNSET}}}: Bright Blue Dream CD (AUTO 007CD) 11.00
"Bright Blue Dream is the first widely available LP from Bill Baird's new project, {{{Sunset}}}, following the break up of Sound Team. The record is a follow-up to his previous CD-R and cassette albums, {{{Sunset}}}, Silence! and Pink Clouds, which were released independently through 2006 and 2007. All of the distinctive song styles from {{{Sunset}}}'s previous releases are represented here, yet are more finely-tuned and expansive, brought together by a vividly colorful and meditative feel. Bill's craftsmanship and darkly humorous songwriting take an impressive leap forward with Bright Blue Dream."

TUMA, SCOTT: Not For Nobody CD (ACE 010CD) 12.00
"To me, Scott Tuma is a bit of a legend. From his days with the seminal Souled American to performing with Boxhead Ensemble, his two incredible solo records, Hard Again and The River 1 2 3 4, there are few musicians with such a quality discography. I kept waiting for him to drop another solo record, but it never came. So when I learned that he'd been working with members of Zelienople under the moniker Good Stuff House, I jumped at the chance to make contact. A few emails were exchanged, and 18 months later after the birth of Tuma's second child, Not For Nobody was finally ready. It's been nearly five years, but the wait has definitely been worth it. Not For Nobody hits you hard, straight in the throat. These mostly-acoustic compositions, recorded with guitar, banjo, harmonium, and percussion among other instruments, are steeped in an elegance that few artists can master. Not For Nobody marks the triumphant return of a musician sorely missed. It is dripping with beauty and melancholy and hope for something better. This is an album for the ages. Housed in a silkscreened gatefold jacket."

ESOTERIC RECORDINGS (UK)

JULIAN'S TREATMENT: A Time Before This CD (ECLEC 2039CD)21.00
"A Time Before This is a lost classic of the progressive era. Released on the short lived Youngblood label in 1970, the double album was the first vinyl outing for Science Fiction author Julian Jay Savarin, who assembled a group of musicians to record this conceptual work. Officially unavailable for many years, this Esoteric reissue has been re-mastered from the original tapes and features fully-restored artwork and a booklet with a new essay."

SAVARIN, JULIAN JAY: Waiters On The Dance CD (ECLEC 2040CD)21.00
"Waiters on the Dance is a lost classic of the progressive era. Released on the short lived Youngblood label imprint Birth in 1973, the album was the second by Science Fiction author Julian Jay Savarin and was the follow up to the double album A Time Before This, released by Savarin's group Julian's Treatment (also released by Esoteric Recordings). Based on the first book of his Lemmus trilogy, the album was conceived as the first of three telling the musical story of his literary creation."

ROOM: Pre-Flight CD (ECLEC 2043CD) 19.00
"Highly regarded cult album. 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. New fully restored artwork and previously unseen photographs. Recorded at the Decca studios in the summer of 1970, Room's Pre-Flight was an ambitious blend of rock, blues, jazz and classical influences. The album was critically well received but unfortunately like many strong releases of this genre at the time on the classic Deram label, did not achieve the hoped for breakthrough to greater commercial success. Room's only recorded work, the album has been remastered from the original analog tapes and is now presented in this definitive edition from Esoteric Recordings." Also includes an extensive booklet with essay by Room's Steve Edge.

MELLOW CANDLE: Swaddling Songs CD (ECLEC 2044CD) 19.00
"Classic, highly regarded and sought after acid folk / progressive rock album. Now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. New fully restored artwork. Extensive booklet with new essay. Featuring girl singers Clodagh Simonds and Alison Williams, Mellow Candle never achieved commercial success they deserved spawning a legendary psychedelic folk-rock album akin to Fairport Convention or Fotheringay. Touring to support Thin Lizzy (Simonds played on Lizzy's album Shades of a Blue Orphanage) and Horslips, the band had a short lived existence. Clodagh Simonds later went on to play again with Mike Oldfield and Jade Warrior and this release serves as evidence of the talents of both Simonds and the band who deserved far more commercial success than they attained. Now rightly regarded as a classic of the genre, Esoteric Recordings are proud to add Swaddling Songs to their catalog."

GERRARD, DENNY: Sinister Morning CD (ECLEC 2045CD) 19.00
"Highly regarded cult album featuring High Tide. 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. Denver Gerrard had his brief moment in the spotlight of stardom in British rock as one half of the Warm Sounds, the duo that he formed with Barry Husband in 1967. They hit number 27 on the UK charts with 'Birds and Bees,' a trippy psychedelic pop number released by Decca Records' Deram Records imprint. On his classic solo album from 1970 he is backed by the four members of the cult underground rock band High Tide. A welcome reissue for a classic album that contains some of the most innovative music of the era."

KHAN: Space Shanty CD (ECLEC 2046CD) 19.00
"New release for this highly regarded cult album featuring Steve Hillage. 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. Best known as the album that first brought the guitar playing talents of guitarist Steve Hillage to public prominence, Khan's sole album is a splendid example of a fusion of Canterbury flavored rock combined with jazz and space-rock influences. Originally released in 1972 by Deram records, it can now clearly be seen as the blue print for Hillage's later solo success. Hillage has acknowledged that Space Shanty was the dry run for his classic Fish Rising album. This reissue is re-mastered from the original master tapes and has extensive liner notes and includes two bonus tracks from a rediscovered acetate disc."

HARTLEY BAND, KEEF: The Time Is Near CD (ECLEC 2047CD) 19.00
Originally released on Derem in 1970. "New release for this highly regarded classic jazz rock album. 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. Considered by many to be one of the finest exponents of powerful jazz rock, Keef's earliest engagement was as replacement for Ringo Starr in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He was also Mick Fleetwood's replacement in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and featured on many recordings by the band. In 1968 he formed his own group recruiting the highly regarded Miller Anderson on guitar and vocals. Although they performed at Woodstock the band was not filmed. Latterly Hartley became involved with group Vinegar Joe and with singer / songwriter Michael Chapman. The Time is Near ranks among the band's finest achievements and, along with a reissue of Overdog, sees the beginning of a reissue campaign by Esoteric Recordings of the classic Keef Hartley Band albums."

HARTLEY BAND, KEEF: Overdog CD (ECLEC 2048CD) 19.00
Originally released on Derem in 1971. "New release for this highly regarded classic jazz rock album. 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. This reissue of Overdog features the bonus single edits of 'Roundabout,' one of their best loved and most powerful works. Along with a reissue of The Time is Near, this release sees the beginning of a reissue campaign by Esoteric Recordings of the classic Keef Hartley Band albums."

GILES, GILES AND FRIPP: The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp CD (ECLEC 2049CD) 19.00
"The classic album, a precursor to King Crimson, now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. New fully restored artwork. This great album is where it all began for the King Crimson stalwarts. An excellent late '60s album which touches on psychedelic pop, (often compared to early Syd Barrett -ra Pink Floyd) with jazz influences and a whimsical brand of surreal humor. Fripp's guitar is on top form on 'Suite No. 1' and shows the shape of things to come when in 1969 when he and Mike Giles teamed up with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald to form King Crimson. This re-mastered reissue comes with six bonus tracks and enhanced artwork and should appeal to all lovers of eccentric late '60s psychedelia and fans of King Crimson."

GROUP 180: Music For Pieces of Wood CD (HUNG 12545CD) 17.00
1995 release. Recorded in 1983. "Water – Wonder" by Tibor Szemzö (1982), "Music for Pieces of Wood" by Steve Reich (1973), "Etude for Three Mirrors" by László Melis (1982), and "Coming Together" & "Attica" by Frederic Rzewski (1972). Performed by Group 180. Recited in English.

CAGE, JOHN: Thirty Pieces, Music For Piano CD (HUNG 12893CD)17.00
1987 release. "Thirty Pieces For Five Orchestras" (1981), performed by the Savaria Symphony Orchestra, conducted by László Tihanyi, Dieter Kempe, Zsolt Serei, Katalin Doman, and Mark Foster; musical direction by Péter Eötvös. "Music For Piano" Nos. 4-19, 21-84 (1952-56). (Realization by A. Wilheim). Performed by Zoltán Jeney, András Wilheim, László Vidovszky, László Sary, Barnabás Dukay (pianists). "Hungaroton continues its invaluable Cage series, this time moving away from the percussion works of past volumes. The works presented here make this self-recommending for anyone devoted to this important 20th century thinker/composer."

SMITH, ELLIOTT: XO LP (PLAIN 126LP) 17.00
"Following the success and acclaim of his two releases on the Kill Rock Stars label, as well an Oscar nomination for the use of his song 'Miss Misery' in the film Good Will Hunting, the late Elliott Smith signed with Dreamworks for the 1998 release of XO. With a major label budget for this, his fourth full length album, Smith was able to craft a fully realized pop masterpiece, fulfilling the promise of previous releases. Though firmly in the McCartney/Lennon/Rundgren/Davies school of songwriting Smith was nothing if not an original. Possibly his best record."

SILVERSTEIN, SHEL: Boy Named Sue and His Other Country SongsCD (WATER 216CD) 15.00
"Boy Named Sue is Silverstein's sixth album overall and his first for RCA, originally released in 1969. Featuring the classic title track, probably his most well known and covered song, which was made into a giant hit by Johnny Cash soon after. Country songs that are at turns sentimental, tongue-in-cheek, genuine, and slyly lewd. Recorded at RCA studios in Music City, USA and produced by Shel's friend, the legendary Chet Atkins, this could very well have been the strangest thing to come out of Nashville since Blonde On Blonde. Another classic from the idiosyncratic genius on CD for the first time."

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	Birigwa "s/t" (Porter) RealAudio Birigwa "Lule Lule" Ugandan-born Birigwa was attending the New England Conservatory in the early '70s when he recorded this self-titled album, with a band that features members of Stark Reality. At times his music sounds like a Caetano Veloso album recorded in South Africa. Buy $14.99 Birigwa "s/t" CD

	Natural Food "s/t" (Porter) RealAudio Natural Food "See See Rider" Also reissued by Porter, another leftfield gem from Boston. Natural Food’s eponymous album is a fusion record in the truest sense. Folk-pop, blues, psych-boogie and vocal jazz are all referenced here, with a band that includes members of Stark Reality. Buy $14.99 Natural Food "s/t" CD

	Nick Lowe "Jesus of Cool" (Yep Roc) RealAudio Nick Lowe "Music for Money" Nick Lowe is THE original indie rocker and his classic solo debut has finally been given the deluxe reissue treatment! Acerbic power pop classics like "Marie Provost" and "So It Goes" are here, as well as a slew of hard-to-find gems from the vaults. Buy $15.99 Nick Lowe "Jesus of Cool" CD

	*RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT: Open Score* DVD (MC 596DVD) 21.00** First volume in this electrifying avant-garde DVD series, documenting this 9 Evenings series in NYC from 1966. "In 1966, 10 New York artists and 30 engineers and scientists from Bell Telephone Laboratories collaborated on a series of innovative dance, music and theater performances, 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, held at the 69th Regiment Armory, New York City, in October 1966. The artists included are: John Cage, Lucinda Childs, Öyvind Fahlström, Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, David Tudor and Robert Whitman. Archival material has been assembled into 10 films, each of which reconstructs the artist's original work and uses interviews with the artists, engineers and performers to illuminate the artistic, technical and historical aspects of the work. 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering is a 10 DVD set of films on this legendary series of theater, dance, and music performances. Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg is the first film to be released in a series that will bring to life a historic moment in contemporary art history. Open Score was performed on October 14th, 1966. It began with a tennis game between Frank Stella and his tennis partner, Mimi Kanarek, on a full-scale court laid out on the Armory floor. Rauschenberg had adopted one of the oldest forms of performance that everyone recognizes, a tennis match, and made it into dance. He also used the game 'to control the lights and to perform as an orchestra.' Each time Frank or Mimi hit the ball a loud BONG vibrated around the Armory and the sound of each BONG switched off one of the lights illuminating the court…" –Billy Klüver, 1997. All-region DVD, two-sided for both NTSC & PAL formats.
	*CAGE, JOHN: Variations VII* DVD (MC 749DVD) 21.00** "In 1966, 10 New York artists and 30 engineers and scientists from Bell Telephone Laboratories collaborated on a series of innovative dance, music and theatre performances, 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, held in October at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City. The artists were John Cage, Lucinda Childs, Öyvind Fahlström, Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, David Tudor and Robert Whitman. Archival material has been assembled into 10 films, each of which reconstructs the artists' original work and uses interviews with the artists, engineers and performers to illuminate the artistic, technical and historical aspects of the work. Variations VII, performed at 9 Evenings, was the next to last in John Cage's series of indeterminate works that he had begun in 1958, which made increasing use of electronic equipment and systems. This DVD documents the only complete performance of Variations VII and also presents a stereo audio recording of the full 85 minutes of the performance. This rare and historical film is the second in the 9 Evenings series from E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology) and ART PIX and was produced by Billy Klüver and Julie Martin of E.A.T. and directed by Barbro Schultz Lundestam." All-region DVD, two-sided for both NTSC & PAL formats. 41 minutes + 85 minute audio track.
	*SCHLEMOWITZ, JOEL: Short Experimental Films* 3DVD (MC 774DVD)52.00** "Joel Schlemowitz is a wizard of cinema, and this collection of short experimental films is a marvel to behold. Each piece is a unique gem — quirky, provocative, playful, often handmade, and always daring — celebrating Joel's astonishing mastery of the tools of filmmaking, and his poetic grasp on the art of cinema." –Alan Berliner. "Joel creates cinema-poems that crack open the infinite. Tracing the jeweled veins of Gustave Moreau, J.K. Huysmans, and Gerard de Nerval, his work eludes the dark shadows of night & illuminates the evening with cascading colors and flickering dreamscapes." – Jennifer MacMillan, Curator, Invisible Film Series. Bonus footage: Filmmaker Interview by Jennifer MacMillan; The Film-Makers Coop's Move by Brian Frye; "Grand Magic Lantern Exhibition!" documentation by Jeanne Liotta. All films newly transferred and re-mastered from 16mm film and soundtrack sources. All-region NTSC format DVD. Total running time: 3 hrs. 21 mins.
	*OPPENHEIM, DENNIS: Tooth and Nail: Film and Video 1970-74* DVD (MC 778DVD) 26.00** "Dennis Oppenheim (born 1938) has received international attention for a conceptual oeuvre spanning performance, video, sculpture, installation, and land art. In the early 1970s, Dennis Oppenheim was in the vanguard of artists using film and video to investigate themes relating to body and performance. This portfolio features a selection of his works known as the Aspen Tapes, produced between 1970 and 1974, in which Oppenheim uses his own body as a site of experimentation on the personal. In these works, the artist enters into an intimate and dynamic dialogue with his body as he explores the boundaries of personal risk, bodily transformation, and interpersonal communication. With the publication of this portfolio in collaboration with the artist's studio, this seminal series of quasi-anthropological performances is now available to the public for the first time on DVD. Just as Oppenheim's work explores new and unusual forms of communication and address, Slought Foundation hopes that this portfolio contributes to an existing discourse about alternative possibilities for cultural production and reception. In Oppenheim's Transfer Drawings and Identity Transfers, for instance, the artist deposits and retrieves information from his daughter Kristin and his son Erik." An 11-page booklet includes an interview with Dennis Oppenheim by Willoughby Sharp. Running time: approx. 120 mins; NTSC format DVD, all regions.
MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
	*VA: Last Kind Words (1926-1953)* LP (MR 005LP) 11.00** 2nd edition with regular printed jacket. "Incredibly well compiled '20s-'30s era blues comp. High quality of sound for the time period of its recordings. This compilation is filled with the most accessible blues songs made to be appreciated by enthusiasts and those new to the genre. Features Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Minnie, Geechie Wiley, etc."

	*TUMA, SCOTT: Not For Nobody* CD (ACE 010CD) 12.00** "To me, Scott Tuma is a bit of a legend. From his days with the seminal Souled American to performing with Boxhead Ensemble, his two incredible solo records, Hard Again and The River 1 2 3 4, there are few musicians with such a quality discography. I kept waiting for him to drop another solo record, but it never came. So when I learned that he'd been working with members of Zelienople under the moniker Good Stuff House, I jumped at the chance to make contact. A few emails were exchanged, and 18 months later after the birth of Tuma's second child, Not For Nobody was finally ready. It's been nearly five years, but the wait has definitely been worth it. Not For Nobody hits you hard, straight in the throat. These mostly-acoustic compositions, recorded with guitar, banjo, harmonium, and percussion among other instruments, are steeped in an elegance that few artists can master. Not For Nobody marks the triumphant return of a musician sorely missed. It is dripping with beauty and melancholy and hope for something better. This is an album for the ages. Housed in a silkscreened gatefold jacket."
ESOTERIC RECORDINGS (UK)
	*JULIAN'S TREATMENT: A Time Before This* CD (ECLEC 2039CD)21.00** "A Time Before This is a lost classic of the progressive era. Released on the short lived Youngblood label in 1970, the double album was the first vinyl outing for Science Fiction author Julian Jay Savarin, who assembled a group of musicians to record this conceptual work. Officially unavailable for many years, this Esoteric reissue has been re-mastered from the original tapes and features fully-restored artwork and a booklet with a new essay."
	*SAVARIN, JULIAN JAY: Waiters On The Dance* CD (ECLEC 2040CD)21.00** "Waiters on the Dance is a lost classic of the progressive era. Released on the short lived Youngblood label imprint Birth in 1973, the album was the second by Science Fiction author Julian Jay Savarin and was the follow up to the double album A Time Before This, released by Savarin's group Julian's Treatment (also released by Esoteric Recordings). Based on the first book of his Lemmus trilogy, the album was conceived as the first of three telling the musical story of his literary creation."
	*ROOM: Pre-Flight* CD (ECLEC 2043CD) 19.00** "Highly regarded cult album. 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. New fully restored artwork and previously unseen photographs. Recorded at the Decca studios in the summer of 1970, Room's Pre-Flight was an ambitious blend of rock, blues, jazz and classical influences. The album was critically well received but unfortunately like many strong releases of this genre at the time on the classic Deram label, did not achieve the hoped for breakthrough to greater commercial success. Room's only recorded work, the album has been remastered from the original analog tapes and is now presented in this definitive edition from Esoteric Recordings." Also includes an extensive booklet with essay by Room's Steve Edge.
	*MELLOW CANDLE: Swaddling Songs* CD (ECLEC 2044CD) 19.00** "Classic, highly regarded and sought after acid folk / progressive rock album. Now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. New fully restored artwork. Extensive booklet with new essay. Featuring girl singers Clodagh Simonds and Alison Williams, Mellow Candle never achieved commercial success they deserved spawning a legendary psychedelic folk-rock album akin to Fairport Convention or Fotheringay. Touring to support Thin Lizzy (Simonds played on Lizzy's album Shades of a Blue Orphanage) and Horslips, the band had a short lived existence. Clodagh Simonds later went on to play again with Mike Oldfield and Jade Warrior and this release serves as evidence of the talents of both Simonds and the band who deserved far more commercial success than they attained. Now rightly regarded as a classic of the genre, Esoteric Recordings are proud to add Swaddling Songs to their catalog."
	*GERRARD, DENNY: Sinister Morning* CD (ECLEC 2045CD) 19.00** "Highly regarded cult album featuring High Tide. 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. Denver Gerrard had his brief moment in the spotlight of stardom in British rock as one half of the Warm Sounds, the duo that he formed with Barry Husband in 1967. They hit number 27 on the UK charts with 'Birds and Bees,' a trippy psychedelic pop number released by Decca Records' Deram Records imprint. On his classic solo album from 1970 he is backed by the four members of the cult underground rock band High Tide. A welcome reissue for a classic album that contains some of the most innovative music of the era."
	*KHAN: Space Shanty* CD (ECLEC 2046CD) 19.00** "New release for this highly regarded cult album featuring Steve Hillage. 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. Best known as the album that first brought the guitar playing talents of guitarist Steve Hillage to public prominence, Khan's sole album is a splendid example of a fusion of Canterbury flavored rock combined with jazz and space-rock influences. Originally released in 1972 by Deram records, it can now clearly be seen as the blue print for Hillage's later solo success. Hillage has acknowledged that Space Shanty was the dry run for his classic Fish Rising album. This reissue is re-mastered from the original master tapes and has extensive liner notes and includes two bonus tracks from a rediscovered acetate disc."
	*HARTLEY BAND, KEEF: The Time Is Near* CD (ECLEC 2047CD) 19.00** Originally released on Derem in 1970. "New release for this highly regarded classic jazz rock album. 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. Considered by many to be one of the finest exponents of powerful jazz rock, Keef's earliest engagement was as replacement for Ringo Starr in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He was also Mick Fleetwood's replacement in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and featured on many recordings by the band. In 1968 he formed his own group recruiting the highly regarded Miller Anderson on guitar and vocals. Although they performed at Woodstock the band was not filmed. Latterly Hartley became involved with group Vinegar Joe and with singer / songwriter Michael Chapman. The Time is Near ranks among the band's finest achievements and, along with a reissue of Overdog, sees the beginning of a reissue campaign by Esoteric Recordings of the classic Keef Hartley Band albums."
	*HARTLEY BAND, KEEF: Overdog* CD (ECLEC 2048CD) 19.00** Originally released on Derem in 1971. "New release for this highly regarded classic jazz rock album. 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. This reissue of Overdog features the bonus single edits of 'Roundabout,' one of their best loved and most powerful works. Along with a reissue of The Time is Near, this release sees the beginning of a reissue campaign by Esoteric Recordings of the classic Keef Hartley Band albums."
	*GILES, GILES AND FRIPP: The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp* CD (ECLEC 2049CD) 19.00** "The classic album, a precursor to King Crimson, now 24-bit remastered from the original master tapes. New fully restored artwork. This great album is where it all began for the King Crimson stalwarts. An excellent late '60s album which touches on psychedelic pop, (often compared to early Syd Barrett -ra Pink Floyd) with jazz influences and a whimsical brand of surreal humor. Fripp's guitar is on top form on 'Suite No. 1' and shows the shape of things to come when in 1969 when he and Mike Giles teamed up with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald to form King Crimson. This re-mastered reissue comes with six bonus tracks and enhanced artwork and should appeal to all lovers of eccentric late '60s psychedelia and fans of King Crimson."