1.
“Borbeto Jam” Borbetomagus, Toshinori Kondo,
& Peter Kowald (Cadence Jazz Records 1026 1026)
2.
“Raw Power” Iggy and the Stooges (Columbia 88691959351)
3.
“Carved Into Roses/Infinityland/Singles” Skullflower
(vhf#128)
4.
“Personal Pitch” Panda Bear (Paw tracks Paw14)
5.
“Now Is” Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Joe McPhee, Joe
Morris & Nate Wooley (Clean Feed CF263CD)
6.
“A Love Supreme Live in Europe” John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison (Jazz Masterworks CJZLO 1)
7.
“I am” Scout Niblet (Secretly Canadian JC 80)
8.
“Shore Leave” Yung Wu (Coyote TTC 87119)
9.
“Sapphie” Richard Young (Jagjaguwar)
10.
“Red” King Crimson (Editions EG EGKC 8)
11.
“Bayou Cadillac” Beausoleil (Rounder 6025)
12.
“Extra Width” Jon Spencer’s Blues Explosion (Matador
OLE 852-1)
13.
“Antiquity” Jackie McLean & Michael Carvin (Inner
City 2028)
14.
“Menagerie” Bill Withers (Columbia BL 34903)
15.
“Uprising” Bob Marley (Island ILSP 9596)
16.
“In Greenwhich Village” Albert Ayler (Impluse! A-9155)
17.
“The Leaden Echo” Margarida Garcia (Headlights LPH18)
18.
“Homeing” Butch Morris (Sound Aspects SAS 4015)
19.
“Pyramid” Lee Konitz, Paul Bley & Bill
Conners (Improvising Artists 37.38,25)
20.
“Stridulum EP” Zola Jesus (Sacred Bones Records SBR-032)
21.
“Chris Issak” Chris Issak (Warner 25526-1)
22.
“Shazam” The Move
23.
“Duets with Tyshawn Sorey and Special Guest Hugh
Ragin” Roscoe Mitchell, Tyshawn Sorey
& Hugh Ragin
24.
“Intents & Purpose” Bill Dixon (International
Phonograph, Inc. 3844)
25.
“Sound Of Lies” Jayhawks (American 314 566 941-2)
26.
“Ayahuasca” Pelt with Jack Rose (VHF Records vhf#62)
27.
“Olu Iwa” Cecil Taylor with Peter Brotzmann, Frank Wright, William Parker, Steve McCall
Thruman Barker, & others (Soul Note 121139-2)
28.
“The Secnic Route” John Butcher, Phil Durrant, &
John Russell (Emanem 4029)
29.
“Rothko Chapel / Why Patterns?” Morton Feldman (Ioda)
30.
Alan Silva and the Celestrial Communication
Orchestra (Sunspots/BYG 42-43-44)
31.
“All for Nothing / Nothing for All” The
Replacements (Reprise 9 46807-2)
32.
“The Moon & Antarctica” Modest Mouse (Epic 63671)
33.
“Nonaah” Roscoe Mitchell (Nessa Ncd-9/10)
34.
“Aoyama Crows” Die Like a Dog - Peter Brotzmann,
Kondo, William Parker & Hamid Drake (FMP CD 118)
35.
“Hooky - Solo in Montreal 1976” Steve Lacy (Emanem
4042)
36.
“Califone” Califone (Flydaddy FLY 031)
37.
“Frenz Experiment” The Fall (Beggars Banquet 6987-1-H)
38.
“Dead Men Tell No Tales” Nikki Sudden and the
Jacobites
39.
“Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy & Art Forms
of Dimensions Tomorrow” Sun Ra (Evidence ECD 22036-2)
40.
“Rocket Science” Evan Parker, Peter Evans, Craig
Taborn & Sam Pluta (More is More MIM133)
41.
“Seeking” John Carter, Bobby Bradford, Tom
Williamson & Buzz Freeman (Hatology 620)
42.
“The Idiot” Iggy Pop
43.
“Compact Snap” The Jam (Polydor 821 712-2)
44.
“Exile on Main Street” The Rolling Stones (Virgin
7234-8-39524-2-7)
45.
“Midnight Marauders” A Tribe Called Quest (Jive 01241-41490-2)
46.
“Relativity Suite” Don Cherry (Klimt MJJ359)
47.
“Polaris EP” Dead Neanderthal (Utech Records)
48.
“Beyond and Back: X Anthology” X (Elektra 62103-2)
49.
“Lammeagyer” Burning Tree (Utech Records)
50.
“Solo 1972.1.21” Kaoru Abe (DIW)
Is #6, the Love Supreme Live, a bootleg (I assume it is)? How is the sound? Is it the same performance as included on the Deluxe CD version of ALS? How is #23, the Roscoe Duets?
ReplyDeleteit sounds ok. I don't know what ALS means. The Roscoe is good-- my problem with the Roscoe releases is that the newer stuff doesn't have as much "soul" as the AEC or his solo stuff. It is an unfair comparison but I really like his older stuff more than the newer stuff.
ReplyDeleteBill, curious what Pelt releases you would categorize as must-haves. Effigy is really good. I don't want to go all-in on their catalog, but I'd like to know what else I should look for.
DeleteALS= A Love Supreme. The 2CD Impulse Deluxe edition has a live version from July 1965 at Antibes. Is that the same performance on the LP? I suspect it is; seems like al the live versions stem from that 1965 Antibes version but maybe not. Those bootlegs are skimpy on documentation for obvious reasons.
ReplyDeleteAs for Roscoe I get what you are saying. The Pi stuff with the AEC still has some of that feeling, but after that it is variable. I guess the Duets are not essential.
I’m still in the middle of investigation, but here is where I’m at. I got to Pelt via Jack Rose. It is interesting that you type up Willie Lane in this listing because I think a genre of music that is at its pinnacle is “Avant-Appalachian-finger- picking-raga sh#t”. This is a revival of the founders and the new purveyors of this sound. The old timers such as Fahey, Basho, Robert Williamson & Incredible String Band, Bert Jansch, Koettke, Peter Walker, etc. The new vanguard being Jack Rose, Willie Lane, MV &EE, Daniel Bachman, James Blackshaw, Daniel Bachman, Cian Nugent, Steve Gunn etc.
ReplyDeleteIn both cases, this finger picking stuff is very binary to my ear. When it is good it is amazing when it is marginal I can’t wait for it to be turned off. Jack Rose’s Kensington Blues was the cornerstone of me getting into this stuff. He advanced the ball on what Fahey did. So I followed that trail. The Jack Rose & Black Twig Pickers album is killer with Pelt members Ganloff and Bowles. Effigy led me to Ayahuasca and Heraldic Beast. The former I love because it is primitive precursor to “Effigy” and that later I’ve not listen to because the turntable is in transition.
I also ordered Nathan Bowles and Scott Verrastro “Polar Satellites” and “Poplar Hollow” by Mike Gangloff after listening to some clips. I really dig the drone and the picking as it works with and against one another. These guys are southern VA residence, and I’m dying to check them out.
To bring some clarity, Ayahasca is a more primitive Effigy. Get Jack Rose Kensington Blues and Black Twig Pickers. I will have a follow up on this when I a full listen to the other stuff.
Scott Verrastro is a good dude. Used to live in DC and book shows at Velvet Lounge and his house, 611 Florida. One of two people I've met with ESP Disk tattoos.
ReplyDeleteSaw Nathan Bowles solo at Hopscotch. Enjoyed the set.