Bol Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 (edited) Does anyone know of any reason that the early 1970's Anthony Braxton recordings -- I have in mind the Circle recordings on Blue Note, and the quartet recordings on Arista with Wheeler, Holland, & Altschul -- have not been available on CD? I would have thought that these would have appeared at least in Japan by now. Very strange and unfortunate. Edited August 20, 2006 by Bol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 It's all very strange indeed. Some of the recordings with Corea, et al. were briefly issued on a CD called Early Circle. Of the nine or so Arista recordings, only Creative Music Orchestra and 3/4s of the Berlin/Montreux concerts were ever issued on CD. Meanwhile, quartet albums with Kenny Wheeler and Dave Holland have never been reissued. These include some of Braxton's best. The reason is that BMG is run by dorks. There has been some lobbying to get at least some of this material out on a Mosaic (particularly considering the Cuscuna connection), it appears no one crack the BMG vaults. The Braxton Yahoo group finally got so frustrated some kind fans got together and put the whole shebang on CD-R. There's also some material on Moers and Ring from this era that haven't made it to CD, including a great solo concert and a double live album with the quartet that included Wheeler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bol Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 If BMG owns Arista recordings, then Mosaic should have an easier time now than before the Sony-BMG merger in turning these sessions into box set. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Yeah, a # of us have been waiting/hoping for an "Arista Quartets" Braxton Mosaic for a long time now... the Sony/BMG merger initially was supposed to be good for Mosaic re: access, but who knows now? If the rumours swirling around the Miles releases are true, the BMG bean-counters have gotten the upper hand.. you'd think that might make them more likely to lease material they themselves will never deign to reissue, but logic isn't something I generally associate with the music industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 While the quartets would fit nicely on a Select, there's a lot more great music that isn't in quartet format: the duos with Muhal Richard Abrams, Braxton and George Lewis with a chamber orchestra, the Creative Music Orchestra date, For Trio with Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman on one side and Henry Threadgill and Douglas Ewart on the other, the solo album, For Two Pianos with Frederic Rzewski and Ursula Oppens, a sax quartet, etc. etc. But don't hold your breath on seeing this any time soon. BMG is run by goofballs. Best case scenario we will get "Braxton for Lovers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Skid Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Bringing this thread back up again... I got here searching for "Braxton for Lovers". Any new developments on this front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 I would LOVE a Mosaic of the Aristas. I have had most of them on vinyl, but a rash of culling necessitated some casualties. The boxed set on Ring totally hurts my feelings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md655321 Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 I think I have the complete Arista in digital format (high grade mp3) if anyone is interested. I can upload a torrent, or if anyone else has a website I can upload it too. I know file sharing is a no-no, but we arent left with much options here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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