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[Guy]

Some of these have been in print recently, others have not. I do not know which will be available in the US.

2009/10 ECM catalogue

John Abercrombie Trio, Speak of the Devil
Arild Andersen Quartet, If You Look Far Enough
Arild Andersen & Masqualero, Re-Enter
Arild Andersen Quartet, Lifelines
Paul Bley Quartet, Ballads [1967 recording with Altschul & Peacock]
Gary Burton & Steve Swallow, Hotel Hello
Gary Burton Quartet, The New Quartet
Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, Album Album
Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, Inflation Blues
Egberto Gismonti, Solo
Mick Goodrick Quartet, In Pas(s)ing
Dave Holland Quintet, Seeds of Time
Dave Holland Quartet, Conference of the Birds
Stephen Micus, Darkness and Light
Paul Motian Trio, It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago
Old and New Dreams, self-titled
Old and New Dreams, Playing
Julian Priester Ensemble, Love Love
Terje Rypdal and the Chasers, Blue
Terje Rypdal Quartet, Waves
Louis Sclavis Quintet, Rouge
John Surman, Upon Reflection
Ralph Towner & John Abercrombie, Five Years Later
Ralph Towner, Solo Concert
Ralph Towner with Glen Moore [and the rest of Oregon], Trios/Solos
Mal Waldron, Free at Last
Eberhard Weber, The Colours of Chloe
Kenny Wheeler Quintet, The Widow in the Window

Box Sets:
Arild Andersen 3 CD - includes Clouds in My Head, Shimri, Green Shading into Blue
Chick Corea 3 CD solo piano - includes Piano Improvisations vols. 1 & 2, Children's Songs
Jan Garbarek 3 CD - includes Sart, Witchi Tai To, Dansere
Terje Rypdal 4 CD - includes Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away, Odyssey, After the Rain
Eberhard Weber, 3 CD - includes Yellow Fields, Silent Feet, Little Movements

[danasgoodstuff]

I'm on record here regarding my ambivalence towards all things ECM, BUT make no mistake, Conference of the Birds is fine music by any standard!

[A Lark Ascending]

Arild Andersen 3 CD - includes Clouds in My Head, Shimri, Green Shading into Blue

Don't ever recall seeing these on CD. I look forward to the set as I've never heard them.

The Weber box is made up of three wonderful albums - shimmery, minimalist-influenced (though not dominated) music that takes the route from In a Silent Way that Miles didn't.

The two Old and New Dreams were my introduction to Ornette Coleman in the late 70s/early 80s.

Kenny Wheeler's 'The Widow in the Window' is one of his best two - contemporary with 'Music for Large and Small Ensembles.'

Lots of other great records there too, if you're attune to the ECM approach.

Could Lookout Farm be somewhere down the line?

Edited by Bev Stapleton, 15 November 2009 - 03:27 AM.

[sidewinder]

Julian Priester Ensemble, Love Love

Great album though this is, I'm curious as to why they are reissuing this one again and not the equally fine 'Polarization'?

[king ubu]

The Weber box is out here already. Also the Burton/Corea duo box (4CDs).

[brownie]

I'm on record here regarding my ambivalence towards all things ECM, BUT make no mistake, Conference of the Birds is fine music by any standard!

Same here.
Except I would add the Old and New Dreams reissues to that Conference of the Birds album. Fine music, indeed!

[Hot Ptah]

It is very good to see Jack DeJohnette's "Inflation Blues" on CD at last. That is one to join the Old and New Dreams and Dave Holland CDs in the "better than the usual ECM" category.

[A Lark Ascending]

It is very good to see Jack DeJohnette's "Inflation Blues" on CD at last. That is one to join the Old and New Dreams and Dave Holland CDs in the "better than the usual ECM" category.

Hmm!

Great records, all. But I'd describe them as 'more Americanised than usual' (which is not a criticism) rather than 'better than usual'.

[7/4]

John Abercrombie Trio, Speak of the Devil

That's nice, but it would be nicer if they released something that never came out on CD like this:

Ralph Towner & John Abercrombie, Five Years Later

Now that's a good move, how about Arcade, M and Quartet? Arcade came out as a pricey Japanese import, but it may not even be in print now.

[king ubu]

I'm on record here regarding my ambivalence towards all things ECM, BUT make no mistake, Conference of the Birds is fine music by any standard!

Same here.
Except I would add the Old and New Dreams reissues to that Conference of the Birds album. Fine music, indeed!

And of course the Mal Waldron! That one was the very first release on ECM!

[sal]

Good to see those Old and New Dreams CDs back. They were hard to find here in the States for a decent price.

[7/4]

John Abercrombie Trio, Speak of the Devil

That's nice, but it would be nicer if they released something that never came out on CD like this:

Ralph Towner & John Abercrombie, Five Years Later

Now that's a good move, how about Arcade, M and Quartet? Arcade came out as a pricey Japanese import, but it may not even be in print now.

[brownie]

And of course the Mal Waldron! That one was the very first release on ECM!

Yes, of course!
Will be looking for that one. ECM was making some worthy albums back then!

[JETman]

And of course the Mal Waldron! That one was the very first release on ECM!

Yes, of course!
Will be looking for that one. ECM was making some worthy albums back then!

As they are NOW!!!

[WorldB3]

Thanks for the heads up, a lot of these I have never even heard of or have been looking forward to tracking down for a long time like the Goodrick and Waldron.

Edited by WorldB3, 16 November 2009 - 02:35 PM.

[Hot Ptah]

It is very good to see Jack DeJohnette's "Inflation Blues" on CD at last. That is one to join the Old and New Dreams and Dave Holland CDs in the "better than the usual ECM" category.

Hmm!

Great records, all. But I'd describe them as 'more Americanised than usual' (which is not a criticism) rather than 'better than usual'.

Actually, I think that Inflation Blues is better than the usual run of ECM albums, by either American or European artists. I do not mean to slight the European artists on ECM, many of whom I like.

[7/4]

Some of these have been in print recently, others have not. I do not know which will be available in the US.

2009/10 ECM catalogue

Mick Goodrick Quartet, In Pas(s)ing

A disc deserving wider recognition, I don't this this has been previously released in the Sates.



from the golden years of ECM.

[JETman]

Some of these have been in print recently, others have not. I do not know which will be available in the US.

2009/10 ECM catalogue

Mick Goodrick Quartet, In Pas(s)ing

A disc deserving wider recognition, I don't this this has been previously released in the Sates.



from the golden years of ECM.

It has been, and I have it!

[David Ayers]

I get confused as to which ECMs have already been issued on CD and which are new reissues. To the extent that I want them at all it quite matters to me since older digital issues and reissues from ECM have been of poor sonic quality, in my opinion, and I don't want them. I might in some few cases be lured by more recent remasterings but there seems no way to know what you are getting.

[JETman]

I get confused as to which ECMs have already been issued on CD and which are new reissues. To the extent that I want them at all it quite matters to me since older digital issues and reissues from ECM have been of poor sonic quality, in my opinion, and I don't want them. I might in some few cases be lured by more recent remasterings but there seems no way to know what you are getting.

As a general rule, I have it on good authority that ECM likes the sound of its masterings, and that it does NOT do remastering.

[7/4]

I get confused as to which ECMs have already been issued on CD and which are new reissues. To the extent that I want them at all it quite matters to me since older digital issues and reissues from ECM have been of poor sonic quality, in my opinion, and I don't want them. I might in some few cases be lured by more recent remasterings but there seems no way to know what you are getting.

As a general rule, I have it on good authority that ECM likes the sound of its masterings, and that it does NOT do remastering.

That's what I thought.

[David Ayers]

I get confused as to which ECMs have already been issued on CD and which are new reissues. To the extent that I want them at all it quite matters to me since older digital issues and reissues from ECM have been of poor sonic quality, in my opinion, and I don't want them. I might in some few cases be lured by more recent remasterings but there seems no way to know what you are getting.

As a general rule, I have it on good authority that ECM likes the sound of its masterings, and that it does NOT do remastering.

That's what I thought.

And that's what I thought too. But I don't agree with them and that is why I wish I knew the dates of the digital transfers of analogue material. Obviously with DDD material the recording date tells the story.

[ghost of miles]

Mal Waldron's FREE AT LAST is the very first album that ECM ever released--been wanting to hear it for a long time. Thanks for the heads-up.

Edited by ghost of miles, 17 November 2009 - 10:24 PM.

[Aggie87]

I get confused as to which ECMs have already been issued on CD and which are new reissues. To the extent that I want them at all it quite matters to me since older digital issues and reissues from ECM have been of poor sonic quality, in my opinion, and I don't want them. I might in some few cases be lured by more recent remasterings but there seems no way to know what you are getting.

As a general rule, I have it on good authority that ECM likes the sound of its masterings, and that it does NOT do remastering.

That's what I thought.

IIRC they did remaster those "Rarum" compilations from a few years ago. Might be a way for David to sample an artist's ECM tracks in remastered form.

Edited by Aggie87, 17 November 2009 - 10:31 PM.

[David Ayers]

I get confused as to which ECMs have already been issued on CD and which are new reissues. To the extent that I want them at all it quite matters to me since older digital issues and reissues from ECM have been of poor sonic quality, in my opinion, and I don't want them. I might in some few cases be lured by more recent remasterings but there seems no way to know what you are getting.

As a general rule, I have it on good authority that ECM likes the sound of its masterings, and that it does NOT do remastering.

That's what I thought.

IIRC they did remaster those "Rarum" compilations from a few years ago. Might be a way for David to sample an artist's ECM tracks in remastered form.

Well it's a start! Thanks.

[Claude]

Although I prefer the sound of the LPs for the 70's and early 80's ECM recordings, I think that the CD mastering has been well done as from the beginning (1985 or 86), so that there is no need to remaster them.

The only CD that I have been disappointed with is Chick Corea's "ARC". The LP sounds so much better, something must have gone wrong for the CD mastering (maybe the original tapes were missing).

[king ubu]

So for instance the recent Touchstones were using the same masters?
I didn't "upgrade" any, but I could have bought "Gnu High" dirt cheap and thought about it for a second, as these Touchstones look nice and the old CD looks ugly (ECM took quite a while to fit their highly estheticized needs to the CD age, it seems...)

[Bluerein]

King: they are not remastered and are clones of the earlier versions. I would keep the older issues since the cd is almost unable to obtain out of the digipack.....I hate these versions.

[king ubu]

Thanks!
I've bought about 15 of the Touchstones. I agree that they're a bit awkward, but they do look nice!

[Gutrotfrenzy]

I have very little good to say about ECM, so I won't say much, but where are reissues of these:

Music Improvisation Company
Derek Bailey & Dave Holland: Improvisations for Cello and Guitar
Paul Bley: Ballads

Especially that Music Improvisation Company record is absolutely essential.

Also, I don't know if this anymore available:

Edward Vesala: Nan Madol

Bloody well should be.

Edited by Gutrotfrenzy, 19 November 2009 - 01:51 AM.