Did you see this? (re Sony-Legacy, Anthony Braxton, download & streaming)

[mjzee]

I received an email this morning from Tri-Centric Foundation, and at the end of it is this:

On June 1, 2018, Sony Music Entertainment's Legacy Recordings will release a curated 16-track compilation digital album culled from Anthony Braxton's Arista catalog. Please be on the look out for Essential Anthony Braxton – The Arista Years on various streaming and download platforms. Timothy J. Smith, Digital Catalog Research & Development's Director of A&R at Legacy Recordings, has this to say about the release (interview conducted via email):

"In the current age of audio streaming as a primary mode of commercial music consumption – our role as curators of the Sony Music Entertainment back catalog is to look at our Artists repertoire and adapt and deliver those discographies to digital service providers in a cohesive manner.

As a majority of Mr. Braxton’s Arista catalog was previously unavailable at digital service providers – we found the vibrant original album catalog remasters (by the esteemed engineer Mark Wilder at Battery Studios - 8 nominations and 4 Grammys) provided to Mosiac for their 2008 box set ‘The Complete Arista Recordings’ the ideal sources to base our download and streaming versions upon. ‘The Essential’ compilation we are releasing serves as more of an ‘Anthony Braxton 101’ for those entry level listeners who may seem daunted by such a vast catalog. With the help of very insightful fans of Mr. Braxton’s work on staff – the most resilient representations of AB’s Arista career were culled for the focused 16 track 2+ hour collection."

Questions: Are they phasing out physical boxes?  What else are they planning to release?  Can't someone spell Mosaic correctly?

[Guy Berger]

26 minutes ago, mjzee said:

I received an email this morning from Tri-Centric Foundation, and at the end of it is this:

On June 1, 2018, Sony Music Entertainment's Legacy Recordings will release a curated 16-track compilation digital album culled from Anthony Braxton's Arista catalog. Please be on the look out for Essential Anthony Braxton – The Arista Years on various streaming and download platforms. Timothy J. Smith, Digital Catalog Research & Development's Director of A&R at Legacy Recordings, has this to say about the release (interview conducted via email):

"In the current age of audio streaming as a primary mode of commercial music consumption – our role as curators of the Sony Music Entertainment back catalog is to look at our Artists repertoire and adapt and deliver those discographies to digital service providers in a cohesive manner.

As a majority of Mr. Braxton’s Arista catalog was previously unavailable at digital service providers – we found the vibrant original album catalog remasters (by the esteemed engineer Mark Wilder at Battery Studios - 8 nominations and 4 Grammys) provided to Mosiac for their 2008 box set ‘The Complete Arista Recordings’ the ideal sources to base our download and streaming versions upon. ‘The Essential’ compilation we are releasing serves as more of an ‘Anthony Braxton 101’ for those entry level listeners who may seem daunted by such a vast catalog. With the help of very insightful fans of Mr. Braxton’s work on staff – the most resilient representations of AB’s Arista career were culled for the focused 16 track 2+ hour collection."

Questions: Are they phasing out physical boxes?  What else are they planning to release?  Can't someone spell Mosaic correctly?

I thought AB's Arista albums were already available on Spotify?  I've listened to Fall 1974 on there.

[JSngry]

oh, maybe there's money to be made. WHOOPS, it's already been made!

However - if this plants the flag for future listeners and eventually leads the way to more specific releases down the road, it's all good.

Now I gotta ask - who are these "very insightful fans of Mr. Braxton's work on staff" @ Sony?

[danasgoodstuff]

I too have been daunted by his vast catalog, and I'm impressed anyone at Sony is paying attention to Braxton at all.