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Omnivore to release the complete Art Pepper Artist House recordings


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6 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:

Cool!  Not sure how much of this material I have... maybe just one CD.  I do have the complete Galaxy box and didn't realize that there was any overlap there with Artist House material.

Art Pepper Quartet

Art Pepper, alto sax; Hank Jones, piano #1-7; Ron Carter, bass; Al Foster, drums #1-7.

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, February 23, 1979
1. Straight, No Chaser (alternate take) Galaxy GXY-5154
2. Straight, No Chaser Artists House AH 12; Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2
3. Yesterdays Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2
4. A Night In Tunisia Galaxy GXY-5154
5. A Night In Tunisia (alternate take) Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2
6. Diane Artists House AH 12; Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2
7. My Friend John Galaxy GXY-5154
8. Duo Blues -

* Galaxy GXY-5154   Art Pepper - New York Album
* Artists House AH 12, AH 9412   Art Pepper - So In Love
* Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2   Art Pepper - The Complete Galaxy Recordings

Art Pepper Quartet

Art Pepper, alto sax, clarinet; George Cables, piano; Charlie Haden, bass; Billy Higgins, drums.

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, May 25 & 26, 1979
  Blues For Blanche (alternate take A) Galaxy GXY-5148
  Landscape Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2
  Stardust Artists House AH 12; Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2
  Donna Lee Galaxy GXY-5148
  Donna Lee (alternate take) Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2
  Blues For Blanche (alternate take B) -
  Blues For Blanche Artists House AH 12; Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2
  So In Love -
  Lover Man Galaxy GXY-5154
  Body And Soul Galaxy GXY-5148
  You Go To My Head -
  Tin Tin Deo Artists House (J) VDJ-2008; Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2
  Stardust (alternate take) -
  Anthropology Galaxy GXY-5148
  In A Mellotone Artists House (J) VDJ-2008; Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2
  Desafinado Galaxy GXY-5148
  My Friend John (alternate take) Artists House (J) VDJ-2008; Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2

* Galaxy GXY-5148   Art Pepper - Artworks
* Artists House AH 12, AH 9412   Art Pepper - So In Love
* Galaxy GXY-5154   Art Pepper - New York Album
* Galaxy 16GCD 1016-2   Art Pepper - The Complete Galaxy Recordings
* Artists House (J) VDJ-2008   Art Pepper - Stardust

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If I'm reading the discography correctly, looks like all of it would be on the Complete Galaxy box (assuming that contains GXY-5148 and GXY-5154).  I own that box, so don't need this.  I want to put in a good word here for Omnivore Records, who have done exemplary work in their rock reissues of The Dream Syndicate, Game Theory, and others.

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20 minutes ago, felser said:

If I'm reading the discography correctly, looks like all of it would be on the Complete Galaxy box (assuming that contains GXY-5148 and GXY-5154).  I own that box, so don't need this.  I want to put in a good word here for Omnivore Records, who have done exemplary work in their rock reissues of The Dream Syndicate, Game Theory, and others.

Still we are talking 55 tracks here and I`m not positive this is all covered by the "Complete Galaxy Box" (unfortunatelyl don`t have it near me to check) .....

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3 hours ago, soulpope said:

Still we are talking 55 tracks here and I`m not positive this is all covered by the "Complete Galaxy Box" (unfortunatelyl don`t have it near me to check) .....

I just checked, and it is all on the Complete Galaxy Box, discs 2-4.  This new release may (or may not) have better mastering, as that box is 30 years old.  

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24 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

The Galaxy box was really inexpensive back in the day. I have it.

I got it from a store in Ann Arbor on a business trip in 1993, right after I got married.  It had been traded in, they didn't know what to do with it, sold it to me for like $125.  I jumped at the opportunity, even though I couldn't really afford it, having just bought a house and paid for a wedding.  Just felt I also couldn't afford to pass on it.  Have never regretted it.

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3 hours ago, soulpope said:

As good as the deal of the "Complete Galaxy Box" was back then, this is great music - IMO some of Art Pepper`s best late(r) career playing - and comes highly recommended ....

At a minimum, anyone who enjoys Pepper's music should track down the Artist House LP So in Love

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IMO, this is the cream-of-the-cream from that set.  Astonishingly good.

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1 hour ago, Brad said:

That’s amazing. The person who sold it to you must have taken a huge loss. 

Ha ha. No. A European supplier was selling off quite a few of these sets at a Euro per disc. Some people did get booklets and boxes but I was at the tail end. It was the period where manufacturers generally were dumping CDs as their stock models were ceasing to work. 

 

The SQ of the Pepper is of its time, shall we say, so maybe the new issue will make the most of the Artists House tapes. That label was audiophile in intent, and in fact the Pepper Galaxies are also very nicely recorded. 

 

Not sure that you guys are interpreting the contents correctly though. I think a lot is not in the Galaxy box. 

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39 minutes ago, David Ayers said:

Ha ha. No. A European supplier was selling off quite a few of these sets at a Euro per disc. Some people did get booklets and boxes but I was at the tail end. It was the period where manufacturers generally were dumping CDs as their stock models were ceasing to work. 

 

The SQ of the Pepper is of its time, shall we say, so maybe the new issue will make the most of the Artists House tapes. That label was audiophile in intent, and in fact the Pepper Galaxies are also very nicely recorded. 

 

Not sure that you guys are interpreting the contents correctly though. I think a lot is not in the Galaxy box. 

I think they were called XYZ. Mine came with a rather flimsy box. As I recall someone here printed copies of the personnel & contents. $15 American seems about right.

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1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

At a minimum, anyone who enjoys Pepper's music should track down the Artist House LP So in Love

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IMO, this is the cream-of-the-cream from that set.  Astonishingly good.

Agreed .... but overall the material is excellent .... and well recorded too ....

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3 hours ago, David Ayers said:

Not sure that you guys are interpreting the contents correctly though. I think a lot is not in the Galaxy box. 

Art Pepper ‎– The Complete Galaxy Recordings

Label:
Galaxy ‎– GCD-1016-2
Format:
Box Set 
16 × CD, Compilation 
Country:
Released:
Genre:
Style:
 

Tracklist

1-1 Miss Who? 4:42
1-2 Mambo Koyama 6:39
1-3 Lover Come Back To Me 6:51
1-4 Patricia 10:23
1-5 These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) 5:42
1-6 Chris's Blues 3:50
1-7 Over The Rainbow 8:46
1-8 Yardbird Suite 5:15
1-9 I Love You 4:32
1-10 Pepper Pot 6:39
1-11 These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (Alternate) 5:51
2-1 Over The Rainbow (Alternate) 9:04
2-2 Straight, No Chaser (Alternate) 5:54
2-3 Straight, No Chaser 6:17
2-4 Yesterdays 8:09
2-5 A Night In Tunisia 9:40
2-6 A Night In Tunisia (Alternate) 9:42
2-7 Diane 12:10
2-8 My Friend John 9:38
3-1 Duo Blues 7:49
3-2 Blues For Blanche (Alternate) 7:24
3-3 Landscape 9:23
3-4 Stardust 10:26
3-5 Donna Lee 5:52
3-6 Donna Lee (Alternate) 6:09
3-7 Blues For Blanche (Alternate B) 8:11
3-8 Blues For Blanche 6:42
3-9 So In Love 11:28
4-1 Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) 5:38
4-2 Body And Soul 4:34
4-3 You Can Go To My Head 5:57
4-4 Tin Tin Deo 10:58
4-5 Stardust (Alternate) 8:37
4-6 Anthropology 6:31
4-7 In A Mellow Tone 8:30
4-8 Desafinado 7:58
4-9 My Friend John 7:42
4-10 My Friend John (Alternate) 7:18
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No mention of the three Analogue Productions SACD's which includes some of the best material.

Analogue Productions 3012 - Art Pepper - The New York Album (Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Al foster)

Analogue Productions 3013 - Art Pepper - So In Love (George Cables, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins)

Analogue Productions 3014 - The Intimate Art Pepper  (George Cables, Hank Jones, Charlie Haden, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins, ,Al Foster)

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