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The LP's used to show up in cut-out bins in the early/mid 70's. That's where I got my first dose of them - thrilled by some, horrified by others!

Five CTI's and three BYG's for me.

I just wish they would have had more complete music footage in it. I was always surprised they never came out with a deluxe DVD/Blu-ray set of it that included extra footage, featurettes, etc. I think that would have sold well.

Yes, there are Kudu titles such as the Johnny Hammond Smith and Esther Phillips. I actually preferred the Kudu cover art overall, sometimes found the CTI cover art a little strange and creepy (or in the case of Turrentine's Sugar, more than a little strange and creepy), though the packaging was indeed lavish. IIRC, the list price on CTI albums was a dollar higher than standard albums, no doubt to support the packaging and music production costs.

Sunflower is a good one. I quite like most of the Hubbard titles. The Randy Weston is a favorite of mine. The whole label output from the early 70's/Sebesky era grew on me as I have aged, and I own most of the titles from that era at this point, still missing most of the titles from the label from before and after that period, as the Bob James era represented a step down to me, and then the David Matthews/disco-ish era represented another big step down. The 60's A&M titles are not easy to come by, so I don't have a lot of them.

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$27.98 at Amazon, $25.99 at Dusty Groove (Da Bastids), $21.28 at DeepDiscount (and they regularly run 10% off sales, occasionally run 15% off sales for in-stock items).

Looks really good, thanks!

It was a very popular jazz label in the USA. Stanley Turrentine's "Sugar" is another classic from the label. Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Farrell, Milt Jackson and others all had good runs of albums on the label. Many of the early albums have superior Don Sebesky arrangements on them.

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Thanks Jim!

RIP, I have several recordings by him and have meant to dig into his catalog even deeper.

https://mackavenue.com/collections/strata-east They seem to have changed the content to the sampler link, where you cannot order it now the way I was able to do so yesterday (and I never received it after I did order it yesterday). They seem to have turned it into streaming, and you choose a streaming library to pre-save it (amazon in my case).

Yep, I adore Norah Jones because her 20 million album sales funded that massive Blue Note reissue campaign! Either Tolliver misspoke (he texted in during the webcast) or else he meant he holds the master tapes to what is being released by Mack Avenue in this series. I suspect the latter. Do you know anything about whether the Mtume estate has any plans to lease Alkebu-Lan to anyone?

OK, tuned in to webcast and here's what may be of additional interest: 1 - Tolliver says that he has the master tapes to all of the recordings. Unclear if that means all that were released by S-E or just all that are part of the Mack Avenue campaign. 2 - This is the first re-issue from master tapes, all other reissues have been from digital sources. 3 - Vic Anesini and Chris Muth did the CD remastering. I'm familiar with Anesini's outstanding work for Sony, so this is good news. 4 - The April releases are just the first batch of what is planned to be an ongoing rollout, so hope remains for your most desired titles! 5 - Confirmed that bonus cuts are available only via digital downloads. There was no Q&A and chat was disabled, so I couldn't ask anything to get more info.

See GA Russell 's post from last Friday in this thread, looks like the bonus cuts are only via download - an unfortunate decision to me, but reflective of the current market environment. So far, this whole program looks to be download-centric, with a few physical titles thrown in for good measure.

Free with pre-registration at link below, I registered. I read and enjoy Chinen and Schwartz on Substack, not familiar with the others: BTW - just to verify my previous hesitation about the Mack Avenue label, they spend the rest of the announcement email plugging their new Yellowjackets release. But I'm so thankful for their S-E relaunch! https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zvRvsDshQ-mzb1sGR7K0gg?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&_kx=UCU89uzxzng2V9YSY2B12yIMn_28q1tpQitB9gJYSq4.VgBDnP#/registration Strata-East: The Return Date & Time Feb 11, 2025 06:00 PM EST Description A conversation about the relaunch of Strata-East Records with Nate Chinen, Harmony Holiday, Marcus J. Moore and Syd Schwartz (special guest Michael Fremer).

Good question, I'm just reporting, not trying to explain: Shopping cart Product image Description Quantity Price 1 Various Artists - Strata–East: The Legacy Begins (Digital Anthology) Digital 1 Free Description Price Total USD $0.00 Subtotal $0.00 Mack Avenue Music Group Thank you for your purchase! Order #xxxx Thank you, John! Your order is confirmed You’ll receive an email when your order is ready.

A couple things I noticed on the Mack Avenue website: 1 - The Pharoah Sanders album will be available on CD on April 25. 2 - The Tolliver Slugs looks to be one CD from the artwork, and the bonus cuts aren't mentioned. 3 - The huge digital sampler is free! I ordered it, received confirmation, awaiting delivery. The site also has the CD's available for preorder, $15.98 each.

Musically, the whole is way less than the sum of the parts, but it's a fascinating cultural artifact. Definitely would have benefitted from more rehearsal time and better recording fidelity, but it is what it is, and I'm thankful for that. The great musical treasure of the MIA S-E titles is the Keno Duke/Jazz Contemporaries 'Reasons In Tonality' with the Clifford Jordan/George Coleman/Julius Watkins front line, Harold Mabern on piano, and two great 20+ minute tracks.

Different strokes for different folks 🙂.

There was a comprehensive Strata reissue campaign a few years ago,and I picked up several of them. Mixed bag, but some gems by Kenny Cox, Bert Myrick (I owned that one back in the day on vinyl thanks to hearing it at Third Street Jazz), Lyman Woodward. I am aware of the S-E albums reverting back to artists, remember Chuck sharing that several years ago on a board discussion. Some of them (Fortune, Shirley Scott, Gil Scott-Heron, and others) have made it out on other stray reissues through the years in addition to the titles that Bellaphon released in the early 90's, which seems to correlate with the titles which appear to be part of this reissue campaign. I fear that some of the other ones such as the Keno Duke/Jazz Contemporary titles, the Cosmic Twins, and the Mtume are not going to ever be available for reissue, which is a loss.

Byard Lancaster - Mother Africa. Great album!

Sign up for USPS Informed Delivery (it's free), and you get a daily digest of USPS mail arriving that day and all packages inbound to and outbound from your address; https://www.usps.com/manage/informed-delivery.htm?os=io__&ref=app That will show the tracking # for packages, and you can do a USPS search on the tracking# for its origin and current status, and also set alerts to be informed of changes in status (I usually set an alert for delivery).