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Doug Hammond -- Folks -- (Idibib, US)

so weird!

Thanks!! For NY area folks, Academy Records in Brooklyn has copies of the LP and the 12th St./East Village location should have it soon as well.

Oh wow. Tina was something else. She's missed.

Dusty is out of stock but more are on the way. Forced Exposure also sells it and has in stock (both for distro and direct sales).

East New York Ensemble De Music -- At The Helm -- (Folkways, US orig)

Chikuzan Takahashi: Tsugaru Shamisen, the Definitive Version (Crown, JP)

yeah, that is a beautiful record. I'd also give Dixon's "Intents & Purposes" a listen, recorded two weeks later.

Thanks for buying, folks. Yeah, that live version of "The Prayer" and "Rush Hour" from the World's Experience Orchestra is awesome. Hopefully more can be done with John Jamyll Jones' tape archive, which is apparently quite deep. I interviewed him at length not too long ago in the hopes that a more expansive project around his unreleased works could happen. Will keep you all posted. Still haven't checked out that Lightmen stuff but at some point it'll happen.

By all accounts a wonderful and fascinating person. RIP.

Wow. RIP. Great story, Ted, and glad you quit.

answer is in the affirmative: from the label I'm told Cargo in the UK, Groove Attack in Germany, Differ-ant in France. So it should be available.

thanks, gents!

It's pretty far out and very intense music, but there are a lot of little instruments and the themes are often bluesy or middle eastern in feel. It should be distributed in Europe, yes. Maybe SoundOhm or Jazzman will be dealing with that? I'll clarify and respond with more info. Disk Union is handling Japan.

Thanks for the note. I worked for years on getting this happening, and it's finally out. Of course I am biased but it's a lovingly assembled package, straight from the master tapes and with much joy and friendship coursing through. Phill Musra is a good friend and I'm looking forward to seeing what the future holds.

label has something to do with drummer/visual artist Gregg Simpson from what I understand.

One of the few ESP-Disk' artists I will not file in the collection.

I assumed that, rather, it was associated with The East as in the cultural center in Brooklyn active during the 1970s (Mtume Umoja Ensemble; Pharoah Sanders; etc.). I have a nice-sounding rip of it and it's a very fun listen. Originals are rare as hen's teeth and about as expensive.

Rights reverted to the artists after the label dissolved.

^ oh yes.

Wow -- RIP.

yeah, just grabbed one since I will never be able to afford, let alone find, an original pressing.

yeah, have had the same reaction but glad she was here doing what she did when she did it.

yep. I'd rather invest in art than real estate but both are skyrocketing. In fact, contemporary art is a surer bet at this point compared to more blue chip markets, but then again a significant Da Vinci obviously doesn't come up for sale often.