monkboughtlunch Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 What's the story on this Riverside date: "Monk in France" I picked up the OJC CD and the cover art has the "Riverside stereo" running across the top. But it's in mono. And there are lots of sound anomalies: drop outs, mismatched levels. It's great music, but doesn't seem quite like a professional recording for Lp. Seems more like a one-off radio broadcast or something. Anybody know the story on this recording? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 I believe that indeed it was a radio broadcast that Riverside issued to fulfill Monk's contract. Isn't this mentioned in the notes? Or maybe it's mentioned only in the Riverside box. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkboughtlunch Posted October 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 No mention in the single OJC CD notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 The Paris Olympia concert tapes were probably obtained from the Europe 1 radio station that produced the concert. Keepnews indicated in the notes to the Monk Riverside box that he had no connection with the tapes to the Paris and Milan concerts that were released on Riverside to fulfill the Monk obligations to the label. There were two concerts by Monk at the Olympia that day. Both also featured opening appearances by the Lou Bennett Trio with Jimmy Gourley and Kenny Clarke, plus Barney Wilen with the trio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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