andybleaden Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 A book about ECM "Horizons Touched: The Music of ECM" is now available. Published by Granta Books of London, and edited by Steve Lake and Paul Griffiths, this book presents a multiple-perspective survey of the label's work. The first volume to address the full range of music on ECM, "Horizons Touched" contains extensive interviews with producer Manfred Eicher and over 20 specially commissioned essays on all aspects of the label's work by an international line-up of leading music journalists and writers. Interspersed between the essays are more than 100 statements from ECM's composers, musicians and engineers as well as film makers, photographers and designers associated with the company. The book also includes a complete ECM discography, with all releases from 1969 to the present. Incorporating more than 400 colour and black & white illustrations -album covers, concert photos, session photos and more - this is a book every ECM collector will want to own. This large-format 448-page hardcover book measures 22 x 30 cm and is issued in a slipcase. 'The ECM label and its founder Manfred Eicher have altered musical history. ECM has gone on to become the most important imprint in the world for jazz and new music' The Independent "Horizons Touched" is available for purchase at € 68.00 in Europe via the ECM website. Please note shipping addresses must be within Europe only. For information on shipping costs to areas outside of Europe please write to orders@ecmrecords.com News story about the "Horizons Touched" book, please click here. (www.ecmrecords.com/News/Diary/174_Book_Horizons_Touched.php?cat=&we_start=0&lvredir=733) For further informations on "Horizons Touched" and ordering within Europe please click here. (www.ecm-records.com/Catalogue/Books/1500011_Horizons_Touched.php?lvredir=766&cat=%2FLabels%2FBooks&catid=24&doctype=Book&order=title&rubchooser=304&mainrubchooser=3) Quote
andybleaden Posted March 20, 2007 Author Report Posted March 20, 2007 Here is what it looked like Bit of fishing around might save Aric and other ECM worshippers a few bucks! Click here for the book detail ...could not upload the image evidently...( technical hitch on my behalf http://www.ecm-records.com/Catalogue/Books...=&we_start= Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 "Changed music history"? They changed the marketing and some aesthetic stuff, but.......... I have great respect for the label, Eicher's work and the music, but...................... Quote
bertrand Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 Maybe they'll shed light on why the fuck Dewey Redman's The Struggle Continues is not on CD yet. Bertrand. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 Maybe they'll shed light on why the fuck Dewey Redman's The Struggle Continues is not on CD yet. Bertrand. 'cause 350 folks bought it on vinyl. Quote
paul secor Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 Maybe they'll shed light on why the fuck Dewey Redman's The Struggle Continues is not on CD yet. Bertrand. 'cause 350 folks bought it on vinyl. I'm one. Who were the other 349? Quote
bertrand Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 Considering ECM made 400 copies available to start with, that's a pretty good sales figure. Bertrand. Quote
andybleaden Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Posted March 21, 2007 Yuk. Calm down you will have to wait like all the others Quote
andybleaden Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Posted March 21, 2007 "Changed music history"? They changed the marketing and some aesthetic stuff, but.......... I have great respect for the label, Eicher's work and the music, but...................... That is the Indescribablyboring (Independent) for you. As for the truth of their claim ...thats a debate for another day perhaps. I certainly have had a long affection for ECM releases ( not all of them albeit) but in general I like what they have released and are releasing now. ...and for a label that has managed to keep doing that and NOT with mainstream or pappy jazz that ain't easy in the last 30 years. As for the Dewey Redman issue...I was gazing at this the other evening after reading the older ECM book Sleeves of Desire and seeing it there. If it is as good as the Robin Kenyatta release then I would love to see it. I did not know however how little these had sold and also how that compared to other jazz releases of that period ...this was lean times for jazz without a shadow of doubt. Anybody know how many copies the Koln Concert would have shifted since release? (and another question...how the bloody hell do you guys find out? ) Quote
andybleaden Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) Here is the details and a nice picture for those who ain't seen the Redman issue from the wonderful Trovar ECM site. ECM 1225 is Dewey Redman Quartet, The Struggle Continues with * Dewey Redman: Tenor Saxophone * Charles Eubanks: Piano * Mark Helias: Bass * Ed Blackwell: Drums Recorded January, 1982 at Columbia Recording Studios, New York. Produced by Robert Hurwitz. Edited March 21, 2007 by andybleaden Quote
tonym Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 I was bought a copy of Ken Burns' Jazz at Christmas. Anyone fancy an exchange? Quote
andybleaden Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Posted March 21, 2007 I will be sulking now and listening to sad nordic sounding music for the rest of the afternoon. Quote
andybleaden Posted March 26, 2007 Author Report Posted March 26, 2007 Just an update on this. My copy which I managed to get a little cheaper arrived on Saturday and I was astonished at how large it was. Came in its own little slip case as well . Started having a nose through over the weekend and its quite a nice little project with lots of contributions from a wide variety of ECM artists old and new Got a discography at the back for all of their releases so far and quite a large section on each artist too. Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 in the 70's i bought tons of ecm. none for ten years. the ecm american vinyl pressings(as a group) are the worst for durability of any label i have owned. they tend warpy as well. Quote
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