Nachricht Vom Lande (Message From The Country) finally on CD

[romualdo]

One of the long awaited (IMHO) digital releases has been Friedrich Gulda's "Nachricht Vom Lande" double LP originally on the German Brain label (Neu!, Guru Guru, Harmonia etc).

A significant release in the Cecil Taylor discography but also includes Albert Mangelsdorff, John Surman, Barre Phillips, Stu Martin & Ursula Anders

The festival (Tage Freier Musik) recorded over 4 days in August '76 at the Moosham Castle in Austria has been released as a double CD on the pedestrian sounding German label MIG (made in Germany) - appears to be associated with the Moosicus label

A thunderstorm added to (or detracted) the ambiance of some of the recordings, hence the title of one track

Mooshamer Begegnungen (Fortsetzung) "Das Gewitter" (Moosham Encounters (continued): The Thunderstorm

Phillip Freeman discusses this release in his recent CT publication (p 166-169)

BTW, Cecil Taylor also perfomed a solo concert during (Aug 20) at this festival, the full version released on CD ("Air Above Mountains")

Edited July 6 by romualdo

[felser]

I have several rock CD/DVD sets recorded at Rockpalast on the MIG label, and the sound quality on them is fine.

[romualdo]

3 minutes ago, felser said:

I have several rock CD/DVD sets recorded at Rockpalast on the MIG label, and the sound quality on them is fine.

I may have misrepresented my description above - the SQ of the set is excellent - I was referring to the name of the company ie MIG - "Made In Germany" as being pedestrian

[clifford_thornton]

I'd be interested to hear more from these sessions; have the LP set and it is an interesting artifact. Looks as though the CD set roughly duplicates what's on the vinyl.