Catalyst - Perception

[dougcrates]

https://jazzdispensary.com/news/catalysts-avant-jazz-sizzler-perception-returns-to-vinyl/

Vinyl reissue coming on November 7th.  Appears the Muse catalogue has been unlocked. 

Edited August 27 by dougcrates

[T.D.]

https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93109-muse-masters-reissue-series/

 

[felser]

One item 32Jazz got totally right.  All four Muse albums on 2 CD's:

[HutchFan]

18 hours ago, dougcrates said:

Appears the Muse catalogue has been unlocked. 

Yes, and that's good to see.  Between their in-house "Jazz Dispensary" series and Zev Feldman's reissues, it appears that (at least SOME) of the Muse catalog will be made available again.

 

12 hours ago, felser said:

One item 32Jazz got totally right.  All four Muse albums on 2 CD's:

 

Yeah, that's an excellent set.  Since I have it, I won't be ordering the vinyl.  (The CDs are perfectly sufficient for me.)

But I'm still glad that the vinyl issue will be available for others.  

Also, I think Perception is the strongest of the four albums in that set.  

 

Edited August 28 by HutchFan

[Rooster_Ties]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I think Perception is the strongest of the four albums in that set.

I was totally unaware of Catalyst before this thread appeared last night.

QUESTION: What would be the second strongest of those four albums??

I streamed most of Perception on my walk into work this morning, and i was pretty much blown away by it — YOWZA!!

[HutchFan]

2 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said:

QUESTION: What would be the second strongest of those four albums??

 

Sorry @Rooster_Ties, I'd have to listen to all four of them again to offer an informed opinion.  I only remember that I'd liked Perception best.

That said, just about anything with Odean Pope is worth hearing, IMO.

 

[HutchFan]

After some (re)listening, I'd likely rate their first album -- Catalyst (Cobblestone, 1972) -- as their second strongest LP after Perception.

It's available on YT.  Listen for yourself and let me know if you agree!   

 

Edited August 28 by HutchFan

[felser]

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Also, I think Perception is the strongest of the four albums in that set.  

Me too.

[JSngry]

I find the last two to be compromised by an overt (as opposed to organic) appeal to commercialism. Still, heck of a band!

[felser]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

I find the last two to be compromised by an overt (as opposed to organic) appeal to commercialism. 

Especially the last one.

[howard.zinman]

I wonder why this wasn't a part of muse masters? Is Jazz Dispensary the same guy as the Muse Masters Maestro?

[dougcrates]

1 hour ago, howard.zinman said:

I wonder why this wasn't a part of muse masters? Is Jazz Dispensary the same guy as the Muse Masters Maestro?

No, Jazz Dispensary is a Craft Recordings reissue label.  The Jazz Disepnsary Top Shelf Series has been around since 2017 and their releases are of exceptional quality.

Here is more about them.

https://jazzdispensary.com/about/

[Pim]

Ah I didn’t notice they will come out in these series. I’ve got a few of them and they are excellent. No silly limited edition kind off stuff but very well done and affordable reissues. 

[barnaba.siegel]

I'm wondering how the master-transfer will sound like. On Porter Records anthology "The Complete Recordings vol. 1" it's a bit mushy and distorted here and there.