The Visitors - Motherland

[dougcrates]

https://craftrecordings.com/products/the-visitors-motherland-jazz-dispensary-top-shelf-180g-lp

Jazz Dispensary vinyl reissue coming on May 29th. Hi-res streaming will also be available that day.  

[felser]

24 minutes ago, dougcrates said:

https://craftrecordings.com/products/the-visitors-motherland-jazz-dispensary-top-shelf-180g-lp

Jazz Dispensary vinyl reissue coming on May 29th. Hi-res streaming will also be available that day.  

Very good album (Joe Bonner is a big plus) which AFAIK never received CD reissue.  I'll go for the download in the absence of a CD reissue. 

Edited March 24 by felser

[mhatta]

I didn’t know The Visitors had a third album. I’ve heard "In My Youth" because it was released on CD, and I think "Rebirth" hasn’t been released on CD, but I’ve heard it too, and it’s one of my favorites. I’d really like to give it a listen.  I think they were very talented composers.

[Dub Modal]

Jazz Dispensary with another good pick. 

[felser]

11 hours ago, mhatta said:

I didn’t know The Visitors had a third album. I’ve heard "In My Youth" because it was released on CD, and I think "Rebirth" hasn’t been released on CD, but I’ve heard it too, and it’s one of my favorites. I’d really like to give it a listen.  I think they were very talented composers.

They actually had four albums.  Their first, 'Neptune', came out on Cobblestone, then 'In My Youth', 'Rebirth', and 'Motherland' followed on Muse after Cobblestone reverted to Muse.  I agree that 'Rebirth' is the pick, but all are good albums, and only 'In My Youth' saw CD issue.  These albums would have made a nice Mosaic Select back in the day.

[dougcrates]

35 minutes ago, felser said:

They actually had four albums.  Their first, 'Neptune', came out on Cobblestone, then 'In My Youth', 'Rebirth', and 'Motherland' followed on Muse after Cobblestone reverted to Muse.  I agree that 'Rebirth' is the pick, but all are good albums, and only 'In My Youth' saw CD issue.  These albums would have made a nice Mosaic Select back in the day.

I suggested this and a Carlos Garnett Select to Michael Cuscuna and if I recall correctly, he said they wouldn't sell.  

[felser]

4 hours ago, dougcrates said:

I suggested this and a Carlos Garnett Select to Michael Cuscuna and if I recall correctly, he said they wouldn't sell.  

And he was right, but I would have bought them.

[clifford_thornton]

Those would sell now, but at the time, post-Coltrane modal jazz wasn't really moving units like it currently does. I also remember a time when those records were cheap and nobody cared...

[dougcrates]

6 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Those would sell now, but at the time, post-Coltrane modal jazz wasn't really moving units like it currently does. I also remember a time when those records were cheap and nobody cared...

Yep, 25+ years ago I bought the majority of the Muse catalog that I wanted for ~$5 per record.  Catalyst, Buster Williams, and Vic Juris Horizon Drive were the only ones sold at a premium because of hip hop samples.  I also got an original copy Sun Ra's Lanquidity for $20 so it was a different time.