you all are extremely knowledgeable so i'm hoping someone can give me a little info on alan lomax's field recordings (or possibly send me to a website). i've been going through my vinyl collection and recently found a record called THE EASTERN SHORES : SOUTHERN JOURNEY 8. It was put out by Prestige International in the early '60s. It's a collection of (and I'm quoting, so it's not politically correct) "american negro folk music'. i thought maybe the '8' in the title referred to a series number (the catalog number is 25008), but the notes on the sleeve don't indicated anything like that. does anyone know? if so, what else was issued? the recording is great.... Dave ********************************************************************* Eraldo Bernocchi @ http://www.eraldobernocchi.net Mick Harris @ http://www.mickharris.net Bill Laswell/Alice Coltrane @ http://www.silent-watcher.net ********************************************************************** np : ALICE COLTRANE - Transfiguration
The whole southern Journey series was put out by rounder records in the five years. More will come out, I've heard that Lomax has thousands of hours of the stuff. The prison work song in "O Brother" was from Volume One (I think) of the Southern Journey Series. I had to get em all. Isn't that one the one with "Christian Automobile" "Witness for my Lord" and groups like the Bright Light Quartet? Bessie Jones is probably the most "famous" singer on that record. Lots of Gospel. It's Rounder 1708 (i just looked...) There's another in the series that is similar called "Georgia Sea Islands", but the whole series is phenomenal. If you like the gospel, there's tons of gospel quartets from the 20s to the 40s on the poor sounding, but rare as hell Document Label out of Germany. matt ----- Original Message ----- From: dave To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 8:35 AM Subject: (NZC) Alan Lomax field recordings you all are extremely knowledgeable so i'm hoping someone can give me a little info on alan lomax's field recordings (or possibly send me to a website). i've been going through my vinyl collection and recently found a record called THE EASTERN SHORES : SOUTHERN JOURNEY 8. It was put out by Prestige International in the early '60s. It's a collection of (and I'm quoting, so it's not politically correct) "american negro folk music'. i thought maybe the '8' in the title referred to a series number (the catalog number is 25008), but the notes on the sleeve don't indicated anything like that. does anyone know? if so, what else was issued? the recording is great.... Dave ********************************************************************* Eraldo Bernocchi @ http://www.eraldobernocchi.net Mick Harris @ http://www.mickharris.net Bill Laswell/Alice Coltrane @ http://www.silent-watcher.net ********************************************************************** np : ALICE COLTRANE - Transfiguration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ zorn-list mailing list zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the webpage below http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list
thanks to everyone who replied about the lomax recordings. i'm sure my wallet will now be getting even lighter knowing a lot of this is on cd... so here's another question, this one directly relevant to zorn (i don't think i've inquired about it before, but if i did the responses were wiped out when my computer crashed...). years ago i ordered from relapse records online catalog, and saw they had a zorn/douglas/eye 7". i got it right before a move, and forgot all about it until recently rediscovering it. i haven't even had a chance to listen to it. there's very little info on it other than the players names, and 'live at pecci museum, march 7, 1995. the sleeve has pictures of them on one side, and the other has crayon drawings. the label on the vinyl (green vinyl) also only has drawings and no other info. was this a legitimate release? does anyone have more info on it? Dave ********************************************************************* Eraldo Bernocchi @ http://www.eraldobernocchi.net Mick Harris @ http://www.mickharris.net Bill Laswell/Alice Coltrane @ http://www.silent-watcher.net ********************************************************************** np :
Hi, I used to have a videotape of that concert. It was actually a Zorn/Eye improv performance with Douglas guesting at the end of it. There was also a solo Eye segment, which was for me the most interesting, together with the sax-vocals duets. I would have never thought this was released and it sounds like it could be a non-official recording, specially considering that besides the all-star nature of the show, it wasn't that compelling. Best, Efrén del Valle n.p: JZ "Voices in the Wilderness" (Tzadik)
so here's another question, this one directly relevant to zorn (i don't think i've inquired about it before, but if i did the responses were wiped out when my computer crashed...). years ago i ordered from relapse records online catalog, and saw they had a zorn/douglas/eye 7". i got it right before a move, and forgot all about it until recently rediscovering it. i haven't even had a chance to listen to it. there's very little info on it other than the players names, and 'live at pecci museum, march 7, 1995. the sleeve has pictures of them on one side, and the other has crayon drawings. the label on the vinyl (green vinyl) also only has drawings and no other info. was this a legitimate release? does anyone have more info on it?
Dave
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