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Artist:
SIMONE, NINA
Title:
Wild Is The Wind
Label:
PHILIPS (UK)
Format:
LP
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
PHS 600207HLP
180 gram vinyl exact repro reissue, originally released in 1966 on Philips. "This album was apparently a bit of a pastiche of leftovers from sessions for Nina Simone's four previous albums on Philips. But you'd never guess from listening; the material is certainly as strong and consistent as it is on her other mid-'60s LPs. As is the case with most of her albums of the time, the selections are almost unnervingly diverse, ranging from jazz ballads to traditional folk tunes ('Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair') to the near calypso of 'Why Keep on Breaking My Heart' to the somber, almost chilling title track. Highlights are two outstanding pop-soul numbers written by the pre-disco Van McCoy ('Either Way I Lose,' 'Break Down and Let It All Out') and 'Four Women,' a string of searing vignettes about the hardships of four African-American women that ranks as one of Simone's finest compositions." -- All Music Guide
Artist:
BLUE CHEER
Title:
Vincebus Eruptum
Label:
PHILIPS (UK)
Format:
LP
Price:
$11.50
Catalog #:
PHS 600264LP
Repro reissue of the stereo version of the first Blue Cheer album, originally released in 1968. Features their "hit" cover of "Summertime Blues" and the beginning of their documentation to be the loudest/heaviest rock band ever. Later practitioners may have bested them on at least a scientific level (in terms of decibel or pound measurements), but for pure trouser-beltage, the sound of Blue Cheer is instantly iconoclastic. Psychedelic bombardment from the times.
Artist:
BLUE CHEER
Title:
Oh! Pleasant Hope
Label:
PHILIPS (UK)
Format:
LP
Price:
$11.50
Catalog #:
PHS 600350LP
Exact repro reissue of the legendary cult band's sixth album, an overlooked, atypical gem originally released in 1971. This was the last album before the band's hiatus that would end with their return on 1983's
The Beast Is Back
. This album features Dickie Peterson's lead vocals on only three songs, reveals a blues/psych-tinged maturity in the more acoustic-centered tracks than what's found throughout the rest of their FM-radio saturated catalog, and includes "I'm The Light," a pop masterpiece blessed with the presence of synth and sitar sounds. Underrated but essential,
Oh! Pleasant Hope
finds Blue Cheer on a cosmic plane that remains criminally undiscovered by most.
Artist:
PUKWANA'S ASSAGAI, DUDU
Title:
Zimbabwe
Label:
PHILIPS (UK)
Format:
LP
Price:
$28.00
Catalog #:
PHILIPS 6308079
"This Afro-funk band from Zimbabwe was based in London in the very early '70s, and released their second album in 1972. Seems that members of UK prog band Jade Warrior helped out in the recording of this as well."
Artist:
HENRY, PIERRE
Title:
04.1: Pierres Réfléchies
Label:
PHILIPS (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$21.00
Catalog #:
PHI 2202
Features: "Pierres Féfléchies (1982), La Noire à Soixante (1961), Gymkhana (1970)." 2 of these were previously available on the o/p Mantra CD
Noir A Soixante
. "Reflechies" is an almost anthemic, crescendo-building electronic work from 1982.
Artist:
HENRY, PIERRE
Title:
04.2: Fragments Pour Artaud
Label:
PHILIPS (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$21.00
Catalog #:
PHI 2203
Features: "Fragments pour Artaud (1970), Entité (1959), Prisme (1973)." "Fragments Pour Artaud" is from 1970, a composition for voice, cello, and electronics. Lovely electronic abstractions and purely transformed vocal input (
not
a text-laden piece, don't worry) make this another essential Henry masterwork of strange and bewildering genius. "Prismes" is a 15 minute electronic opera from 1973 (the soundtrack to Alwin Nikolaïs's choreography), performed at Opera de Hambourg, Feb, 1973. Oscillating electronics, processed choral sounds, another showcase for peak Henry exploration.
Artist:
HENRY, PIERRE
Title:
01.3: Messe De Liverpool/Fantaisie Messe Pour Le Temps Prese
Label:
PHILIPS (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$25.00
Catalog #:
PHI 4402
New version of "Messe de Liverpool", superceding the prior CD version on Mantra (now deleted). "Liverpool" is a classic electronic mass from 1967, originally issued by Philips on LP. " "Fantaisie Messe Pour le Temps Présent" is a 23-minute remix of the historic 1967 meeting between Pierre Henry and Michel Columbier; it was remixed in 1967 by William Orbit, working from original "electronic jerks" from the original and parts of Henry's 1991 remix of the same. One of the ultimate psychedelic/electronic mergers.
Artist:
HENRY, PIERRE
Title:
02.2: Mouvement-Rythme-Etude
Label:
PHILIPS (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$25.00
Catalog #:
PHI 4534
"Reissue of the 1970 composition dedicated to Maurice Béjart." This supersedes the now deleted Mantra version. "This work is dedicated to a close friend of Henry: Maurice Bejart, the famous dancer. Henry has composed numerous works for ballet, which were staged by the dancers of Bejart. In the early days Henry even accompanied the dance group all over the world. This work is exactly what the title says: it's a study of movement and rhythm. Starting of with very simple beats that meet with the reversed sound of scraped metal wires. Track 2 is a play for blowing balloons and a person saying: 'pssh' and 'psst'. Talking about humour. Track 3 is instrumental and quite acoustic whereas track 4 is entirely electronic. And that's how it continues. The whole things consists of 21 etudes for a ballet dancer." -- Ios Smolders
Artist:
HENRY, PIERRE
Title:
Psyche Rock Remixes
Label:
PHILIPS (UK)
Format:
12"
Price:
$8.00
Catalog #:
PHI 4975EP
"The new remix 12" containing contributions from Ursula 1000, Moog Cook Book, Kojak, and Pierre Henry." New remixes of "Psyché Rock".
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