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"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
Are they Holdsworth pillow covers?Originally Posted by JKL2000
Great timing: yesterday I received both Leverkusen 2010 and Allan's Legacy: The Nineteen Men Of Tain- A Tribute To Allan Holdsworth.
I just got the Manifesto Flat Tire CD. The only Holdsworth studio release I hadn't heard before. It sounds amazing and these pieces by Allan are beautiful!
Haven't heard this one before.
Allan appears on 2 discs of this box set.
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Thanks for that information.
Allan appears on 2 discs of this box set.
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Too bad it's not possible to buy individual cds... A 13 disc set is a pretty big commitment for really only wanting the Holdsworth tunes!
Have you had a chance to listen to it? What are your thoughts? If I were to get this one, I'd need to like more than 6 tracks or so!
Thanks!
Honestly, I haven’t had the time to listen to it. Allan’s only on 6 tracks. I’m a bit of an AH completist.
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I listened to the whole thing. I like it a lot, but I'm a Nucleus near-completist. (Haven't gotten my hands on some OOP vinyl-only releases.)
Thanks.
I'm a completist as well, but this is a lot of music for 6 tracks. I guess I was hoping to like/be interested in some of the rest of it.
(I do have Belladonna - I hardly ever play it.)
Thanks!
If you don't already have and like all or most of Nucleus' albums, I would not recommend the box.
Thank you for the advice.
A friend gave me the link to this nice video on Allan's early live including the making of I.O.U.:
And Manifesto will release another DVD/CD in July: Allan Holdsworth/Jarasum Jazz Festival 2014 ....CD + DVD $19.99
http://www.artist-shop.com/comingsoon/index.htm
Thanks for posting the video and the heads-up on the July release!
Recent interview about the work of Holdsworth:
This is now on Spotify (released early?).
It’s on Apple Music too. [emoji3]
I am listening to the new Jarasum 2014 disc. I don't think the performance was quite as good as the shows from the other five Manifesto archival live shows, but I am still enjoying it quite a bit.
This series has increased my appreciation of Holdsworth's entire discography. I find myself reaching for them often.
Finally hearing these releases properly mixed and mastered have been a treasure. I can’t wait to hear what’s next.
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Just noticed the new CD/DVD has part 5 of The Un-Merry-Go-Round: https://manifesto.com/2022/04/14/jar...ing-out-may-6/
Although the set is out already, shipping to Europe seems to hold it back: releasedate here 24-6-2022
More AH-news: Eclectic Recordings is releasing another version of Soft Machine's Bundles, this time with an extra disk containing a live-recording. But.... this concert is from October 1975 and at that time Holdsworth played in the Tony Williams New Lifetime.
So I guess John Etheridge is on this one.
https://burningshed.com/genres/Cante...ne_bundles_2cd
A remastered and expanded double CD edition of Soft Machine's 1975 album Bundles.
The band’s first for EMI’s Harvest, it featured Mike Ratledge, Karl Jenkins, John Marshall, Roy Babbington and guitar virtuoso Allan Holdsworth.
An accessible collection showcasing Holdsworth’s phenomenal talents, Bundles opened a new chapter for the band and attracted great praise (especially for the five-part Hazard Profile).
The second disc features a concert at Nottingham University from 11th October 1975 and features much of the material featured on the album, along with early renditions of some pieces soon ro be recorded for the band’s 1976 release Softs.
The show mentioned above ^^ was released on CD in 2005 by Major League Productions as British Tour '75.
The MLP release may or may not be in print:
http://mlplive.com/mlplivemay2017_031.htm
Their "Shop" is just a static image of their catalog from 5 years ago, with no way to actually do anything on the site.
It's a great live album, even for Holdsworth fans.
Yeah, though I must say I'm not a fan of the mastering on the MLP CDs I've got (three - Gong, Nucleus '76 and the Soft Machine). But not sure if bad enough to encourage me to cough up for this new double-disc set. Esoteric's existing Bundles remaster is certainly fine enough to my ears, and while I'll bet the second disc sounds better than the MLP master, I'm just not sure I'm that pushed. But if you don't have the MLP release, I'd recommend this as it's a great show and Etheridge is absolutely on fire...far better than on Alive and Well in Paris, IMHO.
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