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ORG to Release Jeff Buckley's "Grace" on 180g Double 45rpm Set

Michael Fremer  |  Sep 4, 2013

ORG announced today an upcoming series of double 45rpm 180g releases from the Sony/BMG catalog including Jeff Buckley's now classic Grace as well as Shawn Colvin's A Few Small Repairs, Charlie Mingus's Tijuana Moods, Gershwin's Piano Concert/Cuban Concerto with Earl Wild and Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops (Living Stereo LSC-2586), and two superb Jascha Heifetz recordings Dvorak Cello Concerto with Piatagorsky and Munch conducting the BSO (LSC 2490), and Bruch Scottish Fantasy/Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto with Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting the New Symphony Orchestra of London (LSC 2603). This last one, engineered by the legendary Kenneth Wilkinson is among the finest Heifetz recordings.

The Mingus and Buckley titles will also be available on SACD as will be an SACD version of Monk's Dream recently issued by IMPEX on 180g vinyl.

ORG expects these titles to be released "late 2013 into early 2014".

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Rick Tomaszewicz's picture
Submitted by Rick Tomaszewicz on Wed, 2013-09-04 21:39

I don't envy musicians today.  Every genre's catalogue is deep and full of foundational performances.  What's a musician to do - rehash or venture out onto thin ice?  And those who do venture have to fight for an audience that likes what it knows.  It seems the keys to success are either a superb rehash (Black Keys, Amy Winehouse, Diana Krall, Jack White, Jamie Cullum, Cee Lo, Daft Punk etc.), or, daring innovation (John Zorn, James Blake, John Adams, Eric Whitacre etc.)  Gee, the second list was a lot harder than the first.  

Is it nostalgia, or were there actually more daring innovators in the 50's - 70's?  (Can you even imagine a Frank Zappa today?) How much of what's currently produced will have teenagers raiding their parents' music collections in 2040?  Will anyone even make a distinction between Madonna and Lady Gaga in 2040?  And, how much more money will Frank Sinatra's estate still generate in 2040?

I know I've not referenced Rap.  I don't listen to it or know much about it so my opinion there is even more worthless. 

Michael Fremer's picture
Submitted by Michael Fremer on Thu, 2013-09-05 09:03

This is a culture-wide issue. That's why car designers have gone back to nostalgic looks and the ones that move forward are butt-ugly to most people's eyes. Cars that don't revert to nostalgia tend to look like insects though the Tesla is gorgeous and relatively forward looking.

Music faces similar challenges. If you're old enough you can remember jazz going from swing/big band to bop, to "out there" experimental (some would equate that with insectivorous autos). 40's "pop" went to Louis Jordan, to Chuck Berry to The Beach Boys and Beatles plus SURF with the invention of the solid body electric guitar etc.

There were new genres all the time and plenty of experimentation. It seems we're at the end of a cultural rope.... but Rap was genuinely new, like it or not. It's more poetry with a beat than "music" IMO but then the pop music today is pretty vile...but then that's what my folks said about rock....the difference is I'm RIGHT and they were WRONG! Or so I like to think..

Rick Tomaszewicz's picture
Submitted by Rick Tomaszewicz on Thu, 2013-09-05 10:11

Go to the mall.  The Apple Store is by far the busiest.  Apple Stores generate multiples of income/sq. ft. over any other retailer in the world.  Is this "the end of a cultural rope"?  Has electronic gear has become more important than content?  

Elementary classrooms which equip their teachers with mics and surround PA systems maintain higher student attention.  It's not just the volume.  It's the electronic representation of the teacher's voice that has greater authority for and appeal to kids raised on video games.

Perhaps at some future technical plateau, where we run out of meaningful gear advances, consumers will be bored by sparkly stuff and hunger for content again.  And then, artists will have to become innovative once more.  ITMT, some of us will keep recycling Hendrix and Sinatra. 

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Submitted by Rick Tomaszewicz on Thu, 2013-09-05 21:48

Speaking of "at the end of a cultural rope", how about people who talk on their cell phones while sitting on a public toilet!  

davidmreyes77's picture
Submitted by davidmreyes77 on Thu, 2013-09-05 08:21

This is great news!

rakalm's picture
Submitted by rakalm on Thu, 2013-09-05 12:05

I have the Legacy 180gm RTI version.  Labeled much same as the RSD Mono Miles Davis releases.  You know the Silver Circular HQ-180 RTI premium vinyl one.  Anyone know if any of these were made from the original analog tapes?  All sound great to my ear.  Love Grace, a must have.  They numbered the Miles Davis RSD, seems odd to do that and not use the original tapes?  Gets tricky.  

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