December 2011
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Gunter Hampel, Jeanne Lee, Perry Robinson >...
Gunter Hampel, Jeanne Lee, Perry Robinson Spirits Birth 007
Engineered by Fred Seibert ….. Our regular readers/listeners will probably like this even less than the Cecil Taylor post, but that’s OK with me. It’s my first released recording, and I have a certain nostalgic feeling for Gunter, who helped introduce me to avant-garde, free jazz.
And, unusual as the sonics are, I like them too....
March 2008
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Oblivion Records.
It’s been confusing to some that rather than the individual tracks from my collection I usually post, lately I’ve been putting up whole albums (and bonus tracks) from records I produced for Oblivion Records, the indie label I started with Tom Pomposello, in the 70s (here, here, here, here, here, and here). There’s a blog that sporadically tries to explain everything over here.
–Fred
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Mississippi Fred McDowell > Live in New York
Mississippi Fred McDowell Live In New York Oblivion Records OD-1 [Bonus tracks here]
November 5, 1971, Live at the Village Gaslight, 116 MacDougal St., New York City Engineered* by Fred Seibert, assisted by Roy Langbord Produced by Tom Pomposello, Fred Seibert, & Dick Pennington Reissue produced by Tom Pomposello
Click the titles to play. 2nd edition, Spring 1972
1. Shake ‘Em On...
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Bonus Fred.
Tom Pomposello never wanted the first Oblivion release to go out of print. After all, it was his first professional recording, playing alongside of his hero and teacher, Mississippi Fred McDowell. And my debut as a record producer, I should add. In late 1999, he arranged for a small Boston label, Live Archive (defunct within months of this release, by the way) to release a two CD set. He...
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Johnny Woods > Mississippi Harmonica
Johnny Woods Mississippi Harmonica
Produced by Tom Pomposello and Fred Seibert
MP3 digital transfer from original masters.* Click the titles to play. 1. Long Haired Doney 2. Three O’clock in the Morning ….. Oblivion Records O#2 (1972) [45 rpm single]
Click here to read some of the stories behind this record.
And click here for covers, photographs, and other printed ephemera. …… Original...
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Friends > Marc [Cohen] Copland, John Abercrombie,...
Friends > Marc [Cohen] Copland, John Abercrombie, Clint Houston, Jeff Williams
Produced by Marc [Cohen] Copland & Fred Seibert
[2008 note: Marc Cohen now performs on piano as Marc Copland]
Original LP. Click the titles to play. 1. 5/8 Tune † 2. Black Vibrations * 3. Nursery Rhyme 4. Loose Tune †† …:::UPDATE, Feb 08: These MP3s are CD quality, 320kpbs:::…
Marc Cohen: electric alto...
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Bonus "Friends."
Click on the titles to play MP3s transfered from the original analog session tapes. 1. Suite One (Cohen, Moore, Williams) 2. Three Step Dance (Glen Moore) 3. Medley: 5/8 Tune & 7/4 Tune (Marc Cohen) 4. Tern (Ralph Towner) 5. Loose Tune (Marc Cohen) 6. Blues Jam (Cohen, Moore, Williams)
Marc [Cohen] Copland: electronic alto saxphone, tenor saxophone Glen Moore: electric & electricfied...
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Charles Walker & the New York City Blues Band >...
Charles Walker & The New York City Blues Band Blues From The Apple
Produced by Tom Pomposello with Fred Seibert Engineering. Fred Seibert
1. Scratch My Back 2. Black Cat Bone 3. Gladly 4. Decoration Day 5. I’m A Good Man But A Poor Man 6. Juice Head Woman 7. Bluebird’s Blues 8. Fast, Fast, Women and A Slow Race Horse 9. It’s Changin’ Time 10. Meeting You
…… CHARLES WALKER & THE NEW...
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Joe Lee Wilson > Livin’ High Off Nickels and Dimes
Joe Lee Wilson Livin’ High Off Nickels and Dimes
1. The Theme/Aquarian Melody 2. It’s You Or No One 3. Strollin’ 4. Jazz Ain’t Nothin’ But Soul 5. God Bless The Child 6. You Make Me Want To Dance
Click here for covers, photographs, and other printed ephemera.
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Original LP credits and liner notes:
Arranged by Joe Lee Wilson
The selections on this record are excerpted from...
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Tom Pomposello > Honest Tom Pomposello
Tom Pomposello > Honest Tom Pomposello Produced by Fred Seibert
[Original LP transfers to MP3.] 1. Tommy’s Jump 2. Old Joe Clark 3. Jesus Died on the Cross (To Save the World) 4. Movin’ Too Fast 5. Supreme Court Breakdown 6. Amazing Grace 7. Meeting You 8. St. Louis Blues 9. (I’m) Watchin’ The T.V. 10. Hey Little Girl (Who Made Your Dress?)
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Tom Pomposello Honest Tom...
April 2007
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Cecil Taylor Unit > Spring of Two Blue-J’s
Front cover I can’t imagine any regular readers of this blog liking this Cecil Taylor album, Spring of Two Blue-J’s, but Googling will turn up quite a few passionate listeners, seeing as this outstanding record has been out of print for over thirty years. Since I engineered and produced the original recording, I thought it might be time fans had access to it. I’ll try and update this post as...
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CT: Alternatives & Outtakes from “Spring...”
Cecil Taylor Unit “Return Concert” (excerpted as “Spring of Two Blue-J’s”) Town Hall, New York City November 4, 1973 (Clickable MP3s in large fonts below)
In the early 70s, pianist/composer Cecil Taylor had teaching at the University of Wisconsin and Antioch College for several years, absent from New York performing during those tumultuous years for jazz. He returned with a vengeance in 1973,...