4) The Sony/BMG Legacy Series actually has a smaller series contained in their releases. Remixed & Reimagined by Nina Simone is a part of that series. Originally released as a CD in 2006, it is now brought to vinyl for the first time. Several different DJ’s remixed a number of her classic tracks to create this album. Songs such as “My Man’s Gone Now,” “Here Comes The Sun,” “The Look Of Love” and “Westwind” are changed and modernized. Nina Simone is a musical icon who has released over forty albums and this is a fine addition to her catalogue.
5) Blows Against The Empire was put together by Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane. Issued as by Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship, it was a science fiction concept album. This was a far different sound than that which The Jefferson Starship would ultimately produce in the late 1970s and 1980s. Members of the Airplane and The Grateful Dead plus solo artists Graham Nash, David Crosby, and David Freiberg all contributed to this classic album. A little known fact is that it was the only rock album to have been nominated for science fiction’s Hugo Award.
6) Trio Of Doom by John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius and Tony Williams was put together for release in 2007 by McLaughlin who is the only one of the three still alive. The music was recorded live in Havana in 1979 and in the studio later that same year.
The songs remained unreleased until now. This 180 gram vinyl audiophile pressing finally does justice to these long lost tracks.
While records may seem antiquated to many, they still provide a wonderful listening experience and for many of these classic albums, returns them to their original form. Depending on your musical tastes, they are all highly recommended.
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Article comments
1 - Pico
"The songs remained unreleased until now."
That's not entirely true. Some of the Trio of Doom's live recordings are included Havana Jam and Havana Jam 2, which were released by CBS Records not long after the so-called "Bay of Gigs" concerts in Cuba.
2 - David Bowling
Greetings. Information from label states that material remained on the shelf for nearly thirty years. McLaughlin considered many of the tracks unusable until he remastered them for this release. However I think the live tracks are from Havana Jam 1979. -David
3 - Pico
Actually, it's the studio tracks that were previously released on the Havana Jam records. If you're interested in a more complete story behind the Trio Of Doom record, you can get it from this review of the CD. This author did a little bit of research on the topic. ;-)