29 March 2008

the Revolutionary Ensemble- manhattan cycles 1972 (india navigation lp 1023) lame and flac


heres an old favourite , and a tasty follow up to recent Braxton postings.
I don’t think this has been reissued on cd , it was reissued on innercity in 1978,.
Sadly very few of their albums are available at present.

This is one long continuous piece recorded live in concert on December 31st 1972 (the record cover does not specify where.

This even features an early example of the turntable as instrument, billie holiday’s low moan being clearly audible , though seeming to emerge out of a fog..and becoming less and less audible as the piece progresses.
This was the first release on India navigation.. and it’s a beauty.


Hope you enjoy it.
Flacs will be added , later tonight or tomorrow if they are required.


Manhattan cycles – India nav lp 1023

1 piece manhattan cycles- composed by leo smith
side a) 23’
side b) 18’
leroy jenkins, sirone, jerome cooper
truncated lp cover scans included

enjoy!!
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29 comments:

  1. SOTISE29 March 2008 at 03:03:00 CET

    manhattan cycles
    vbr
    http://rs7tl2.rapidshare.com/files/103176147/rvens_manhcymp.zip

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  2. SOTISE29 March 2008 at 03:20:00 CET

    personnel is
    leroy jenkins- v ,va
    sirone- db,
    jerome cooper- dr, bugle ,perc, tapes ect

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  3. SOTISE29 March 2008 at 05:55:00 CET

    flac- 190 meg
    http://rs330tg.rapidshare.com/files/103189570/mancyrev_ens.part1.rar
    http://rs28l34.rapidshare.com/files/103197793/mancyrev_ens.part2.rar

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  4. serviceton29 March 2008 at 08:10:00 CET

    Fantastic.
    Leroy Jenkins - wonderful
    sotise, I tip my hat to you
    Many thanks.

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  5. giu29 March 2008 at 10:54:00 CET

    SUPER!! Love & respect to Leroy's Great Spirit

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  6. Nuage fiché qui rêve29 March 2008 at 12:09:00 CET

    Wo ho ho, what is it ? Never heard of this album. really looking forward to listen, one of the most captivating groups I came to hear on record. Many thanks Sotise !

    Best

    p.s : nothing new on Eccels...?

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  7. gilhodges29 March 2008 at 12:52:00 CET

    Brilliant! Many thanks. My old India Nav. copy is too worn to play anymore, especially on the radio. Will make great use of this. Cheers!

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  8. dalemcbdnl29 March 2008 at 19:30:00 CET

    Hey Sotise thanks for this post. I think it's sad that so many of the India Navigations are not readily available in CD form. I have the LP and scanned the front cover for anyone interested.

    http://m.flickr.com/photo.gne?id=2371832794&

    Dale

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  9. Reza29 March 2008 at 21:38:00 CET

    Lovely stuff thanks sotise

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  10. Anonymous30 March 2008 at 03:46:00 CEST

    this is a treasure.

    for me, one of the most beautiful things about the blogging scene has is having all these revolutionary ensemble records made available.

    can anybody tell me what the bop head is that the phonograph starts playing at the end of side B? I don't know what it is.


    thank you so much,
    brian

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  11. SOTISE30 March 2008 at 06:04:00 CEST

    brian, it sounds to me like a sped up version of now's the time.
    could be wrong though.

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  12. redrichie30 March 2008 at 17:02:00 CEST

    Excellent. Looking forward to this 'un.

    Thanks!

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  13. Anonymous31 March 2008 at 11:15:00 CEST

    Thanks for this! One of my favorite performances ever was Leroy + Felicia Norton at Vision in 2005. Such a sound, such a spirit...

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  14. kinabalu9 May 2008 at 19:15:00 CEST

    Finally got to listen to this one. Tip: Put it on the Ipod if you plan to get around to listen to something. Very chamber-like, closeted, almost stark, this one. But I've gotta listen more, hopefully.

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  15. el goog31 October 2008 at 03:14:00 CET

    Hello sotise
    We start 'India Navigation Discography' and made a link to this post.
    If you do not want it, please tell me so.
    Keep it up and thank you in advance.

    eG

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  16. Solomon3 December 2008 at 20:21:00 CET

    Thank you.

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  17. pcvphunk6 December 2008 at 00:02:00 CET

    Too great! I'm hyped... thanks a lot.

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  18. Anonymous19 January 2010 at 12:22:00 CET

    you are awesome

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  19. troods6 February 2010 at 21:29:00 CET

    This site continues to give and give and give some more. Thank you for all your hard work and generosity. This album sounds incredible.

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  20. Andy I3 June 2011 at 12:43:00 CEST

    Many thanks. I'd never heard this before.

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  21. TomP5 September 2012 at 15:42:00 CEST

    I would love a flac copy of this as my vinyl wore out many years ago, but the link does not work, so can anybody help? Thanks

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  22. serviceton6 September 2012 at 04:58:00 CEST

    Here you go TomP - these are the FLAC files for Manhattan Cycles as posted 4 years back

    https://rapidshare.com/files/589173740/rev%20ensemble%20-manhattan%20cycles.rar

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  23. TomP7 September 2012 at 15:02:00 CEST

    Many thanks serviceton !! My long wait for this one is now over !!

    Any chance of re-seeding the 'Peoples Republic' flacs too?

    Thanks in advance

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  24. SOTISE4 January 2013 at 04:53:00 CET

    I didnt realise ,Seviceton had re upped my original rip, heres a brand new rip with a much better stylus!
    Flac & Pics
    http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/90630367/file.html

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  25. Brewing Luminous5 January 2013 at 12:58:00 CET

    Excellent re-up! I have this on vinyl somewhere.

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  26. francisco santos25 December 2014 at 15:19:00 CET

    i am sorry but can you re post this one once more please ?....thank you very much

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  27. kinabalu26 December 2014 at 14:43:00 CET

    New link:

    Adrive

    This is an audio-upgrade version supplied by Tom P. Sounds very nice, indeed.

    I have two live recordings of this ensemble from 1977 - one lasting two and a half hours! I'll put them on the to do list as there seems to be an interest in hearing more of this group.

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  28. francisco santos14 July 2020 at 01:41:00 CEST

    HUGE THX!...

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  29. Guitarradeplastico,scraping oddities6 September 2022 at 10:23:00 CEST

    Many thanks

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