30 March 2008

The Revolutionary Ensemble "The People's Republic" (1975, Horizon SP-708)

To complement Sotise's post of "Manhattan Cycles", here's another one of the five Revolutionary Ensemble records. Note that the other Revolutionary Ensemble 1975 record originally issued on the group's own RE: label as "The Psyche" has been recently transfered to CD format by Mutable Music.

If interested, don't forget to take a look at the documentation post for a link to an audio interview with Leroy Jenkins & Marilyn Crispell also containing music. The post has also been updated with scans of William Parker, Trevor Watts & Peter Kowald interviews.

Short on time again so please excuse the lenght of my post !

Enjoy,
Pierre
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27 comments:

  1. nad317030 March 2008 at 23:17:00 CEST

    Revolutionary Ensemble "The People's Republic" MP3-256 :
    http://rapidshare.com/files/103635856/Horizon_SP-708_mp3-256.rar.html

    I have the .flac files ready on my hard drive but as I'm short on time I will post them only if there is demand. Let me know.

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  2. david_grundy31 March 2008 at 01:13:00 CEST

    Excellent

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  3. Anonymous31 March 2008 at 03:04:00 CEST

    Only ever read about this now because of blogworld I get to hear it Thank You these are great

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  4. Tantris31 March 2008 at 10:00:00 CEST

    Hi Pierre,

    Thank you for posting this. I would very much like a flac version if possible.

    By the way, another two RE albums were recently posted on the Infinite Foolishness blog;

    http://infinitefool.blogspot.com/search?q=revolutionary

    Cheers, Tantris

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  5. Reza31 March 2008 at 13:25:00 CEST

    excellent loving these thanks and thanks also to tantris for the directions appreciated :)

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  6. Anonymous31 March 2008 at 14:37:00 CEST

    thanks a lot!
    that'll be great to get flac version, too, if you don't mind.

    /Paul

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  7. nad317031 March 2008 at 17:08:00 CEST

    No problem for the .flac version, just wanted to be sure that there were peoples interested.

    Here it is :

    http://rapidshare.com/files/103755980/Horizon_SP-708.part1.rar.html
    http://rapidshare.com/files/103803150/Horizon_SP-708.part2.rar.html
    http://rapidshare.com/files/103808733/Horizon_SP-708.part3.rar.html

    Concerning the albums linked on Infinite Foolishness, please remember those are in print.

    Best,
    Pierre

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  8. Anonymous31 March 2008 at 18:41:00 CEST

    Thanks for the FLACs.

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  9. Anonymous5 April 2008 at 01:36:00 CEST

    There is never, ever enough of these fine gentleman. You generally have to pay out the nose for India Navigation, too. Many thanks!

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  10. Calisan17 April 2008 at 07:09:00 CEST

    Thanks for the music and thanks again for the FLAC files.
    Cheers from Mexico City

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  11. kinabalu9 May 2008 at 19:06:00 CEST

    Curious record, this one. Quite diverse. The title track sounds like one of those Ocora ethnographic recordings from Central Africa, when the thing was probably recorded right in the middle of the urban jungle of New York.

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  12. Anonymous4 December 2008 at 03:44:00 CET

    Thanks, nice to get this digitally. I had this album at one time, and sold it, as I did many records, in the mid '80's. I kept The Psyche, which I preferred at the time even though they're both alleged to be from the same sessions. Of course The Psyche has since been reissued, whereas this one has not made it to CD. This is better than I remembered. The title track used to annoy me, but I like it this time around. Hopefully, someone will give this an official release.

    I'd never heard Manhattan Cycles before, nor the recently reissued concert from 1978, which I recommend.

    I never had the chance to see The Revolutionary Ensemble, but I have fond memories of Jenkins solo, duo with Oliver Lake, and with his electric band Sting, whose one album fails to capture the magic of the concert I witnessed. His playing had so much soul and lyricism.

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  13. Anonymous19 January 2010 at 12:23:00 CET

    fantastic blog

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  14. just duets31 March 2010 at 10:30:00 CEST

    hello everyone

    new here in this world. not with the music. great site. lived in eastern-europe till 1986 so jazz hot was the only source for info. not for the music also. i feel like i started a new life. the various live recordings in unexpected combinations r real treasures. like waldron and hill or the 3 alto saxes with lake?.

    the flac files for this r not working. i know i'm late to the party. but maybe some left overs, beyond the mp3 will be great.

    thank you. i have the last album, Revolutionary Ensemble, before they broke up. from 1978. recorded in austria. it is inner city 3016. looks impeccable. if u r interested let me know.

    i hope to become part of this great group.

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  15. just duets2 April 2010 at 11:33:00 CEST

    sorry nad3170. i learned in the meantime to read all the comments. found the flac links. tx

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  16. Anonymous26 June 2010 at 21:33:00 CEST

    Any chance of reposting the FLAC files? It looks as though they have expired.

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  17. alcofribas21 December 2010 at 12:42:00 CET

    I second that request.

    Oh please oh please. Sound quality matters, you know.

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  18. Anonymous15 June 2011 at 08:51:00 CEST

    Another request for re-up please.
    I heard this lp years ago at a friend's place and remember Leroy Jenkins' pitches sliding sharp and flat within the scope of where the notes were meant to be, creating an in-and-out-of-focus effect. Such a cool idea !
    I remember other parts of this being really head-scratching. Would really love to hear it in FLAC !

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  19. Andy6 July 2011 at 12:26:00 CEST

    Flacs would be fantastic...pleeeease

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  20. Bender20 March 2012 at 21:39:00 CET

    I would also like to for a re-up of the FLAC files. This album is amazing!

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  21. TomP5 September 2012 at 15:41:00 CEST

    I too would love a flac copy of this, my vinyl wore out many years ago. Thanks

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  22. jim21 February 2013 at 01:35:00 CET

    Please repost this masterpiece!

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  23. sselavy21 August 2013 at 15:10:00 CEST

    pleeeease

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  24. Anonymous31 August 2013 at 14:53:00 CEST

    another one request for flac!

    Igor

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  25. francisco santos25 December 2014 at 15:24:00 CET

    and this one 2 ...please it needs a re post...eternally grateful
    THX !.....

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  26. kinabalu26 December 2014 at 14:28:00 CET

    New link:

    Adrive

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  27. Unknown26 August 2018 at 05:56:00 CEST

    Thank you for making available a very clean, beautiful DL of "The People's Republic" by Revolutionary Ensemble! My favorite of theirs from that decade, yet it hasn't made it to CD. I love that album so much that, on separate occasions in the '90s, I bought two nice radio discards (meaning they were untouched), in case one of them got worn out or damaged. I don't think I've done that for any other album, a-g jazz or otherwise.

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