29 December 2008

Gunter Hampel,Anthony Braxton, Jeanne Lee-Familie(Birth LP, 008)1972 ...320kbs



Another contribution from an Anonymous friend, i havent been able to find a cover image of this one, which seems to be one of the few earlier Birth albums that has not been reissued...although there is evidence that one online seller on Ebay has cdr's for sale.

A search here confirms it's unavailability
http://www.gunterhampelmusic.de/birth_records/birth037.html

Perhaps Hampel has chosen not to reissue this on the grounds that the original recording is so flat and one dimensional.
none the less the music is quite exceptional, a largely free improvised set ..its all more or less one free floating piece.
Great to hear Anthony Braxton on contra bass clarinet especially this vintage and setting... spine chilling stuff.
There is an ethereal quality to this wonderfully spacious set ..that could perhaps (heresy of heresie's) have used the slightly reverby ,crisp production values of a Manfred Eicher.

THANKS again anonymous for the opportunity to hear this unique combination of individuals in such a free wheeling setting.
ripped from vinyl at 320kbs

anon says...
ANTHONY BRAXTON / GUNTER HAMPEL / JEANNE LEE - FAMILIE
Concert In Paris, Theatre du Moffetard, April 1st, 1972
Birth LP, 008
GH - b cl, fl, vib, ss
JL - voc
AB - as, fl, cl, cb cl, ss
(ripped direct from LP - the muffled sound quality is unfortunately due to the lo-fi sound of the original recording)
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15 comments:

  1. SOTISE29 December 2008 at 02:13:00 CET

    320kbs
    side 1 - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ome0nmw1thm
    side 2 - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mqaoymdtdey

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  2. Anonymous29 December 2008 at 08:19:00 CET

    Thanks a lot to Anonymous and sotise.

    Some covers from eBay: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wdzfy2z5ttz

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  3. Anonymous29 December 2008 at 11:45:00 CET

    hd pics of the cover:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?mmtjgzmfuyj

    thx

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  4. htakat29 December 2008 at 15:44:00 CET

    sotise thank you a lot for this.
    Anonymous thanks for the covers

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  5. 100929 December 2008 at 16:38:00 CET

    This itunes user says thanks for the cover!

    (& the MUSIC of course!)

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  6. wightdj30 December 2008 at 02:48:00 CET

    Thanks for posting. Braxton and Hampel obviously inspired each other.

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  7. Anonymous31 December 2008 at 04:12:00 CET

    Thank you so much.

    Jeanne Lee ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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  8. Tantris31 December 2008 at 13:22:00 CET

    Wow - thanks!

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  9. kinabalu7 January 2009 at 18:15:00 CET

    Yup, got this one. Rather murkily recorded, but the music is thrilling and very dense. Remarkable fusion of voice and instruments. And Jeanne Lee's on it!

    I'll see if I can put the actual cover on the post.

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  10. Anonymous10 May 2009 at 12:22:00 CEST

    The second part is not available anymore. Could you please upload it again?

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  11. Durge & The Oldies7 November 2009 at 04:46:00 CET

    Let me add another WOW and thanks for the opportunity to hear this great combination of musicians. I'm just discovering Jeanne, way too late obviously, but what a joy!

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  12. Anonymous9 August 2012 at 10:02:00 CEST

    Thank you :-)

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  13. Paczkipipco19 February 2017 at 18:22:00 CET

    Wow, over 8 years later and those mediafire links are still going...

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  14. Bhowani30 August 2018 at 15:52:00 CEST

    Double Wow!! over 9 years...Thank you, Sotise!
    Besides, I was searching the Gunter Hampel Group & Jeanne Lee Wergo-Jazz from April 2, 1968. I was hoping to find it here...

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  15. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth30 August 2018 at 18:55:00 CEST

    Hi Bhowani - the Wergo LP of Hampel will be reissued on LP.
    I know the producer who bought the rights from Gunter Hampel for a limited vinyl edition.

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