Arthur Russell Appreciation Thread (1 Viewer)

[mamul]

what can i say. the man was gifted. such a great range of work. some faves tracks of mine-a little lost, arms around you, thats us/unwild combination, you can make me feel bad, tree house, is it all over my face. is it hard to pick up the disco stuff he did in its original formats? i'd imagine it is. any recommends on any similar disco stuff?

 

[ICUH8N]

much love for world of echo.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

of that era

two great compilations on Harmless records.

Jumpin' [3xLP] 1997
http://www.discogs.com/release/34732

Jumpin 2 [3xLP] 1998
http://www.discogs.com/release/208634

presume they're on CD. Abbey Discs is where I got mine.

 

[tin robots]

mans a legend.

i love the naffness of you and me both.excellent.

 

[krossie]

Haven't got any of "the chello stuff" yet - love the soul jazz comp - "in the light of a miracle" must be one of THE most successsful attempts to actually capture an entire summer's day in one tune.....

Krossie

 

[dunderhead]

bought first thought best thought recently. really like the instrumentals on disc 1, havent given much time to disc 2 yet to be honest.didnt get me as much as the first one. have seen some rough trade and soul jazz releases. any recommendations as to whats best?

 

[minka]

Haven't got any of "the chello stuff" yet - love the soul jazz comp - "in the light of a miracle" must be one of THE most successsful attempts to actually capture an entire summer's day in one tune.....

Krossie

in the unlikely event of me ever djing at a beach rave at dawn, that is what i will be playing. oh yes.

i have the soul jazz comp and a few other bits, am taking note of various recommendations....

 

[ernesto]

i have the soul jazz Comp but my fave song is that 'keepin up' one. diff mix to the soul jazz one.

great stuff

 

[Wobbler]

is it hard to pick up the disco stuff he did in its original formats? i'd imagine it is. any recommends on any similar disco stuff?

I got 24-24 Music by Dinosaur L which has the original versions of Go Bang and Corn Belt. I got it in Freebird and as far as I know it's quite easily available, but of dubious legality. Ask the guy in Big Brother records, he's usually nice about ordering stuff in.

I absolutely love Arthur Russell. The man seemed to work on a different level to everyone else, except maybe Brian Wilson.

Not sure if "any similiar disco" exists but if it does I'd like to hear it.

 

[kings lead hat]

iu just recorded a cover version of get around to it w/ tracey thorn and ewan pearson....=slick
WAS wkd
YOU MAY LIKE SOME MATERIAL/BILL LASWELL

 

[photon]

Not sure if "any similiar disco" exists but if it does I'd like to hear it.

The two Disco Not Disco compilations would probably be up your alley if you like Dinosaur. Same with the New York Noise and Mutant Disco comps. Or anything on Ze or 99 Records, for that matter.

I'm going with Another Thought as my favourite Arthur Russell release. Possibly one of my top 20 favourite albums ever.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE6781AD94AAC7420D4932A48C7A372E61DCD63FD831F29461BDFBA3C54A82823D256F0DD89FDFD6AB571B0FD2EA45C43D4C0EA50F6D9602D4CF0&sql=10gx7gjvr16iw

 

[quasiquasi]

Kiss Me Again always sends me dancing around the room like an effeminate crazy person.

 

[Wobbler]

The two Disco Not Disco compilations would probably be up your alley if you like Dinosaur. Same with the New York Noise and Mutant Disco comps. Or anything on Ze or 99 Records, for that matter.
http://

Still, I've heard a few of the tracks on those compilations and a little bit on 99 eg. Liquid Liquid and ESG. Nobody does Disco like Arthur.

It was great hearing In the Light of the Miracle on your show a few weeks back.

Kiss me Again is a beautiful track

 

[M. Stratosphere]

Appreciated...total legend.
World of Echo is one of my favourate albums...must dig it out later, in fact definetly will.

Heres a good start on some more disco
http://www.tigersushi.com/site/frameset.jsp?page=sd/sushi_dealer.jsp

heres an articale on Dinosaur 24/24 by a real good online disco magazine both past and present
http://www.discopia.com/portal/issues/issue7/dinosaur

Arthur Russel, just has got me into so much different kinds of music and he ties it all together...one for the road...LEGEND!

 

[oh shit]

amazing musician, composer, and what a voice. i'm amazed he's not more widely listened to... 'you have did the right thing when you put that skylight in', 'arm around you', 'little lost', 'in the light of a miracle', 'pop your funk', the whole of world of echo... great music for smooching/dancing/having a good day.

 

[Wobbler]

i'm amazed he's not more widely listened to...

Me too. Everyone who I've played the Soul Jazz compilation to loved it. He made incredible and universal music.

 

[Wobbler]

of that era

two great compilations on Harmless records.

Jumpin' [3xLP] 1997
http://www.discogs.com/release/34732

Jumpin 2 [3xLP] 1998
http://www.discogs.com/release/208634

presume they're on CD. Abbey Discs is where I got mine.

Jumpin' 2 has gone on my (bloated) wantlist. Looks good.

 

[M. Stratosphere]

I remembered this thread from a whiles back and got the new Arthur Russel release in the post this week. New as in unreleased.
Its called Springfield.
Its brilliant stuff usual processed beats and cello wokouts theres also a DFA remix on it (but the original is better)...go get

 

[jimmybreeze]

I'm going with Another Thought as my favourite Arthur Russell release.

Really,really having this album of late

 

[the dirty weed]

yo - sorry is this has already been posted

http://www.arthurrussellmovie.com/