Academy Annex LP Catalog

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop : Juju Street Songs

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Sunny Murray : Big Chief

"examples on record of sunny murray's enduring originality & influence as a drummer are many (refer to eremite 14, 45 & 46, among others), but very few recordings demonstrate his strikingly unusual voice as a band leader & composer. none do so more spectacularly than his 1969 album _big chief_. unfortunately it's been a sick collector's item since long before ebay. so it is with great pride & satisfaction that eremite returns to our friends in the human clan this long unavailable masterpiece. the group assembled for this parisian studio date includes musicians from france, south africa, jamaica, & the u.s.a., & the huge sweeping sound they conjure while absolutely NAILING murray's highly irregular compositional structures is as thrilling as free jazz gets. hart le roy bibbs appears once only in a wildly memorable turn. everywhere & thru-out, murray uses the instrumentation's orchestral range to explore his fascination with the far extremes of the frequency range. prepare your hearing for searing high-end burn! the record resolves beautifully in a performance of 'this nearly was mine' that manages to be both otherworldly & poignant."

On Eremite Records

Price: $22.00

Solidarity Unit, Inc. : Red, Black , and Green

"originally produced & issued by charles 'bobo' shaw himself, _red, black & green_, by the band "solidarity unit, inc." documents what happened at "the bag room" in st. louis, mo, the day jimi hendrix died. captured in a gloriously blunt & low-res recording that is as stark as the b&w cover art, shaw & the ten piece group produce a raw, teeming, clattering sound that never relinquishes. lake & bowie were by this time already powerful soloists, & both declaim fervently & damn near relentlessly over shaw's swaggering themes. dead at age 34 & recorded just four times, guitarist richard martin's performance is a true revelation; as martin leaps from blues idioms to screaming attacks to pure howling feedback, one wonders if even sonny sharrock reached these places with the instrument. furious kit & hand drumming, violently rattling little instruments, jabbing percussive rhodes, thundering bass guitar, these guys don't hold back! easy to say "lost underground free jazz classic," but that's the real story here. "
On Eremite Records

Price: $22.00

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Local Customs : Downriver Revival 2LP+DVD

"Between 1967 and 1981 Detroit’s downriver neighbor Ecorse, MI had its very own Moe Asch. Set up in a basement on 18th Avenue, Felton Williams chronicled the musical lives of Ecorse’s citizens and issued them on the Solid Rock, Cass, Compose, and Revival labels. We’ve compiled 24 of Williams’ most fascinating recordings, covering gospel, group soul, garage-punk, northern, jazz, and funk.

Also included is a DVD with over 200 sound recordings pulled from his archives and compiled into a digital tape vault. This allows you to dig deep into the endless hours of jam sessions, demos, sermons, rehearsals, and studio outtakes.

The DVD also has an engaging 30 minute documentary on the making of Downriver Revival and gives you further insight into Felton and the artsits he recorded at Double-U-Sound"

Price: $25.00