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Part of a collaboration with Jack Roses estate and Three Lobed Records to restore all of his LPs to print, VHF presents new vinyl editions of the celebrated guitarists first three solo albums, newly cut by John Golden Mastering from the original source material. Originally issued on LP by Eclipse Records between 2002-04, these releases chart an eclectic, more experimental approach left behind as his technique and compositions became more refined and deliberate on later works like Kensington Blues.
Recorded and originally released in 2003, Opium Musick is an eclectic collection with pieces for 12-string (the percussive and dark Black Pearls), 6-string, and lap guitar. The lovely raga-ish Yaman Blues features Mike Gangloff (Pelt, Black Twig Pickers) on tanpura, and echoes the extended modal work on Pelts contemporaneous Pearls From The River. The near-ragtime of Linden Ave Stomp showcases Glenn Jones on his vintage Gibson in a jumping duet with Roses lap steel. Linden Ave charted a path that Rose would determinedly pursueshort ragtime and old-time influenced pieces (originals and classics), with all phrasing worked out to a perfectionist standard. The lovely Mountaintop Lamento was memorably used in Catherine Pancakes film about coal mining in Appalachia, Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice.
Opium Musick by Jack Rose
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