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Stark RealityNow

Stark Reality - Now album cover

Label:

Stones Throw Records – STH2058

Format:

CD, Compilation

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Jazz, Funk / Soul

Style:

Free Jazz, Free Funk

Tracklist

1Junkman's Song7:34
2Thirty Days Hath September6:15
3Cooking2:38
4Comrades6:35
5Shooting Stars6:30
6Rocket Ship4:12
7Dreams8:05
8All You Need To Make Music8:19
9Roller Coaster Ride7:58
10Too Much Tenderness3:32
11Sunday's Song10:01
12Say Brother4:26
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Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©Stones Throw Records
  • Manufactured ByCaroline Distribution
  • Distributed ByCaroline Distribution
  • Glass Mastered AtEMI MFG.

Credits

  • Acoustic BassPhil Morrison (tracks: 12)
  • Art DirectionJeff Jank
  • Artwork [Original]Mehitabel Katze
  • Baritone SaxophoneCarl Atkins (tracks: 12)
  • DrumsHerschel E. Dwellingha* (tracks: 12), Vinnie Johnson (tracks: 1 to 11)
  • Electric BassAlan Reid (2) (tracks: 12), Phil Morrison (tracks: 1 to 11)
  • EngineerBud Stockham (tracks: 1 to 8), Lou Casella (tracks: 9 to 12)
  • Executive-ProducerPeanut Butter Wolf
  • GuitarJohn Abercrombie
  • Percussion, MbiraVinnie Johnson
  • Photography ByJim Bourne
  • ProducerMonty Stark (tracks: 9 to 12), Stark Reality (tracks: 1 to 8), WGBH-TV (tracks: 1 to 8)
  • Reissue ProducerEgon
  • Remastered ByDave Cooley
  • Saxophone, FluteCarl Atkins (tracks: 9 to 11)
  • TrumpetStanton Davis
  • VibraphoneMonty Stark
  • VoiceMonty Stark (tracks: 1 to 8), Phil Morrison (tracks: 9 to 12), Vinnie Johnson (tracks: 9 to 12)
  • Voice [Lead]Monty Stark (tracks: 9 to 12)
  • Written-ByDean* (tracks: 4), Fisher* (tracks: 5), Carmichael* (tracks: 1 to 7), Chute* (tracks: 7), Stark* (tracks: 8 to 12), Morrison* (tracks: 12)

Notes

track 9 to 11: previously unreleased
track 12: bonus track

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 6 59457 20582 9
  • Barcode (Scanned): 659457205829
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): STH2058RE1 1-0-1
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L044
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 166D
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): STH2058RE1 1-0-1
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L044
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 166L

Other Versions (3)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
Recently Edited
Now (2×LP, Compilation)Stones Throw RecordsSTH 2058US2003
New Submission
Now (CD, Compilation, Promo)Stones Throw RecordsSTH 2058-PUS2003
New Submission
Now (2×CD, Compilation)Stones Throw Records499.2058.023Europe2003

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Reviews

  • an.earful.of.wax's avatar
    Edited 4 years ago
    I'm kind of confused here.

    In 2003, NowAgain and parent label Stones Throw released three Stark Reality albums:
    . *Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop
    . *1969 (since reissued as Roller Coaster Ride).
    . *Now

    Now seems to just be a compilation of material from those other two releases plus the track "Say Brother."

    So what exactly is the purpose of this album? Does it offer anything different, or is it just about charging you $20+ for one bonus track? Or are the tracks featured here alternate recordings? Notes say tracks 9-11 are previously unreleased, but the track timings seem nearly identical to 1969.

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