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MICHAEL MANTLER - Movies

MICHAEL MANTLER - Movies

MICHAEL MANTLER - Movies

Sealed original WATT label stock from 1978. US pressing. Some copies have minor storage wear - the best go first.

Recorded and mixed November 1977 at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York.

Bass - Steve Swallow

Composed By, Trumpet, Engineer – Michael Mantler

Drums – Tony Williams*

Guitar – Larry Coryell

Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, Tenor Saxophone – Carla Bley

“Michael Mantler... makes action audible, laying out eight narrative sketches for a silvery quintet consisting of himself on trumpet, Carla Bley on piano (as well as synth and tenor saxophone), Larry Coryell on guitar, Steve Swallow on electric bass, and Tony Williams on drums....'Movie One' establishes an orchestral sound from this small group of musicians, planting feet firmly in a crisp, mineral-rich soil. Coryell makes a welcome cameo in the WATT roster, fleeting though it may be, in that he brings to the fore a depth of philosophy that transcends its own historical moment (be sure to check out his character role in 'Movie Seven' as well). Williams and Swallow are a fluid rhythm section, while Bley rocks the keyboards in harmony with Mantler, whose trumpet sharpens a leading blade that cuts through 'Movie Three' (which would seem to move across the same whetstone as Steve Kuhn’s Trance) and 'Movie Six.'” - Tyran Grillo, ECM.

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This is the first phase of a multipart rollout that will span the next few months: the currently browsable stock includes miscellaneous new releases from the past 8+ months (we have a lot of catching up to do), plus approximately a third of our backstock. Note that we’ve reduced/slashed prices on many titles and will continue to do so in order to make room for new stock. We’ll also be expanding / tweaking / improving / debugging the site itself (for example, we still have work to do on the automated international postage system, not to mention the inevitable inventory discrepancies that come with transferring an ancient and massive database to a new system).

Over the next few months, as we take inventory, clean house, and delve into our storage, we will be uploading thousands of additional items, gradually, on a near-daily basis. This will include the majority of the LPs, as well as many titles, in all formats, once thought long-gone. Many currently “sold out” items are likely to resurface.

Finally, once our general backstock is up (probably in the next two or three months) we’ll begin making our extensive stockpile of rarities available online for the first time: tons of random out-of-print titles, "deadstock," warehouse finds, secondhand collectibles, etc., accumulated over the past few decades.

Frequent/returning customers will be getting early access to these items. Details to follow on how this will work (a priority mailing list? a 'frequent flyer'-like program?), but it will not be based on dollars spent. We want to reward those who consistently support us, especially in the discogs marketplace era (to those who show up trying to poach five copies of a one-off rarity, and nothing else, ever… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).

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