Heavyweight Vinyl 45 RPM Cut / Original glued prints on Thick Cardboard 700 gram / 2 Separated parts hand-glued / Glossy lamination / PVC outer / Insert with extensive liner notes by Tony Higgins printed on 200 gram Fedrigoni Tintoretto Melange
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BANDCAMP “THE BABY” EDITION
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
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50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Heavyweight Vinyl 45 RPM Cut / Original glued prints on Thick Cardboard 700 gram / 2 Separated parts hand-glued / Glossy lamination / PVC outer / 30x30 cm insert printed on 300 gram DNS paper with interview to Steve Kuhn by Tony Higgins with exclusive pictures.
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PRE-ORDER ONLY “ULLA” EDITION
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
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50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Heavyweight Vinyl 45 RPM Cut / Original glued prints on Thick Cardboard 700 gram / 2 Separated parts hand-glued / Glossy lamination / PVC outer / 30x30 cm insert with interview to Steve Kuhn by Tony Higgins printed on 250 gram Favini Lanilla Yellow / 20 Pages 21 x 30 cm "Real Book" with transcripts of the songs in the "Real Book" style, handwritten by The Maestro Carlo Spanò with main theme, chords and lyrics printed on 120 gram Shiro Eco paper, 100 gram Favini Crush Alghe. Carlo also edited an introduction with technical analysis of the session, which solves some of the little mysteries around this music gem / Anniversary tag printed on gold foil / Promo Kit with original stickerable labels, promo sticker and instructions. All is presented in a bespoke Tote Bag !
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A1. Pearlie’s Swine
A2. Silver
A3. Time To Go
A4. The Heat Of The Moment
B1. The Baby
B2. Hold Out Your Hand
B3. The Meaning Of Love
B4. Ulla
Every time we walk into a record store digging for music we look for something different, something that satisfies our emotional demand in that moment.
There are some records that turn out to be important only in the worst moments of our life; the thrill of a rare vinyl record that we have always been looking for, in which the liner notes that tell us the story of that night, of that recording, of those days creating an arrangement.
But there are also records that tell us nothing; records without liner notes or information, those records that bring us unexpected reflections by great masters of music who spent themselves on a friend who hasn't published much and who deserves more.
There are the sudden goodbyes, wordless love songs and poignant words that everyone hears but the one person who should listen to them never will. What if there was a disc that contains all of these?
When we met Steve Kuhn, he told us a story that can only be told to a brief traveling companion, someone who will get off after a few stops and will never be seen again. So it was that Steve opened his heart without anyone asking, like a memory fished out from the distant past, awakened by a smell, a sound, or the vision of a record cover.
We are delighted to have the opportunity to tell this story, a tale never told until now. 50 years from that day it was recorded, it's a record that keeps all its emotional power intact, undimmed by half a century.
Together, we will retrace the most intimate of records from an elegant, intellectual and romantic musician, who will excite you, but not as you would expect.
credits
released February 1, 2022
Personnel:
Arranged By – Gary McFarland, Steve Kuhn
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Billy Cobham
Percussion – Airto Moreira
Vocals, Piano – Steve Kuhn
Thanks go to:
Steve Kuhn and Tony Higgins for interview.
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
