Moondog - Rare Material
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Artist: MoondogEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-07-03
Music Label: Roof Music
Soundtracks:
- Blast Off
- New York
- Paris
- Bumbo
- Heath On The Heather
- Torisa
- Shakespeare City
- Frankanon
- You Have To Have Hope
- A.Sax
- Reedroy
- Cosmicode
- Black Hole
- Invocation
- Guggisberglied
- Friska
- Magic Ring
- Logruendr Xv In B Major
- Gygg
- Logruendr Xvii In E Major
- Log In G Major
- All Is Loneliness
- God Trot
- Frog Bog
- Surf Sessions
- Trees Against The Sky
- Single Foot
- Be A Hobo
- Rabbit Hop
- Why Spend The Dark Night With You
- Moondog Symphony 1
- Lullaby
- Avenue Of The Americas
- Moondog Monologue
Music reviews of Rare Material
Music Review: "Rare" indicating that the material is currently out-of-print
Rating: 4 Stars
This double-disc set release contains music from Moondog albums/discs currently out-of-print, only by which means this material is "rare;" for all you active Moondog listeners, who might have bought Moondog's music as albums have been released and re-released, every single track (and version) in this collection will be familiar. There are, however, 6 tracks that have not been released on CD before (tracks from the 1978 album "Instrumental Music" and from the 1986 album "Bracelli.")
I've been trying for 2 years to obtain Moondog's 1995 CD "Big Band." Had I succeeded in that prior to the release of this set, there would not have been much reason for me to spend money on "Rare Material," as disc no.1 consists of "Big Band" in its entirety.
Disc no.2 (which runs a few seconds short of an hour) has a very mixed order of a lot of mixed material; 3 of the 4 tracks from the 1955 EP "Moondog and His Honking Geese" (of which a limited, now out-of-print, edition was released on CD in 2001) are available ("Bumbo" is missing) but the majority of material on disc no.2 is taken from "Moondog" and "More Moondog" (both released on Prestige in 1956.)
In the booklet we find a few black and white photographs, a brief Moondog chronology, excerpts from his biographical poetic impressions, track-by-track commentary for "Big Band" by Moondog, and track-by-track information on disc no.2 by somebody anonymous at Roof, the latter featuring a couple of inaccuracies, such as this version of "All is Loneliness" being taken from "More Moondog" [Prestige 1956] when in fact it is taken from "Moondog 2" [CBS 1971,] and the details for "Lullaby" suggesting that it is "a sextet in 3/4 meter" which it is not; the meter is 5/4.
"Rare Material" is actually a fine looking, fine sounding, and much appreciated (well produced) release, but not unlike Roof's 2004 double-disc release "The German Years 1977-1999" (where, on disc no.2, the entire, incidentally extremely rare, last concert of Moondog's can be heard) this is a collection of official material (on this release recorded between 1949 and 1995.)
As a lot, if not all, material of Moondog's official releases seem to be shelved at Roof, I would much rather see a (perhaps chronological) release of each individual Moondog album that has been released over the last 5 decades than having to buy rare material which isn't as rare in the true sense of the word as it is compiled from official releases. Even though my personal collection lacked "Big Band," I can understand people feeling cheated having bought a quite pricey double-disc set entitled "Rare Material" only to realize that they've bought music that they already own. (The fact that disc no.1 features this recording is not indicated on either the front or back cover of this release - only in small print inside the booklet.)
I personally thank Roof for "Big Band," although I would rather have bought it as a single disc with original cover art.
Perhaps more releases like "The German Years" and "Rare Material" is upcoming from Roof - I only wish the releases would be less of compilations and more complete--more coherent--recordings, because if Moondog's material currently out-of-print and unissued on CD will continue to be released in this manner, most of us may not live to experience even half of it.
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