Recorded live at Harlem afterhours club Minton’s in 1941, but not released until 1951, nine years after guitarist Charlie Christian’s passing, Jazz Immortal is a bop urtext. Hopefully, you will find a few surprises along the way. Some of the discs are by artists widely-celebrated today, although where possible an effort has been made to avoid the most obvious choice of releases, others are by musicians who were little known at the time, and remain so today. Looked at chronologically, as in this list of the some of the most enduring and collectable releases of the decade, the 1950s were soundtracked by a giddying, multi-coloured galaxy of music. By the end of the decade, recordings of African, Indian, Latin American and South Asian musics, sometimes mediated by jazz and exotica, sometimes presented in their authentic states, were commonplace. In the 1950s, too, increasing numbers of record buyers in the US and Europe were listening to music from distant cultures, a process encouraged by recovery from post-World War II economic austerity, affordable international air travel (for the middle classes anyway) and the increasing prevalence of LPs. Teenagers were invented, and so were free jazz and rock ‘n’ roll. Innovation and experiment were to the fore in pop, jazz, R&B, electronic, conservatoire and even, though it sounds counterintuitive, in traditional folk music. The recorded music of the 1950s, however, reveals a different picture. The 1950s are generally perceived as a monochrome and conservative decade, in contrast to the technicolour and revolutionary 1960s. We begin with the 1950s when the LP was in its infancy and the modern world as we know it was starting to take shape. Unlike traditional “collectables” lists defined by monetary value, these are records picked for their importance as artefacts, whether rare, revolutionary or representative of a moment in time. A decade at a time, writer and music historian Chris May will be working with the VF editorial team to uncover what we’re calling the “most collectable” records of each era. "The Sound Emporium" is the EP offering from co-ambassadors Isbell and Shires, featuring brand new music that includes a reimagined version of Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit’s "Tour of Duty" as well as a cover of Richard Thompson's "Beeswing.” Shires also makes the list with a solo EP, "Live At Columbia Studio," featuring tracks recorded at the legendary Nashville studio in the run up to her critically acclaimed 1992 album, "Take It Like A Man.Over the next few months we’re going to be looking at the last sixty years of recorded music from a slightly different perspective.2020, when the Long Pond Studio Sessions brought together Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner (The National) and Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) for a live recording and Disney+ documentary. Taylor and her collaborators recorded the Grammy-winning release during the COVID-19 lockdown, but didn't get to play their work together until Sept. "folklore: the long pond studio sessions" is on tap from Taylor Swift, who served as the day's ambassador last year.This is also a special pressing on grey, blue, black and white swirled vinyl, a reference to a lyric Mick Jagger sings in "Salt of the Earth." The album will also come with a reproduction of the window display poster created by the Stones’ UK label Decca in ‘68. "Beggars Banquet" The 1968 album from the Rolling Stones, will be available on 180-gram vinyl, a heavier weight than standard vinyl which translates to greater fidelity. release in 1973, which is delivered now as a limited edition half-speed mastered disc.Īmong other notable releases amid the dozens due: For example, one upcoming re-release will be Paul McCartney and Wings' "Red Rose Speedway," that iconic band's first major U.S.
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