The Song of the Day is…
Liberation Dance from the curiously-difficult-to-find album Anthem for the New Nations (yes, that’s CDN$97.18!) by Dollar Brand.
Unfortunately, I can only share a taste (mp3, ogg).
How music this good could be out of print is beyond me.
[Tags]Dollar Brand, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jazz, Anthem for the New Nations, Liberation Dance[/Tags]
George Feb 10
I’m sure there must be some high quality digital copies available somewhere, iTunes perhaps? It would cost an insignificant amount to have it listed there, so if it’s not it’s just ridiculous.
Still, from the excerpt that does sound really good, too bad I’m not throwing away 4000 rupees on just a CD, unless it also has the ability to cure common colds.
adam Feb 10
It’s not available digitally on Amazon, anyway.
To clarify, I have the album. I’m just surprised it’s so hard to get.
Kevin Mark Feb 11
Hi Adam,
as a jazzophile, I find this frustrating also. you’d think that those artist ‘down the long tail’ would want to maximize their potential and get their content on a system that would offer their content in digital download formats or print-on-demand cd format (like magnatune). Would it be possible that these artist may not have the legal right to have their work reissued? This seems like a lot of other work that is ‘in copyright’ and out-of-print.
I checked the downtowm music gallery, a well known place for jazz in NYC. http://www.dtmgallery.com/Main/index.htm
adam Feb 11
It’s certainly possible that the artists doesn’t have the rights. I didn’t see a listing for this album at DTM Gallery either. It seems even more tragic when an album is unavailable than a book because it would be so easy (technologically anyway) to make it available and even have a continuing revenue stream from it.