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1. SEVEN FORMERLY
2. FIRST TRANE
3. ELSEWHERE
4. K LICKS
5. BAKER'S TREAT
6. WILLIE'S KNEE
7. ABRACADABRA
8. MADAME VINTAGE |
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2 |
| | Description: | Elton Dean - Saxello, Alto Sax, Fender Rhodes
Allan Holdsworth - Guitar
Hugh Hopper - Bass Guitar
John Marshall - Drums
Recorded live in Osaka, August 11, 2003. (8 panels eco-wallet with 20 pages booklet).
Additional notes by Leonardo Pavkovic, to the liner notes by Chris Hoard:
Perhaps if there were a "progressive mantra," it might be embodied by my drive and determination to always keep moving forward and looking ahead. That said, a person cannot gauge progress without reflecting back on the road traveled which carried him to a given point in life. The music on this album brings back a lot of fond memories, but it goes far deeper than that: the band, itself, was a result of some of my earliest efforts in the music industry; efforts which served as an impetus for carrying the entire 'MoonJune' concept forward.
I first met Elton Dean back in the mid '80's, while still residing in Italy. Elton and I reconnected again, a decade-and-a-half or so later, via two mutual friends on the first day of the new millennium: January 1, 2000. Had Elton's and my paths not again crossed, I seriously doubt that not only would 'Soft Works' never have materialized, but more than likely I wouldn't have started MoonJune Records. It seemed like a dream, at the time: getting to assist and produce the very musical artists I had long idolized. Not long after the two of us met with John Marshall and Hugh Hopper (whom I had the privilege of meeting, 5 or 6 years earlier), and corporately began dreaming about a potential Soft Machine reunion!
The dream continued the following year, when LA jazz / rock journalist, Ken Kubernik, introduced me to another of my heroes: legendary guitar icon, Allan Holdsworth. Knowing his previous history with the band, I naturally viewed Allan as the missing piece to the Soft Machine reunion puzzle. I told him of our (Elton, John, Hugh and myself) ambitions and offered him the position as the band's fourth member -- which he promptly accepted. "Abracadabra" (up until now, the lone release by this exquisite lineup) was the first project I ever produced.
Although sadly short lived, the creation of this progressive supergroup fundamentally changed my entire existence. Despite the lone studio album and only a small handful of live performances, the progressive genre is graced by our foresight to have recorded several of these shows. "Abracadabra In Osaka" represents the best of these recordings: serving as a living testimony of true musical icons -- the group which unknowingly became the seed which would sprout, grow and blossom into MoonJune Records and MoonJune Music. - Packaging: 6-panel digisleeve with slots for 20-page booklet and 2 CD's.
On digisleeve:
Recorded at Namba Hatch, Osaka, August 11, 2003. The name of the recording engineer is unkown.
The album was recorded direct from the live mixing desk as a stereo feed in 16 bit. It was restored and then mastered by Mark Wingfield in the Spring of 2020 at Heron Island Studio Cambridgeshire England.
The story in the booklet is misprinted. A large portion of the text was edited out by mistake (the cut happens between page 15 and 16) just before printing and the error went unoticed. It was however never corrected and no booklet with the full text exist. It is still possible to read the full story, as it was intended, in the Moonjune's bandcamp webpage. | | | Manufacturer No.: |
MJR112 |
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