This is the thread where we thank whoever is responsible for the atavistic reish program of old FMP releases!

I still haven't picked up that More Nipples thing yet. The original record is a definite corker though. The trio For Adolphe Sax reish was a revelation; I had been dying to hear that one but was unwilling to pay the eBay prices for the vinyl. It was startling to finally hear the radical post-African-American conception of group improvisation Brotzmann had, at this early date.

I haven't heard all of the series, but I've heard quite a few. One that is deserving of more praise is definitely the Nachtluft cd; wonderfully rhythmic, early electro-improv gurgling from a positively telepathic trio, with Gunter Muller on percussion. Very affecting stuff, and worthwhile for placing Muller's currently wider profile in its historical context. I'd also recommed that Honsinger/Beresford Double Indemnity cd (it's reissued on the Atavistic cd with another whole record that also adds David Toop and Toshinori Kondo, but I haven't spent enough time with the latter to comment; Double Indemnity is killer, tho).

Also, Fred Anderson will always get an unequivocal recommendation from me. Milwaukee Tapes, Vol. 1, and especially the Dark Day 2cd set are superb post-bop explorations. Slightly more trad than the rest of the stuff in this series, no doubt about that; but Fred knows the lineage and vocabulary of the saxophone like the back of his hand, and his extended improvisations are always nothing less than beautifully searching palimpsests of the instrument's history. And heck, if Fred isn't quite out enough for you - with the fantastic Hamid Drake on drums, you're always granted some body-rocking propulsion. He's truly one of my top five favorite, consistently inventive drummers.

So that's a few of them off the toppa me head. I've got to go to bed though.

see I have got a couple of FMP LPs from the 80s and they have all the releases listed on the back. Most of them just aren't available i would say so here's hoping they go through reish quite a few of these.

hey john its morning here and i haven't washed my face so i am struggling to read it ;)

shit! just rememebered I've also got this globe unity CD (globe unity 67 and 70) and i've nevah played it for some reason. I will make amends.

But just as good is 'Tern' by the unkonown sax player larry stabbins, with moholo and keith tippett is another must here: 'Tern' was prev issued on the FMP sister label saj.

Not much in the way of FMP threads but I'm reviving this one to talk about the massive new FMP box set In Retrospect which just dropped. Twelve CDs of great European free improv, mostly I think reissues of LPs which have never previously been made available on CD. Still working my way through these but the book that comes with it is just overwhelming – awesome essays, photos and documentation. Leafing through it makes you realize how visual free jazz is, how much it turns on struggling with the instrument. We're lucky that there have been so many excellent photographers down the years to document these guys.