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March 31, 2015 Favoriting
In memoriam, Michael King
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Artist Selection Album    (Label / Recording date)
Theme Music:
 James Brown  		Cold Sweat (pt. 1)   Favoriting b/w Cold Sweat (pt. 2)
(King 1967)

Chris McGregor Group  Marie My Dear / Traveling Somewhere   Favoriting Very Urgent
(Polydor 1968)

Talkover Music:
 Harry Miller's Isipingo  		Good Heavens Evans!   Favoriting Full Steam Ahead
(Reel Recordings 1975)

Joe Harriott Amancio d'Silva Quartet  Hum-Dono   Favoriting Hum Dono
(Columbia 1969)
Robert Wyatt  Chelsea   Favoriting '68
(Cuneiform 1968)
Ken Hyder  Diddlin' for the Bairns/Lament for Dairmid   Favoriting Dreaming of Glenisla
(Reel Recordings 1975)

Talkover Music:
 Command All Stars  		African Sunrise   Favoriting Curiosities 1972
(Reel Recordings 1972)

Mike Osborne  An Idea   Favoriting Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers:
British Jazz 1960-1975
(Reel Recordings 1966)
Gary Windo  Bass Space   Favoriting Avant Gardeners
(Reel Recordings 1974)
Kevin Ayers  This Song Isn't Called Anything   Favoriting What More Can I Say...
(Reel Recordings early 1970s)
Harry Beckett  Farewell Fega   Favoriting Themes for Fega
(RCA Victor 1972)

Closing Theme:
 Specks Williams  		We Gave the Drummer Some   Favoriting Specks Blues
(Jax 196?)

Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:00pm Doug Schulkind:

A pretty fantastic interview with Mike King: expose.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm Jeff Golick:

Oooof.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:57pm Doug Schulkind:

Playing on the stream right now (pre-show): Mike Osborn's Force of Nature on Mike King's label Reel Recordings.
Avatar 5:57pm ndbob:

evening Doug, Jeff, everyone
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:58pm Doug Schulkind:

Welcome to the show, ndbob!
Avatar 5:59pm ndbob:

I have to say I'm not familiar with Michael King - but I will be soon
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:03pm listener james from westwood:

Thoroughly awful news, Doug. My sympathies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04pm Doug Schulkind:

In all my years of musical living, I have never known a greater friend to the music and the musicmakers than this fellow.
Avatar 6:09pm glenn:

well, i've never heard of him [not that that's unusual], but he looks a hell of a lot like stephen root.
Avatar 6:10pm Carmichael:

Hello drummers and others.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:10pm Doug Schulkind:

Your lineup:

Dudu Pukwana ~ alto sax
Mongezi Feza ~ pocket trumpet
Chris McGregor ~ piano
Johnny Dyani ~ bass
Louis Moholo ~ drums
Ronnie Beer ~ tenor sax

This group is essentially the Blue Notes, the mixed-race band from South Africa that left for Europe in 1963. It was illegal for them to perform at home, of course.

@glenn
Mike King was from Dundas. Near you (relatively)?
  6:12pm Maricôt:

this wfmu APP is awesome
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12pm Jeff Golick:

He was extremely generous to D:O, a little jazz blog, even offering us a couple of disks to use as contest prizes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13pm Doug Schulkind:

The original tenor saxist in the Blue Notes was Nikele Moyake. Suffering from extreme homesickness (and, unbeknownst to him, a brain tumor), he returned to South Africa not long after leaving. Fellow ex-pat South African Ronnie Beer is sitting in with the band in his stead on this recording.

Good greetings, Maricôt!!
Avatar 6:13pm glenn:

yes. dundas is north of hamilton. actually, i live just off of the old dundas highway, which is now dundas street.
Avatar 6:14pm glenn:

i need some risotto inspiration. bring it on.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:14pm listener james from westwood:

Maricôt: Isn't it, though? A treasure when traveling.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:16pm Doug Schulkind:

Sorry glenn. I believe that Kraft Foods has trademarked the name Risotto Inspiration®.
Avatar 6:18pm glenn:

those fuckers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:19pm Doug Schulkind:

Sorry. That would be Kraft Fuckers®. "They're sinfully delicious."
  6:24pm Maricôt:

<3 you beautiful music lovers <3
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 6:24pm listener james from westwood:

Incredible. Beyond a mensch for that eBay save.
Avatar 6:24pm glenn:

and a boo/hiss to Day's Inn. - news.nationalpost.com...
Avatar 6:30pm glenn:

risotto decision made. www.foodnetwork.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31pm Doug Schulkind:

It appears that Hum Dono did finally get reissued in the UK last year.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm Doug Schulkind:

Mike twiddled the knobs on this glorious Robert Wyatt reissue for Cuneiform.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35pm Doug Schulkind:

The lyrics to this track Chelsea were written by Daevid Allen who died the same week as Mike King.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:36pm Doug Schulkind:

The Cuneiform release credits the lyrics to Kevin Ayers, but this was just the product of Wyatt's misremembering. Keep ears open for Kevin Ayers, later on this hour...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:40pm Doug Schulkind:

Here is Michael King's manifesto for his labour of love record label Reel Recordings:

REEL RECORDINGS

REMEMBER
Reel Recordings is a venture founded on the merits of excellence in musical history as presented within the dictates of our digital age. As adults we retain a collective memory for the analogue recording era from our experiences with vinyl records and magnetic tapes. Since its inception in the mid-twentieth century, professional and amateur recording captured, or constructed, musical performances on time continuous analogue electro-magnetic tape, often producing startlingly life-like playback. Consider the catalogue of John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles or Can had their performances been sampled direct to 16 bit Digital Audio Tape ripe for computer processing. Case closed. We celebrate the now endangered species known as reel-to-reel tape by providing the consideration and respect it warrants.

RESPECT
As listeners, our compact disc libraries are peppered with re-releases, not to mention archival additions such as demo, alternate, and live recordings. Lamentably it is not uncommon that these inclusions offer little more reward than, ‘Interesting, if only...,’ response against higher artistic and audio standards. The initiatives of Reel Recordings are built on a foundation of respect for the integrity of recorded sound presenting a musical performance of integrity, and are developed in full cooperation with each artist. The foundation of this relationship is support and respect for their wishes toward the presentation of their recordings. Together we uniquely offer music that is both time-honoured and timeless.

REMASTER
The technical reasons behind the unique audio successes of analogue are vast and scientific, as are those for the successful characteristics of the digital medium, yet neither presents a sonic panacea. Sadly, radical and creative musical recordings, both past and present, are often processed with the standard studio equipment and aesthetic concessions designed for commercial pop and rock compact discs by engineers who have little to no experience with audiophile analogue sound playback. In brief, the elusive key to a successful transfer and remaster lies within the experience of discerning and remedying frequency imbalances, in tandem with a synergistic chain of tonally neutral Hi-End audiophile components. Our process incorporates tube amplification, acoustic accuracy, and eschews excessive computer processing. In opposition to the anonymity of conventional studio remastering techniques our approach lends a listening experience of natural authenticity and integrity.

REWARD
The releases of Reel Recordings exemplify an alternative vision for Compact Disc production. Digipak cases contain a replicate of the original source tape, full recording details, relevant photographs, artist notes, and a disc produced from a master that was burned direct in real time from a tube amplified analogue signal. Against current corporate and cultural conventions, no music cared for by us will be sonically compromised for downloadable computer files or MP3 purchase. The presentations will stand singularly, as Records In Opposition, for your personal audio playback system. Now available for discovery: an outstanding historical document of musical magnificence specially encoded within each Reel Recordings compact disc.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm Doug Schulkind:

Remember. Respect. Remaster. Reward.

Remarkable.
  6:49pm Mark Williams:

I'm just coming now Doug (heard what you just said) and I'd only known of him a little. My sincere condolences, first of all. Is there a place where Reel Recordings are still available?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm Doug Schulkind:

Mark, the label has been defunct for a few years now. It only pressed a thousand or so of every title, so finding used copies are the order of the day now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:52pm Doug Schulkind:

The folks at New York's Downtown Music Gallery probably have copies of certain titles still kicking around. Bruce Gallanter there was also a friend of Mike King's. (I learned of Mike's death through the DMG newsletter.)

DMG: www.downtownmusicgallery.com...
  6:54pm Mark Williams:

will check that out. Thank you, Doug, and again, I'm saddened for you and for the music world that we all belong to. RIP.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm Doug Schulkind:

Thanks Mark and everyone.
Avatar 6:57pm ndbob:

excellent show Doug - thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm Santos L Halper:

A wonderful hour Doug; thanks!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:00pm listener james from westwood:

You did Mike and his mission proud this show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
Jesse Kaminsky's show Kaminsky Kamoutsky is up next on the stream. Jesse's special guest co-host will be (well, already is actually, Andrew Wiley!)

Playlist page here: wfmu.org...
  7:06pm Mark:

Well done Doug... Rest in peace Mr. King.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm Jeff Golick:

Thanks so much for this worthy tribute, Doug. (Was cooking for der kinder for most of it.)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:49pm Artie Haywire:

Lovely tribute, Doug. Condolences on the loss of your friend.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41pm Doug Schulkind:

Thanks an awful lot, Artie.
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