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  NA5094CD  £15.00

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Now Again

The Stark Reality

Acting, Thinking, Feeling

"Acting, Thinking, Feeling" marks the first time that psychedelic jazz ensemble The Stark Reality's "Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop" album has been reissued in full. The anthology also contains the band's out-of-print "Roller Coaster Ride" and a series of recently discovered, previously unreleased tracks in a 3 CD complete works box set.

Besides the missing "Hoagy Carmichael s Music Shop" songs, the most exciting additions to the Stark Reality's oeuvre are the 3 songs recorded between the earliest incarnation of the big band that recorded "Theme To Say Brother" and "Acting,Thinking, Feeling" in 1968 - and the slimmed down combo that recorded the "Roller Coaster Ride" and "...Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop".

These recordings display a band in flux, and color the development of Stark's genius. We hear the signature sound of his plugged in vibes for the first time; we hear an early stab at the psychedelic Red Yellow Moonbeams , we hear a subtle change towards a more funk and rock based sound. This anthology thus encapsulates the first known Stark Reality's recordings done for and in performance at WGBH"

Tracklist

• Disc: 1

  1. Merry Go Round
  2. Junkmans Song
  3. Thirty Days Hath September
  4. The Whale
  5. The Old Prospector
  6. Grandfather Clock
  7. Cooking
  8. Shooting Stars
  9. Rocket Ship

  Disc 2

  1. Dreams
  2. Blue Pillow
  3. Swing High
  4. Clouds
  5. Travelling
  6. Bustin Out The Doors
  7. Comrades
  8. All You Need To Make Music
  9. Roller Coaster Ride
  10. Too Much Tenderness
  11. Sundays Song
  12. Acting, Thinking, Feeling Pt 1
  13. Acting, Thinking, Feeling Pt 2
  14. Acting, Thinking, Feeling Pt 3
  15. Prelude To Say Brother
  16. Theme To Say Brother

  Disc 3

  1. On Being Black
  2. New World Generation
  3. Red Yellow Moonbeams (Big Band Version)
  4. Red Yellow Moonbeams
  5. Nani
  6. Pretty Music