Excellent news on album #reissue front. Remastered 20th anniversary of this stellar #CharlieHunter record from the early aughts halcyon days of Ropeadope records (remember those?!).
This outing has Charlie laying down signature grooves with a quintet featuring sax, trombone, and harmonica. A real high point in his remarkable discography.
Long out of print on CD and conspicuously absent from streaming. Now available online with #vinyl preorders shipping later this year.
@drummmerandy ropeadope still out there putting out good material
@mrcompletely true, but I have a soft spot for their early years. Plus it all got kinda preserved in amber for me when it went out of print.
@drummmerandy for sure ropeadope was the signature label of a specific era and sound
@mrcompletely @drummmerandy I just found out a couple of hours ago that Ropeadope is on mastodon - https://muso.social/@Ropeadope/
@mrcompletely @jasonisaacdrums thanks for sharing!
@mrcompletely yeah, The Duo, Philadelphia Experiment, the Tonic albums, this Hunter one.... so much good stuff.
@drummmerandy @mrcompletely They also had some of my favorite merch in the early 00s. I had this great Sun Ra Ropeadope t-shirt I wore until it fell apart.
@Nolasox @mrcompletely oh yeah. I loved their Olympic series also. The Mexico City '68 shirt was a staple in my wardrobe for years.
@drummmerandy Plus, Bing, Bing, Bing was re-released recently…
@dnanian I didn't realize that! Thanks for the tip.