{"product_id":"loren-connors-unaccompanied-acoustic-guitar-improvisations-vol-2-new-lp-record-2024-feeding-tube-vinyl-folk-american-primitive-experimental","title":"Loren Connors - Unaccompanied Acoustic Guitar Improvisations Vol. 2 - New LP Record 2024 Feeding Tube Vinyl - Folk \/ American Primitive \/ Experimental","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\"Here is the second volume of protean solo improvisations recorded by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoren Connors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein his artist's garret in New Haven, Connecticut. Like the first volume, it was committed to tape and pressed to vinyl in 1979. Never having seen a copy of this record, and having pressed it before we discovered a master cassette exists, this is as good a transfer as can be had for the nonce. Loren's chair creaks like rusty crow and the amount of random tapping and thumping during the original session just about drove\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy Lemos\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecrazy when they were working on it. But they persisted, and we all owe them a debt of gratitude. Although most people cannot help themselves from believing all nine volumes of this series are of a piece, the second volume sounds quite different from its predecessor. For one thing, it is truly solo. There's no sign of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKath Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e's voice or recorder to be found. The guitar attack is much more active here, as is the vocalizing. Loren gives off a vibe most easily compared to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBud Powell\u003c\/b\u003e's manner of vocally emphasizing his piano runs. This style of accompaniment has much less of a blues-counterpoint to it, serving more as way to amplify the strange melodic arc of the guitar as it moves through dark space. Some of the instrumental phrases and tag-lines here are surprisingly similar to elements of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEugene Chadbourne\u003c\/b\u003e's Parachute-era solo improvisations, although Loren is usually reluctant to describe his efforts in terms of overt avant gardism. He was, however, cavorting and collaborating during this period with known avant gardists, so perhaps we are best left to draw our own aesthetic conclusions from just listening. Whatever it is he was doing in the dark of Daggett Street, I think we can agree it was incredible. And if you can't dig it, well... have a nice life.\" --\u003cb\u003eByron Coley\u003c\/b\u003e, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tracklisting\"\u003eTrack Listing:\n\u003ctable width=\"450\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"4\"\u003eDisc 1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"4\"\u003eA\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"normal\"\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"right\"\u003e01.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePart 1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17:32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e listen\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"4\"\u003eB\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"alternate\"\u003e\n\u003ctd align=\"right\"\u003e02.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePart 2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16:34\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e listen\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43965786915014,"sku":"769791979062","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/silveradocustomhomesinc.com\/s\/files\/1\/1377\/6983\/files\/FTR258LP_CU.jpg?v=1721326549","url":"https:\/\/www.silveradocustomhomesinc.com\/products\/loren-connors-unaccompanied-acoustic-guitar-improvisations-vol-2-new-lp-record-2024-feeding-tube-vinyl-folk-american-primitive-experimental","provider":"silveradocustomhomesinc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}