Rolling Reissues 2015

Acute licensed some stuff to those Punk 45 comps. Great series.

http://exclaim.ca/music/article/felt_gets_vinyl_reissue_campaign_through_captured_tracks

Glad to see these get reissued but i'm bummed I just dropped $$$ on the originals.

Your originals probably sound better and are still going to be worth more, if that makes you feel better.

Not music, but zany energy x blithe spirit

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SHOUT! FACTORY EXTENDS ERNIE KOVACS DISTRIBUTION DEAL THROUGH 2020

Library of Congress Acquisition of the Archive of Ernie Kovacs &
Edie Adams Estate Guarantees Preservation and Digitization of the Entire Archive from Television’s Original Genius & Muriel Cigar Girl

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOS ANGELES, CA (THURSDAY DECEMBER 3, 2015) – Shout! Factory and Ediad Productions today announced an agreement extending the distribution of Ernie Kovacs visual archive that aired in the 1950s and early 1960s for five years through 2020. In addition to the continued sale of existing packages of television shows, a newly amassed physical set will be released to coincide with the Centennial of Kovacs’ birth on January 23, 2019. Entire episodes of previously unseen-since-broadcast shows from the Ernie Kovacs archive will be released digitally.

It was also announced today that the Library of Congress has acquired the entire physical archive of both Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams including Kinescopes, videotapes, 16MM, Super 8 home movies and other media that provide a unique window into both the professional and personal lives of these two iconic entertainers. The intellectual property however remains with Ediad Productions. The collection will complement the Library’s existing collections of iconic humorists, including Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Jerry Lewis, Danny Kaye, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Sid Caesar and Johnny Carson.

The Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams Collection will be available to researchers in the Library’s Motion Picture and Television Reading Room in Washington, D.C. Processing of the collection continues, but much of it is currently available to researchers.

“The immense popularity of our three Ernie Kovacs releases during the first five-year period of this partnership justified the extension of this agreement with Shout! Factory,” said Joshua Mills, President of Ediad Productions. “To that end, the Library of Congress acquisition of the Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams archive now guarantees the preservation and digitization of their work for future generations which was always Edie’s dream. As we push forward into the digital age, we will be introducing these shows to new audiences via streaming and mobile devices beginning shortly with Shout! Factory. ”

“We are delighted to continue being the home of the Ernie Kovacs Show, and we look forward to bringing more of his comic genius to fans of groundbreaking television,” said Jordan Fields, Vice President of Acquisitions at Shout! Factory.

The Library of Congress Collection highlights include:

• 2" videotape masters of all 8 of Kovacs' monthly specials for ABC (1961-62)
• 35mm kinescopes of 74 episodes of Kovacs' infamous morning show for NBC (1956)
• 2" videotape masters of 35 episodes of "Take a Good Look", Ernie's tongue-in-cheek panel quiz show
• Original 16mm elements of Kovacs' silent movie spoof “The Mysterious Knockwurst” made for his CBS morning show in 1953
• 2" videotape masters of all 21 episodes of "Here's Edie"
• Original 16mm kinescopes for "Ernie in Kovacsland" (1951)
• Test footage of matting effects for Ernie as "Superclod" et al
• Audio masters of (formerly) unreleased Percy Dovetonsils LP "Percy Dovetonsils…Thpeakth"

Ernie Kovacs, whose offbeat humor graced the airwaves for just a decade in the 1950s, and early 1960’s served healthy portions of the offbeat to his audiences, who had never seen anything quite like this cigar-wielding charmer. Wickedly funny but not offensive, Kovacs’ unique humor and flair for improvisation continues to attract audiences, influencing TV funnymen from Johnny Carson, Monty Python, Billy Crystal, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman, Pee Wee Herman and many Saturday Night Live cast members.

About Ediad Productions, Inc.
Formed by the late entertainer & Muriel Cigar girl Edie Adams and currently run by her son Joshua Mills, Ediad Productions is home to what is likely the largest independent archive of early American television in existence. With more than 150 half-hours of content from legendary comedian Ernie Kovacs as well as two seasons of Edie Adams’ prime time variety show from the mid-1960, Ediad Productions is a treasure trove of classic popular entertainment. Titles in the archive include, The Ernie Kovacs Show, Ernie in Kovacsland, Take A Good Look (clues), the Kovacs specials for ABC, The Edie Adams Show, Here’s Edie! and much more. Ediad Productions is based in Los Angeles, California.

About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform media company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s entertainment offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials. Shout’s audio division boasts GRAMMY®-nominated box sets, Broadway cast albums, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable “best of” compilations. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast digital distribution network which delivers video and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records and Video Time Machine. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com.

About Library of Congress
The Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation is a state-of-the-art facility funded as a gift to the nation by the Packard Humanities Institute. The Packard Campus is the site where the nation’s library acquires, preserves and provides access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of motion pictures, television programs, radio broadcasts and sound recordings (www.loc.gov/avconservation). The Packard Campus is home to more than 7 million collection items. It provides staff support for the Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board (www.loc.gov/film), the National Recording Preservation Board (www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb) and the national registries for film and recorded sound.

Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation’s first-established federal cultural institution. It seeks to spark imagination and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by providing access to knowledge through its magnificent collections, programs, publications and exhibitions. Many of the Library’s rich resources can be accessed through its website at loc.gov.


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#JanisJoplin Early And Rare is on Egg Raid, 4 Dec., and #SteeleyeSpan Catch Up 2CD is out via Park.
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#MaynardFerguson The Ballad Style Of/Alive And Well In London is on BGO, 4 Dec., Bobbie Gentry The Definitive Collection 2CD is on Humphead.
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#JohnnyThunders In Cold Blood LP is on Easy Action, 4 Dec., Ben Webster The Complete Recordings 1952-59/59-62 4CDs on Enlightenment Series.
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Scott Seward posted that maybe his earliest memory was of being scared by Maynard Ferguson, live. Another ilxor responded, pronouncing MF "the Yngwie Malmsteen of jazz," which sounds right.
Haven't heard of In Cold Blood, what's it like?

Not sure if it's common knowledge but Nuno Canavarro's Plux Quba is back:
http://www.dragcity.com/products/plux-quba

Wasn't there some controversy about the last reissue of that being edited or remixed or something? Hmm.

Negativland’s latest release celebrates legacy of Don Joyce with 34 years of group’s “Over The Edge” radio program for download.

Called a “Mount Rushmore for sound collagists,” by Dangerous Minds, over 3200 hours of Joyce-helmed episodes are available now.

Negativland’s newest release is 34 years in the making, over 3200 hours long, and no human may ever be able to listen to it all! It is of course the audio archive of the legendary culture jamming group’s weekly radio show “Over The Edge” (Seeland 031).

Negativland’s live mix radio show “Over The Edge” is the longest-running block of free-form audio collage in radio history. With Negativland’s Don Joyce at the helm, the weekly show was broadcast from KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California from 1981 to 2015. The news of Joyce’s passing on July 22, 2015 received nearly 130,000 views on Negativland’s Facebook page, and with his death being memorialized by mainstream publications such as Rolling Stone and Billboard, the band members felt it was only fitting for this important and substantial portion of the group’s work to be made available immediately.

Access the “Over The Edge” Radio Archive here
https://archive.org/details/ote&tab=about

“Over The Edge”’s weekly themed mixes are made live and spontaneously on the air from a variety of formats and equipment used to do live sound cut-ups and collage while mixing, including the frequent use of the now long-dead analog technology of radio broadcast cart machines. On each themed episode there is a plan and there is no plan. The mix consists of found sounds of many kinds, from many sources, put together as a continuous audio collage, along with live electronics, live sound processing, and recurring themes and characters. “Over The Edge” also often employs “Receptacle Programming,” where phone callers are punched into the mix with no warning.

The archive currently has 941 three-to-five-hour-long episodes of “Over The Edge,” over 3200 hours of the show, with some gaps in the archive to be filled over time (especially the early years). If you are that person who listens to every single show in the archive, no matter how many years it takes you, Negativland wants to know about it!

Though “Over The Edge” continues to exist and evolve, and is still broadcast each week on KPFA-FM, the “Over The Edge” Radio Archive consists of the episodes helmed by Don Joyce. It ends on the episode broadcast immediately after his passing, “There Is No Don.”

A more extensive background on Negativland, “Over The Edge,” and Don Joyce’s legacy, written at the time of his passing, can be found courtesy of SF Gate here. (it's by primeval ilxor Uncle Ned Raggett!)
http://blog.sfgate.com/loaded/2015/07/23/don-joyce-radio-maverick-and-member-of-negativland-dies-at-71/

An informative bio on Negativland’s past, present, and future, is at this link:
http://www.negativland.com/news/?page_id=250

Besides Negativland’s many studio recordings, a selection of “Over The Edge” shows have been edited into CD releases over the years, and can be found here. http://negativland.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=13&zenid=f95f3f3741fca6098cdd8f4874e221b7