C or D: Robbie Basho, "Basho Sings"

anyone heard this new rarities compilation?

i didn't know there was one!

Land of our fathers, released on a swiss label called 'holographic ontological networks'. You think you've seen all the rad basho pics and then they dig this one out:

https://assets.boomkat.com/spree/products/606201/large/R-12025590-1526807186-3343.png.jpg

1000 incarnations of the rose and then a bunch of stuff I don't know.

Oh, I ordered that one in 2018! So not quite brand new. Definitely great though.

huh looks like boomkat have the wrong date! what's it like?

To be honest, I got it right before I moved so it quickly went out of sight and out of mind. Since finding it I've only spun it once so far.

I can't confirm any time soon (traveling), but the youtube list on the discogs page might be accurate?

https://www.discogs.com/Robbie-Basho-Land-Of-Our-Fathers-Rarities-1967-1983/release/12025590

ah, so a lot of the bouquet stuff!

Basho died unexpectedly at the age of 45 due to an accident during a visit to his chiropractor, where an "intentional whiplash" experiment caused blood vessels in his neck to rupture, leading to a fatal stroke.

Yup. Super freaky!

Phew -- new 5 CD set of unreleased Basho due out in December:

http://www.tompkinssquare.com/bashoboxset.html

It's out, and it's spectacular - depending on your tolerance for his voice, which is all over these tracks. (My personal tolerance is sky-high.) Other than some random string-tunings and asides to studio personnel, the tracks are pretty realized, not odds-n'-endsy at all.