(Contemporary Jazz) Pat Metheny Group Companion Vol.2(2 CD),редкие неизданные записи 1981-1982. FLAC (tracks), lossless

Pat Metheny Group Companion Vol.2 Сборник редчайших записей Pat Metheny Group периода 1981-1982 годов,не изданных на дисках, с историей,подробным описанием песен, используемых инструментов и т.д.Жанр: Jazz Год выпуска диска: 2006 Аудио кодек: FLAC Тип рипа: tracks Битрейт аудио: lossless Длительность:CD1- 0:76:35/ CD2- 0:76:24 Трэклист: Personnel: Pat Metheny: Guitars, Guitar Synthesizer, Synclavier Guitar prototype Lyle Mays: Piano, Synthesizers, Organ, Autoharp, Synclavier Steve Rodby: Acoustic and Electric Bass Dan Gottlieb: Drums Special guest Nana Vasconcelos: Percussion, Voice, BerimbauDisc 1: 01. Better Days Ahead (early version) (Metheny, or Metheny-Mays) 07:00 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1981) 02. The Windup (late-1981 arrangement) (Keith Jarrett) 07:43 (Victoria, British Columbia, November 7, 1981) 03. Turnaround (Ornette Coleman) 08:25 (Seattle, Washington, November 9, 1981) 04. Unidentified #6 (incorporating the theme to “Au Lait”) (Metheny-Mays) 18:05 (Providence, Rhode Island, March 11, 1981) 05. Mas Alla (Beyond) (early version) (Metheny) 08:31 (Rochester, New York, June 26, 1981) 06. (It's Just) Talk (early version) (Metheny) 07:17 (St. Louis, Missouri, July 20, 1982) 07. More Kansas City (Metheny) 09:41 (Berkeley, California, July 30, 1982) 08. Six And Eleven (Metheny, or Metheny-Mays) 08:37 (New York, New York, November 24, 1982)Disc 2: 01. Broadway Blues (Ornette Coleman) 07:30 (Rochester, Michigan, July 14, 1982) 02. solo Synclavier guitar prototype improvisation (Metheny) 03 :22 > 03. Mars (later retitled Close To Home) (1982 arrangement) (Mays) 12:20 (Norman, Oklahoma, July 22, 1982, late show)Bonus Tracks: 04. James (Metheny-Mays) 08:33 (Burlington, Vermont, March 12, 1981) 05. Offramp (Metheny-Mays) 08:32 (Rochester, New York, June 26, 1981) 06. "It's For You" (Metheny-Mays) 07:35 (Rochester, Michigan, July 14, 1982) 07. The Bat part II (Metheny-Mays) 04:08 > 08. solo berimbau improvisation (Vasconcelos) 02 :23 > 09. Ozark (Metheny-Mays) 04:54 (Norman, Oklahoma, July 22, 1982, early show) 10. Jaco (1981-1982 arrangement) (Metheny) 06:01 (Rochester, Michigan, July 14, 1982) 11. (Cross The) Heartland (Metheny-Mays) 07:29 12. American Garage (Metheny-Mays) 03:37 (Rochester, Michigan, July 14, 1982)Compilation - Jim Leonard Remastering – Charles Fredericks and Jay Vachon Graphics – Ted FoosДоп. информация:  скрытый текстWelcome to Volume 2 of The PMG Companion, a series of compilations that gather together the best available versions of the many compositions the Pat Metheny Group has performed in its history that have not appeared on commercially available albums by the PMG. Included are unreleased originals, standards and covers, and PMG treatments of material Metheny has released outside the Group.For this volume the criteria were expanded to allow for the inclusion of "bonus tracks" - live versions of songs that do have PMG studio recording counterparts. This approach, if contrary to the ground rules established for Volume 1, made it possible to compile "The Travels Companion." When you combine this two-disc set with the live double album Travels (recorded at various locations in 1982), you have at your fingertips a commercial quality recording of every piece of music the second lineup of the PMG performed in concert during its remarkably prolific two-year history.In the second half of 1980, while the PMG were on a six-month hiatus from touring and in the process of making a change in personnel, and continuing through 1981 and 1982, a seemingly endless stream of inspired compositions flowed from the pens of Metheny and his frequent collaborator, Lyle Mays. Many of these pieces grew out of purposeful experimentation, the writers having made a conscious decision to push themselves into previously unexplored areas. Several of the new works were recorded by Metheny and Mays in September of 1980, with special guest percussionist/vocalist Nana Vasconcelos of Brazil, and released on the duo’s pivotal As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls in early 1981. Another album’s worth of new material would appear early in 1982, with the release of the re-formed PMG’s landmark Offramp (recorded in October of 1981 with original member Dan Gottlieb, new member Steve Rodby on bass, and Vasconcelos, returning as a special guest). Seven more compositions, recorded after the Offramp sessions, dominated the live Travels album. There were other songs performed in 1981 and 1982 that went unrecorded until years later, after they had been revisited and reworked, or that remain unreleased as of this writing. All of those are included here. The PMG Companion, Vol. 2, along with Metheny’s groundbreaking double album, 80/81 (recorded in May of 1980, between PMG tours of North America and Europe), Metheny’s and Mays’ As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls, and the PMG’s Offramp and Travels albums, stand together as a testament to the tremendous growth of the composers during this period, and to a work ethic that, especially in Metheny’s case, continues to this day.In much of their adventurous new material, Metheny and Mays were expressing themselves, sonically, in ways they never had before, as well. This was due to the almost simultaneous introduction of two revolutionary synthesizers, which the two are credited with having pioneered in live performance. No one in attendance at a 1981 PMG concert will soon forget his or her first exposure to the raw, trumpet-like cry of Metheny's new Roland GR-300 guitar synthesizer, which he would strap on early in the set for the full-throttled frenzy of his role in the Group’s soon-to-be-recorded tribute to Ornette Coleman, “Offramp.” A few songs later, Metheny would pick up the Roland again, this time to render, in a far more lyrical but equally spectacular fashion, a building passion and an exhilarating release that, heretofore, would have been impossible for him to convey in a like manner, in his and Mays’ mesmerizing tour de force “Are You Going With Me?” (featured on Offramp, and in a live version on Travels).Mays, meanwhile, had added the computer-based Synclavier to his growing keyboard arsenal. A combination digital recording system and synthesizer, with a sampling rate much higher than the analog synthesizers of the day – higher than standard compact discs, in fact - it provided Mays with the ability to trigger pre-recorded backing tracks, or to synthesize, via the Synclavier’s keyboard, life-like recreations or imaginative permutations of any sound he and Metheny needed in order to fully realize their visions for their new compositions. Examples of such sampling choices included individual instruments (for instance, Mays’ “harmonica” solo in “Are You Going With Me?”), lush beds and orchestrations, and special effects, such as the circling helicopters, falling projectiles and multi-tracked manipulations of Vasconelos’ ethereal voice heard in live versions of “As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls” (a version is included on Travels) and – minus the helicopters – here, in the 1982 arrangement of “Mars.”Metheny and Mays employed the new synthesizers judiciously, choosing to expand on the distinctive stylistic foundation they’d forged in the first incarnation of the PMG. They also countered their increased use of synthetic sounds with a greater number of organic ones: percussion, the human voice, and, most notably, the acoustic bass. Metheny’s and Mays’ integration of new instruments and technologies has continued in the years since, but, thanks to an adherence to their original philosophy, the practice has never altered that which, elementally, has made the music of the PMG so unmistakably their own.Before we get to the music, please join me in acknowledging the continued dedication of my partners in this endeavor, Charles Fredericks and Ted Foos. Charles brought the raw tracks (a fair number of them from 25-year old cassette tapes) to a state I didn't think possible when we began this project. Even though many of the tracks were taped using the same recording equipment from night to night, the physical condition and the audio properties of each tape – and, sometimes, even the sound engineer’s mixes – were, to understate it, inconsistent from tape to tape. Somehow, using the Travels masters as his guides, Charles brought all of these tracks into line with one another, so that they now sound "of a piece" when heard together. Ted was there with us all the way, listening in as the raw tracks were chosen and then as they underwent transformation. Once we'd reached the point where we could begin to envision the final product – when it was finally decided that the bonus tracks would be included and the sequencing of the discs was firmly established - Ted began the process of creating his comprehensive artwork package, which is every bit the worthy successor to the outstanding package he designed for The PMG Companion, Vol. 1.The three of us would like to extend a very special thanks to our new friend, Jay Vachon. A fan of Volume 1, and an audio engineer who specializes in restoration, Jay contacted us late in the process to offer any technical assistance we might need. Rather than “simply” achieve the near-impossible goals we set for him – most notably, to find a way to bring down the overbearing volume level of the acoustic bass in a few of the tracks without disturbing the volume levels or the tonal qualities of the other instruments – Jay kindly put every minute of every track under his microscope and made additional contributions whenever possible.Finally, we’d like to thank our dear friend of longstanding, fellow PMG fan Claudia Milesky. Back in 2002, Claudia presented us with a wondrous old shoebox full of 25-year old, off-brand cassette tapes. Extraordinary examples of not being able to judge books by their covers, these battered, brittle old tapes were dubs of cassettes recorded by the PMG from their own soundboard in 1981 and 1982. Charles transferred and then mastered the few complete shows we found in the box, and they were made available to collectors not long after the tapes were in our possession. These were the widely circulated 1982 Rochester, Michigan concert (well represented here) and the early and late 1982 Norman, Oklahoma shows (also represented here). One of the two cassettes was, sadly, missing from the other shows, but the uncut or otherwise unflawed performances we were able to cull from the tapes we did have greatly expanded the universe from which this collection could be compiled. The significance of Claudia’s gift to the overall quality of this compilation cannot be overstated.All involved hope you will enjoy and value this addition to your PMG library. Please remember that volumes of The PMG Companion are never to be used for personal gain. Any attempts to sell copies via eBay or other means will be thwarted to the best of the abilities of the international PMG fan community, to whom this series is humbly dedicated.Jim Leonard ~ July 2006  Audiochecker logAUDIOCHECKER v1.2 - by Dester - opdester@freemail.hu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~01 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d1t01.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%02 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d1t02.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%03 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d1t03.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%04 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d1t04.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%05 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d1t05.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%06 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d1t06.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%07 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d1t07.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%08 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d1t08.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%09 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t01.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%10 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t02.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 87%11 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t03.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%12 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t04.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%13 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t05.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 99%14 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t06.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 99%15 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t07.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%16 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t08.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 99%17 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t09.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%18 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t10.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%19 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t11.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%20 -===- D:\Downloads\PMG_Companion_Vol2\PMG_Companion_Vol2_FLAC\PMG_Companion_Vol2_d2t12.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%