And in walked Verve…
My recent reading on the Elis & Tom documentary turned up a little nugget mention that Elis had left an unfinished album with Wayne Shorter. Jazz guy that I am, it led me to a Google search around to see if there might be a lost recording that had been released. No such luck, but one of the link I click on was to 2007 thread on a forum discussing a reissue pressing from Verve of the original Elis & Tom album that is hard to get my head around (like those posting in 2007). Snip from OP back then:
“As adjunct to the ongoing bossa thread. The new reissue of Elis Regina and Tom Jobim's classic '74 Elis & Tom amounts to a different record. Whole intros that were included on the '90 reissue gone, instruments taken drastically out of the mix...stuff like that. No liners explaining what the fuck is going on. Puzzling, to say the least; what is Verve thinking?
My same first reaction was WTF!?!? A follow up snip ads more detail:
“it's substantially different. listening to the new version of "Triste" right now, and the flutes you hear on the '90 reissue are totally gone. the electric piano parts on "Brigas, Nuncas Mais" are gone, and the song sounds totally different. the guitar intro for "Photograph" (it sounds like "I'll Be Home for Christmas") is gone, as is the slow, almost rubato section that leads into the faster part (with an eletric piano part). so the new version starts at about 1 minute into the previous; and I think it might even be a different take. some of the songs aren't substantially different, and the mastering is way more forceful. it's kind of a more spare, swinging album in this version.
it's a mystery on Verve's part--uh, you reissue this record and then don't bother to indicate anywhere that it's really quite different? no liners of any kind.”
I am curious if anyone here might have heard this version of the album? I can’t imagine this would be good, the spare swinging comment leaves me wondering.. could be interesting.
See: What's the deal with the new Verve reissue of [i]Elis & Tom[/i]?
My recent reading on the Elis & Tom documentary turned up a little nugget mention that Elis had left an unfinished album with Wayne Shorter. Jazz guy that I am, it led me to a Google search around to see if there might be a lost recording that had been released. No such luck, but one of the link I click on was to 2007 thread on a forum discussing a reissue pressing from Verve of the original Elis & Tom album that is hard to get my head around (like those posting in 2007). Snip from OP back then:
“As adjunct to the ongoing bossa thread. The new reissue of Elis Regina and Tom Jobim's classic '74 Elis & Tom amounts to a different record. Whole intros that were included on the '90 reissue gone, instruments taken drastically out of the mix...stuff like that. No liners explaining what the fuck is going on. Puzzling, to say the least; what is Verve thinking?
My same first reaction was WTF!?!? A follow up snip ads more detail:
“it's substantially different. listening to the new version of "Triste" right now, and the flutes you hear on the '90 reissue are totally gone. the electric piano parts on "Brigas, Nuncas Mais" are gone, and the song sounds totally different. the guitar intro for "Photograph" (it sounds like "I'll Be Home for Christmas") is gone, as is the slow, almost rubato section that leads into the faster part (with an eletric piano part). so the new version starts at about 1 minute into the previous; and I think it might even be a different take. some of the songs aren't substantially different, and the mastering is way more forceful. it's kind of a more spare, swinging album in this version.
it's a mystery on Verve's part--uh, you reissue this record and then don't bother to indicate anywhere that it's really quite different? no liners of any kind.”
I am curious if anyone here might have heard this version of the album? I can’t imagine this would be good, the spare swinging comment leaves me wondering.. could be interesting.
See: What's the deal with the new Verve reissue of [i]Elis & Tom[/i]?