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Jack Rose - 'Raag Manifestos' - £11.99 "this is a limited edition tour only CD compiled from a variety of sources"	Jack Rose - 'Two Originals Of...' ('Red Horse, White Mule' and ' Opium Musick') £11.99
"Pelt member Jack Rose is midway through a UK jaunt that finishes next Monday with Sunburned Hand of the Man, this is a limited edition tour only CD compiled from a variety of sources, 'Raag Manifestos' cuts across various acoustic styles much like rose's "Opium Musick" but with a more aggressive attack. there's some dense, serious assaults on the 12 string, with some added electronic roar courtesy of Ian Nagoski." "The true heir to the takoma sound, packaged in a cardstock gatefold digipak. a truly magnificent record" From http://www.midheaven.com This limited edition CD is released in conjunction with Jack Rose's first major European and West Coast U.S. tours. Compiled from a variety of sources, Raag Manifestos cuts across various acoustic styles much like Rose's Opium Musick LP, but with a more aggressive attack. "Black Pearls from the River" and "Hart Crane's Old Boyfriends" are dense, serious assaults on the 12-string, with the intensity of the latter enhanced by Ian Nagoski's roaring electronic backdrop. With subtle tabla accompaniment by Eric Carbonara, "Crossing The Great Waters" is another epic modal journey in the style of Pelt's "Road To Catawba" and Rose's own "Red Horse." The traditional "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord" finishes off the CD on a calming note. In mini-gatefold 30-second MP3 excerpts: Black Pearls From The River Tower Of Babel Hart Crane's Old Boyfriends Tex Crossing The Great Waters Road Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord	"Debut solo CD from Jack Rose, combining his much-lauded Eclipse LP's 'Red Horse, White Mule' and 'Opium Musick'. While 'Red Horse, White Mule' is generally recognized as in the Takoma-inspired tradition, Jack adds his own exotic influences and recognizable touch - whether abstracting on the modal epic "Red Horse" or the rough slide stylings of "The Colonel's Blues." 'Opium Musick' is an eclectic collection with pieces for 12 string (the percussive and dark "Black Pearls), 6 string, and lap guitar. The two tracks featuring the lap guitar are duets. The lovely raga-ish "Yaman Blues" features Mike Gangloff on tanpura, and the near-ragtime of "Linden Ave Stomp" features Glenn Jones on his vintage Gibson. The 12 page booklet reproduces the liner notes from both LP's and adds a few snaps for fun" Track Listing: 1. Red Horse 2. Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground (Johnson) 3. White Mule 4. White Mule II 5. Hide the Whiskey (Blues for the Colonel) 6. Yaman Blues 7. Linden Ave Stomp (Rose, Jones) 8. Mountaintop Lamento 9. Black Pearls
	"Rose's personalized and disparate criteria awaken feelings of both rapture and tragedy on the scale of that which must have been felt by the newly-wed anthropologist who drove Kiowa Indian guests out of his Oklahoma residence with Victrola discs of Amelita Galli-Curci in order to go to bed with his bride or the child who, on hearing Bugs Bunny sing Queen Liluokalani's dirge "Aloha Oe," quarantined himself in the clothes hamper until such time that the United States withdraws from Hawai'i." Kisan Nagai, Blues Scholar, on Red Horse, White Mule "In the year and half between "Red horse, White Mule" and "Opium Musick" Mr. Rose spent the majority of his time honing his Ragtime and Jass skills. He met Dr. Chattanooga Red soon after recording his 1st lp and he revealed the secrets of Ragtime and Jass to Jack in ancient ceremony. Red came down with the jake in Philadelphia and died shortly after their tour. On his deathbed he told Jack not to let the ragtime die and to bring it into the 21st century. And now we have "Opium Musick" as a result of Jack's studies and travels, a lovely tribute to Jack's beloved teacher." Joe R. Sack, Blues Scholar, on Opium Musick