{"product_id":"people-in-sorrow","title":"Art Ensemble of Chicago - People In Sorrow (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"1544\"\u003eOriginally released by EMI’s Pathé Marconi imprint in 1969, \u003cem data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"234\"\u003ePeople in Sorrow\u003c\/em\u003e — a 40-minute work by the four-piece lineup of \u003cstrong data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"311\"\u003eRoscoe Mitchell\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"318\" data-end=\"335\"\u003eJoseph Jarman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"358\"\u003eLester Bowie\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"387\"\u003eMalachi Favors\u003c\/strong\u003e — has long been unavailable on vinyl and CD, and then only in hard-to-find European and Japanese issues. It is arguably the finest and most ambitious of the 14 studio albums recorded by the \u003cstrong data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"604\"\u003eArt Ensemble\u003c\/strong\u003e during their 23-month sojourn in France, which launched the American group internationally. (In 2023, play loud! reissued \u003cem data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"769\"\u003eLes Stances à Sophie\u003c\/em\u003e, the AEC’s celebrated soundtrack for Moshé Mizrahi’s like-titled film, also recorded in France and first issued by Pathé.) \u003cem data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"921\"\u003ePeople in Sorrow\u003c\/em\u003e can be viewed as the culminating event in the Art Ensemble’s inventive and revolutionary approach to collective improvisation, counterpoising clamorous free-blowing intensity with expanses of hushed conversation on the group’s immense arsenal of “little instruments.” Fully licensed from Warner Music, and augmented with new liner notes by veteran U.S. music journalist \u003cstrong data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1328\"\u003eChris Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e, this release marks the long-awaited return of the record that Chicago-based writer, curator, and label operator \u003cstrong data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1463\"\u003eJohn Corbett\u003c\/strong\u003e calls “one of the most luminous albums of creative music ever made.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"2208\"\u003eThis edition faithfully recreates the first French Pathé-Marconi pressing of \u003cem data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"1656\"\u003ePeople in Sorrow\u003c\/em\u003e (1969), which originally featured black graphics on a light (white or off-white) background and red Pathé-Marconi labels, rather than the yellow cover seen on later issues. The vinyl LP includes an inlay with detailed liner notes, while the CD Digipak comes with a 12-page booklet containing the same material. The album has been newly remastered from the original tapes by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2068\"\u003eMoritz Illner\u003c\/strong\u003e (duophonic), who also handled play loud!’s acclaimed reissue of the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s \u003cem data-start=\"2183\" data-end=\"2205\"\u003eLes Stances à Sophie\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Play Loud Prod","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47988725743834,"sku":"N4042564256888","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/5705\/3402\/files\/4042564256888.jpg?v=1781199319","url":"https:\/\/jackpotrecords.com\/products\/people-in-sorrow","provider":"Jackpot Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}