The Stark Reality - Acting, Thinking, Feeling: The Complete Works 1968-1978 (6LP + BONUS 7" + BOX SET DIGITAL DOWNLOAD!) - Vinyl LP Record [6LP] - Underground Hip Hop

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Acting, Thinking, Feeling marks the first time that psychedelic jazz ensemble The Stark Reality's Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop album has been reissued in full (the 2003 Stones Throw Records anthology Now only contained half of the original album's music). The anthology also contains the band's out-of-print Roller Coaster Ride (first issued as 1969 on Now-Again in 2003), and a series of recently discovered, previously-unreleased tracks in a 3 CD "complete works" box set.

Besides the missing Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop songs, the most exciting additions to the Stark Reality's oeuvre are the three songs recorded between the earliest incarnation of the band � the big band that recorded "Theme To Say Brother" and "Acting, Thinking, Feeling" in 1968 - and the slimmed down combo that recorded the Roller Coaster Ride and The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop. These recordings display a band in flux, and color the development of Stark's genius. We hear the signature sound of his "plugged in" vibes for the first time; we hear an early stab at the psychedelic "Red Yellow Moonbeams" (and realize why his addition John Abercrombie and his fuzz guitar was crucial to his vision); we hear a sublte change towards a more funk and rock based sound.

This anthology thus encapsulates the first known Stark Reality recordings � done for and in performance at WGBH, these transitional big band pieces, and the Roller Coaster Ride and The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop albums in full. The liner notes are updated with Ahmad Jamal's participation, more photos and full annotation of the additional songs.



Box Set:

Track Listing

Song Title

Audio

1.	Merry Go Round Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

2.	Junkman's Song Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

3.	Thirty Days Hath September Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

4.	The Whale Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

5.	The Old Prospector Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

6.	Grandfather Clock Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

7.	Cooking Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

8.	Shooting Stars Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

9.	Rocket Ship Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

10.	Dreams Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

11.	Blue Pillow Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

12.	Swing High Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

13.	Clouds Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

14.	Traveling Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

15.	Bustin' Out Of Doors Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

16.	Comrades Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

17.	All You Need To Make Music Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

18.	On Being Black Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

19.	New World Generation Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

20.	Red Yellow Moonbeams (Big Band Version) Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

21.	Red Yellow Moonbeams Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

22.	Nani Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

23.	Pretty Music Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

24.	Roller Coaster Ride Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

25.	Too Much Tenderness Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

26.	Sunday's Song Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

27.	Acting, Thinking, Feeling Pt. 1 Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

28.	Acting, Thinking, Feeling Pt. 2 Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

29.	Acting, Thinking, Feeling Pt. 3 Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

30.	Prelude To Say Brother Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

31.	Theme To Say Brother Producers: Monty Stark; The Stark Reality

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