{"product_id":"art-ensemble-of-chicago-people-in-sorrow-new-lp","title":"Art Ensemble of Chicago - People In Sorrow - New LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: New LP Label: Play Loud Cat. No. \u003cspan\u003ePL195 \u003c\/span\u003eBarcode: 4042564256888\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: \u003cspan\u003e15\/05\/2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFinally re-released! Originally released by EMI’s Pathé Marconi imprint in 1969,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeople in Sorrow\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e— a 40-minute work by the four-piece lineup of Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Lester Bowie, and\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMalachi Favors — 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\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ethe Art Ensemble during their 23-month sojourn in France, which launched the American group internationally. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePeople in Sorrow can be viewed as the culminating event in the Art Ensemble’s inventive and revolutionary approach to\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ecollective 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\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eaugmented with new liner notes by veteran U.S. music journalist Chris Morris, this release marks the long-awaited return of the record that Chicago-based writer, curator, and label operator John Corbett\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ecalls “one of the most luminous albums of creative music ever made.”\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis edition faithfully recreates the first French Pathé-Marconi pressing of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeople in Sorrow\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(1969), which originally featured black graphics on a light (white or off-white) background and red Pathé-Marconi\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003elabels, 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\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ealbum has been newly remastered from the original tapes by Moritz Illner (duophonic), who also handled play loud!’s acclaimed reissue of the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s Les Stances à Sophie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Play Loud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56867275604348,"sku":"4042564256888","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/9763\/5678\/files\/1o19LgcB.webp?v=1781256296","url":"https:\/\/offthebeatentracks.co.uk\/products\/art-ensemble-of-chicago-people-in-sorrow-new-lp","provider":"Off The Beaten Tracks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}