{"product_id":"arthur-russell-another-thought-reissue","title":"ARTHUR RUSSELL - Another Thought (Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2LP - Standard Edition Double 140g Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve with insert and original liner notes. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnother Thought\u003c\/em\u003e was the first collection of \u003cstrong\u003eArthur Russell\u003c\/strong\u003e’s music to be released after his death in 1992. Released in 1993 on \u003cstrong\u003ePoint Music\u003c\/strong\u003e it marked the beginning of nearly 30 years of work to let the world hear the enormous archive of unreleased recordings Arthur left behind. \u003cstrong\u003eBe With\u003c\/strong\u003e revisits this first compilation for a new gatefold double vinyl version and a triple-fold digipak CD reissue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with \u003cem\u003eCalling Out Of Context\u003c\/em\u003e, Soul Jazz’s\u003cem\u003e World of Arthur Russell\u003c\/em\u003e, and much of the ongoing work of \u003cem\u003eAudika\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnother Thought\u003c\/em\u003e is absolutely essential for even the most casual Arthur Russell collection. In fact we’d argue it’s essential for any fan of non-obvious pop music. This is the only place where you can hear some of Arthur’s most recognisable tunes and it’s an album that absolutely deserves to be kept in press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with the sparse voice-and-cello of the title track, \u003cem\u003eA Little Lost\u003c\/em\u003e adds some guitar along with the sneaking suspicion that we’re listening to something nowhere near as simple as it first sounds. By the time we get to \u003cem\u003eThis Is How We Walk On The Moon\u003c\/em\u003e – it could be the moment you notice the congas, or the percussion that’s been building behind them, or maybe it’s that blast of trumpet and trombone – we realise we’ve gone from splashing around to being completely submerged in the musical world of Arthur Russell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom here the album heads off on its journey around the sounds of the left-field contemporary classical music of the time, re-directed towards pop ears, with minor detours through the swirling woozy disco of the half-remembered night before on \u003cem\u003eIn The Light Of The Miracle\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMy Tiger, My Timing\u003c\/em\u003e. Whether it’s just Arthur, his cello and some bleeps on Just A Blip, or whether he has some vocal help as he does on the bounding \u003cem\u003eKeeping Up\u003c\/em\u003e, this is difficult music made so, so easy. And through it all is Arthur’s voice and cello. Sometimes drowned in distortion and sometimes clear as a bell, but always there somewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Sudden Chill\u003c\/em\u003e finally returns us to the calmer waters we started in and this last track closes the album with a melancholy that’s not surprising given how soon after Arthur’s death the album was put together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhilst \u003cem\u003eAnother Thought\u003c\/em\u003e holds together with the consistency of a proper album, there’s still no getting away from the fact that this was put together from audio recorded in different ways, in different places, with different people at different times. Those with keen ears will hear traces of tape hiss, the occasional blown-out note and some digital fuzz, all fingerprints of those original recordings as well as of the 1990s digital equipment that was used to piece \u003cem\u003eAnother Thought\u003c\/em\u003e together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdd to this Arthur’s obvious pleasure in making music from the sort of sounds that can make microphones, speakers and ears uncomfortable, it’s no surprise that Another Thought isn’t glossy and pristine. \u003cstrong\u003eDon Christensen\u003c\/strong\u003e’s productions have been careful to not scrub up those original recordings so much that they lose their original vibe, understandable given that Arthur wasn’t around as a guide. We’ve applied a similarly light touch with the mastering for these \u003cstrong\u003eBe With\u003c\/strong\u003e versions, just working to make sure they sound like they should on both the vinyl and the CD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMastered by \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Francis\u003c\/strong\u003e and the vinyl cut by \u003cstrong\u003ePete Norman\u003c\/strong\u003e. The original artwork has been restored and tweaked at Be With HQ for the gatefold sleeve and the triple-fold digipak, with the essential help of \u003cstrong\u003eJanette Beckman\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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