One way to pass a wind blasted Bank Holiday is to read the Wikipedia entries on your favourite musicians. Whilst reading the Kamasi Washington discography I saw a reference to The Choice, a five track EP with an accompanying date of 2018. Not recognising the recording I looked it up on Amazon.co.uk and saw no mention of it there. Nothing on Amazon.com either. Following the Wikipedia link for The Choice I found out that I already had it, I just didn’t know it.
At this point I should
apologise in advance if everybody already knew this and I’m the only one who
didn’t until today. The Choice is, in
fact, an extra disc hidden in the middle of Heaven
and Earth, Washington’s 2018 album. Examining my CD copy of the album, I
saw perforations down one side of the central section when the cover was fully
opened out. Gently cutting through these perforations with a kitchen knife,
(please see photograph of reconstruction) gives access to the hidden disc.
The
Choice is an album length collection (38 minutes plus) and
has the full battalion of musicians that appear elsewhere on Heaven and Earth. For the avoidance of
doubt, these are completed pieces of music not demos or false starts. Vinyl
versions also contain The Choice as
an extra fifth disc. It is not clear from the Wikipedia entry and associated
references, most of which date to 2018, whether or not the extra disc is
available with every physical copy of the album or just came with early
editions. It is not included as part of the album download but is still
available from the usual streaming services.
It’s not often that I
encourage people to set about their record collections with a carving knife,
but this time, it’s worth the effort.
Dave
Sayer
Available as part of Heaven and Earth on
Shoto Mas/Young Turks.
The
Secret of Jinsinson (Washington); Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
(Goffin/King); My Family (Washington); Agents of Multiverse (Washington); Ooh
Child (Vincent).
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