The Unheard Music Series is an imprint of the American record label Atavistic Records. The series, running since 2000, is curated by Chicago writer and producer John Corbett and focuses mainly on free jazz recordings from the 1960s and 1970s. The series includes reissues of previously out-of-print recordings, notably from the catalog of the German label FMP, and also incorporates previously unreleased material. The project was conceived after Corbett received a fellowship to research material in German radio archives. An initial blurb from the label's website stated: "Drawing from radio archives, private tapes, collections of rare vinyl, and all sorts of unreleased sessions, often working hand-in-hand with the artists themselves, the series will focus on filling gaps in the historical record and illuminating otherwise dark corners of the musical continuum."
The series was launched in May 2000 with the reissue of four LPs by American musicians Joe McPhee and Fred Anderson, German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, and the Swedish group Mount Everest Trio. Since then there have been several new issues per year. The most frequently represented artist has been Brötzmann, while American bandleader Sun Ra has also been represented multiple times, as have McPhee and German pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach.
Titles Catalog no.ArtistTitleRelease dateNotes 201 Nation Time 2000-05-09 reissue; originally released on CjR202 Mount Everest Trio Waves from Albert Ayler 2000-05-09 203 Elixir 2001-06-19 204 The Milwaukee Tapes Vol. 1 2000-05-09 205 Nipples 2000-05-09 reissue 206 Nerve Beats 2000-09-05 207 Heavy Days Are Here Again 2000-09-05 208 Nachtluft Belle-View I–IV 2000-09-05 reissue 209 Otra Musica 2000-09-05 210 –Irène Schweizer Group Willi the Pig 2000-09-05 reissue 211 Fuck de Boere 2001-05-22 212 Schlingerland 2000-09-05 213 Hunting the Snake 2000-09-05 214 Trinity 2001-03-20 reissue; originally released on CjR215 ' Human Arts Ensemble Funky Donkey Vols. 1 & 2 2001-03-20 reissue 216 Rova Saxophone Quartet As Was 2001-03-20 217 Moslang–Guhl Knack On 2001-03-20 reissue 218 Dark Day / Live in Verona 2001-09-18 219 Haazz & Company Unlawful Noise 2001-06-19 220 Starship Beer Nut Music 2001-05-22 reissue 221 Tom Prehn Kvartet 2001-08-21 reissue 222 Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra Nuclear War 2001-08-21 reissue 223 's Globe Unity Orchestra Globe Unity 67/70 2001-09-25 224 Beresford Honsinger Toop Kondo Double Indemnity / Imitation of Life 2001-10-23 225 Freedom & Unity 2001-11-20 reissue 226 Underground Railroad / Live at Holy Cross 2001-10-23 reissue; originally released on CjR227 ' Human Arts Ensemble Banana: The Lost Sessions 2002-02-19 228 Christman/Müller/Smith/Williams White Earth Streak 2001 reissue 229 Complete Vogel Recordings 2002 230 For Adolphe Sax 2002-06-04 reissue 231 The Living Music 2002-08-20 232 European Echoes 2002-08-20 reissue 233 Balls 2002-10-08 reissue 234 Haazz & Company Pleasure 2002 reissue 235 On the Waiting List 2004-05-18 reissue 236 More Nipples 2003-04-08 237 Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra Music from Tomorrow's World 2002-11-05 238 Mental Cruelty 2003-05-06 239 Alterations Voila Enough! 2003-05-06 Steve Beresford, David Toop, Terry Day, and Peter Cusack 240 Pakistani Pomade 2003-04-08 241 Talking and Druum Solos / Country Brass Bands 2003-11-04 242 The Inexplicable Flyswatter 2003 book and enhanced CD 243 Sun Ra Spaceship Lullaby 2003-11-04 244 FMP 130 2003-09-09 245 Moholo/Stabbins/Tippett Tern 2003-09-09 reissue 246 Brötzmann Clarinet Project: Berlin Djungle 2004-07-27 reissue 247 Dudek, Niebergall, & Vesala Open 2004-07-27 reissue 248 Globe Unity Orchestra & the choir of the NDR-Broadcast Hamburg '74 2004-09-14 249 Burning in Stockholm 2004-11-23 250 The Contemporary Jazz Quintet Actions 1966–'67 Collection 2005-04-12 251 252 Last Exit Köln 2005-07-25 reissue 253 Sirone Live 2005-07-12 254 Brötzmann/Bennink Schwarzwaldfahrt 2005-10-11 255 Inside-Out Reflections 2005-09-13 reissue 256 Pieces of Light 2005-10-11 reissue; originally released on CjR257 Alarm 2006-06-06 reissue 258 Pica Pica 2006-07-25 reissue 259 and Calling Down the Flevo Spirit reissue260 Esteem 2006-09-12 261 Gallio, Voerkel, & Frey Tiegel 2006-09-12 262 The Complete Machine Gun Sessions 2007-07-21 263 Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity Arkestra Strange Strings 2007-06-05 264 Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra The Night of the Purple Moon 2007-08-21 265 Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue 2008-01-29 266 Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra Secrets of the Sun 2008-10-07 267 and Peter Dolger Peace Concert 2008-09-09
References
External links Atavistic Records website