MUSiC: Turiya Sings (With Strings!), Alice Coltrane, 19??

‘Intended for preservation.’

Thanks to Cy, whoever they may be.

I don’t really know why – even though it’s explained in the liner notes – the more recent official release of Turiya Sings stripped away the strings.

I hear what Ravi (?) Coltrane is saying, when he says [find quote] … But surely they could have, and indeed should have, put out a set including both versions. It’s quite astonishing that even her own progeny feel the need to ‘curate’ (or tamper with?) Alice’s work.

The negative reaction to what Alice did with some of her husband’s music, most specifically on the brilliant – but much maligned (at the time) – Infinity, is the clearest antecedent.

I believe there is a CD version of the full Alice mix, on the Italian B. Free label (I’m trying to get a copy). But in the meantime, at least this is online, so we can hear what Alice intended.

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