Re: The Anthology of Jewish Music "Yiddishe Momme"

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

Finally! Klezmer bootlegs!


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From: "Lorin Sklamberg" <lsklamberg (at) yivo(dot)cjh(dot)org>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 11:34 AM
Subject: RE: The Anthology of Jewish Music "Yiddishe Momme"


> Hi, List!
>
> FWIW, volumes eight and nine of this series seem to be, well ok, are taken
> from previous anthologies issued in the U.S. For example, the Dave Tarras
> volume is basically a re-ordering of the Henry Sapoznik's Tarras
compilation
> on Yazoo, with a couple of things from Klezmer Pioneers thrown in. I
suspect
> that some (most?) of the other discs have similar "sources." The most
> interesting (to me, anyway) would be the first disc which consists of
Soviet
> Union material. Some of the rest probably comes from Francois Lilienfeld's
> collections on Swiss Pan (which, in turn, mostly comes from the YIVO
> Archives) and the double cd compilation on Fremeaux (since I don't have
> these here, I can't check, but you can).
>
> This seems to be a trend. Anyone have the Goldies three cd box "Klassic
> Klezmer?" This is all material lifted off of previous reissues, including
> the above mentioned, plus Martin Schwartz's anthology on Folklyric. (The
> cover is almost worth the budget price alone: a photo montage of a mosque,
a
> large menorah and an hasidic gentleman! Not to mention the list of
> performers prominently displayed, as if they were MTV stars: "Naftule
> Brandwein's Orchestra * Hochman's Orchestra * Belf's Rumanian Orchestra *
> Boibriker Kapelle * Abe Schwartz Orchestra * Dave Tarras Trio * and many
> others." Certainly all household names where I come from.) Comically, I
just
> came across another cd on a different label which is basically a "best of"
> taken from this collection!!
>
> Klassik indeed. Can't wait for the Sony reissues, can you?
>
> Mr. Lorin Sklamberg, Sound Archivist
> YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
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