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kafunis said:
Didn’t catch those Tape Boxes getting delivered to your Basement??
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It is hard to get Strata East tape boxes, as the label ethos was artist owned. Tolliver and Cowell I imagine are probably quite accessible, but many others are in the hands of (or estate of) the artists. In every case, rights remained with the artist, not the label. I would think an all-analog reissue campaign would be a challenge.

Pure Pleasure did quite a few, and did them very well, but not from tapes.
 
RHANDMJ said:
It is hard to get Strata East tape boxes, as the label ethos was artist owned. Tolliver and Cowell I imagine are probably quite accessible, but many others are in the hands of (or estate of) the artists. In every case, rights remained with the artist, not the label. I would think an all-analog reissue campaign would be a challenge.

Pure Pleasure did quite a few, and did them very well, but not from tapes.
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Strata east has been posting some stuff on IG with pics and videos of tape boxes plus photos hanging out with Joe and KG. They have mentioned in a few cases that an AAA reissue campaign is being worked on. It could well just be Tolliver and Cowell’s work but I believe they hinted that GSH Winter in America also might be under way
 
MikeH said:
Strata east has been posting some stuff on IG with pics and videos of tape boxes plus photos hanging out with Joe and KG. They have mentioned in a few cases that an AAA reissue campaign is being worked on. It could well just be Tolliver and Cowell’s work but I believe they hinted that GSH Winter in America also might be under way
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Sounds good. Like I said, Tolliver and Cowell is easy. Probably the Billy Harper and a few others are easy as well. The GSH catalog was sold way loing ago, so probably the tapes are well stored and easy to license.

Remember, Strata East wasn't a typical label. The artists owned their tapes and split 50/50 with the label. In a majority of cases, the material was self-recorded and the tapes offered to Strata East. I would guess that in many cases the tapes never went back to the artists, probably because they didn't ask, but in any event, with Strata East - it's complicated.

I would love for a good AAA series to happen. There is a Sonny Fortune record that is just deadly, I have a well used OG.

But that's also the thing about S-E, the recording quality varies widely and OG's were not exactly gold standard pressings. OG's can surely be massively improved on.
 
MikeH said:
Strata east has been posting some stuff on IG with pics and videos of tape boxes plus photos hanging out with Joe and KG. They have mentioned in a few cases that an AAA reissue campaign is being worked on. It could well just be Tolliver and Cowell’s work but I believe they hinted that GSH Winter in America also might be under way
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Will I have to replace my Pure Pleasure reissues?
 
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