from Tompkins Square, scheduled circa Dec. 2024

TSQ4111 5CD Box Set / Ltd 1000
Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan:
The Lost Live Recordings by Robbie Basho

1.Chung Mei - The Chinese Orchid
2.Some Summer Day
3.Sligo River Blues
4.Autumn Nocturne
5.In the Meadows
6.Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan
7.The Falconer's Arm
8.Himalayan Highlands 08:48
9.The Golden Shamrock
10.Bear Medicine
11.Charles Ives Paints North America
12.Portrait of Fahey as a Young Dragon
13.Song of God
14.Kowaka D'Amour
15.Pasha
16.Cathedrals et Fleur de Lis
17.Cantos California
18.Green River Suite
19.California Raga
20.Silver Curls
21.The Lady She is a Waiting
22.Chaconne Fandango
23.Song of the Stallion
24.A North American Raga (The Plumstar)
25.Eagle Sails the Blue Diamond Waters
26.Kateri Tekakwitha
27.Orphan's Lament
28.A Song of Kings
29.Moon Milk
30.Wonder Song

It has been said that Robbie Basho's art was strongest in concert. To what extent the experience can be reconstituted is uncertain. Whatever the case, Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan is the mother lode of Basho live recordings. On these five discs we are treated to some remarkable pieces that have never been published, as well as surprising renditions of old favourites.

Compiled from Basho’s sprawling personal collection of master tapes (discovered during the production of Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho), and potentially encompassing his entire career, this edition represents a live companion to the studio set, Song of the Avatars: The Lost Master Tapes (Tompkins Square, 2020).

While the tapes have (in the main) survived incredibly well over the decades (against the odds), please note that some previously unpublished tracks with subpar to poor fidelity have been included.

- Liam Barker


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Thomas.