Monthly Revelations (November)

„When we had concluded our last day’s work on “Close” and I was opening the door to leave Manfred said, “Almost 50 years!” I shook my head and said, “Hard to believe.”  He held his hands out, and replied, “Like a miracle!” I didn’t ask him to explain why it was a miracle.“ (Steve Tibbetts)

album: Steve Tibbetts: Close
film: I know where I‘m going (1945)
prose: „Popol Vuh“
radio: Die letzte lange Nacht der Klanghorizonte (2021)
talk: Ein Interview mit Annette Peacock (2000)
binge: Krimi, made in Germany
archive: Steve Tibbetts: Northern Song

After the production of „Northern Song“ in 1981, „guitarerro“ Steve Tibbetts was not the happiest man on the island of Sylt, where he spent about a week near wintertime. After working with Manfred Eicher and his regular mate Marc Anderson on his ECM debut, Steve was not happy at all. What has happened? We „old“ Steve Tibbetts listeners love „Northern Song“, but what was going on in rainy Oslo, once upon a time in the early 1980s? The whole story was told by Rob Caldwell – Deep L and I translated it for our „archive section“. Its orginal title: „Northern Song And The Sounds Of Silence“.

Yesterday i made this snapshot. Today is a stormy day on Sylt. No chance for long walks in this hard hittin‘ rain. By the way, that old „Tibbetts“ album is still available on cd (good price!) and vinyl (Discogs).