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CINE 809CD
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"Edie Sedgwick was the true 'It Girl' of the Pop Art age; a woman who famously said she wanted 'to turn the world on just for a moment'. Part of Andy Warhol's Factory for a year in the mid-'60s, she is widely believed to have inspired The Velvet Underground's 'Femme Fatale' as well as Bob Dylan's 'Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat' and 'Just Like A Woman'. 1973's Ciao! Manhattan, the model and actor's final film, gave some indication of why she inspired such devotion. Written and directed by Factory affiliates John Palmer and David Weisman, the movie tells a quasi-fictionalized account -- a chronicle à clef in Weisman's words -- of Sedgewick's journey from New York to Santa Barbara. In the film, Sedgwick is Susan Superstar, a New Yorker who winds up living in a drained Santa Barbara swimming pool in a narcotic daze, life and art just a hair away from each other. Shot over a five year period, Sedgwick died of a barbiturate overdose at the age of 28 before filming wrapped in 1971. For a movie starring some of rock's great muses, the soundtrack fittingly features cult figures of the era: Richie Havens ('Shouldn't All The World Be Dancing', 'To Give All Your Love Away', 'I Can't Make It Anymore'), John Phillips ('Malibu People') and Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers member Skip Battin, who performs Kim Fowley's 'Citizen Kane'. Other artists are less well-known, including actor Kim Milford, who sings the stirring 'Justice', and Factory man Gino Piserchio, an artist and dear friend of Weisman, whose synthesizer compositions anchor the score. Never before released in any format, this long-overdue pressing includes all of the above plus selected dialogue from the film, each snippet like a beat poem in its own way. The Village Voice once called Ciao! 'The Citizen Kane of the drug generation'; deeply evocative of the era, the mood of the soundtrack captures the psychedelic spirit of the film, as well as the darkness and tragedy that characterized Edie's life."
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CINE 805LP
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LP version. Housed in deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.
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CINE 805CD
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"This soundtrack is not only an aural companion to Low Down -- the acclaimed biopic of jazz pianist Joe Albany, based on the memoirs of his daughter Amy-Jo Albany -- but also the perfect primer for Albany's lifework. Comprised of Albany's own compositions alongside those of Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, and selections from Ohad Talmor's score, this album conjures both a feel for Albany's own avant-garde, quick-tempo, bebop jazz and a mood that evokes the life of Hollywood's notorious jazz hustler. The album meets with the deep approval of Flea, who took the role of executive producer and co-star of the film. 'This is the music that makes me think that human beings aren't so bad,' writes the bassist in the liner notes. 'This is the sound that gives me the energy to go out into the world and try to shine a light. As a child, this is the music I listened to that blew my mind; it let me know that all things were possible. If human beings were capable of doing this, then anything could happen.'"
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