Woman Is Sweeter (All Analog Master Edition)

by Galt MacDermot

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The definitive reissue of HAIR composer Galt MacDermot’s quirky masterwork, the impressionistic soundtrack of filmmaker and photographer Martine Barrat’s film for designer Yves St. Laurent.

Lacquered by Bernie Grundman in an all-analog transfer from the original stereo master tape.

Contains extensive oversized book with an essay on MacDermot’s life in music by his long time friend and Now-Again Records’ founder Eothen Alapatt; unpublished and rare photos. The book is available to Bandcamp purchasers as a bonus, downloadable PDF.

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The definitive reissue of HAIR composer Galt MacDermot’s quirky masterwork, the impressionistic soundtrack of filmmaker and photographer Martine Barrat’s film for designer Yves St. Laurent. Lacquered by Bernie Grundman in an all-analog transfer from the original master tape. Contains extensive oversized book with an essay on MacDermot’s life in music by his long time friend and Now-Again Records’ founder Eothen Alapatt; unpublished and rare photos. Officially-sanctioned Record Store Day release from Now-Again Records.

Includes unlimited streaming of Woman Is Sweeter (All Analog Master Edition) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Tango 04:05	buy track
2.	Fragments IA 01:52	buy track
3.	Fragments IB 03:00	buy track
4.	Fragments II 01:36	buy track
5.	Bass 02:14	buy track
6.	Cathedral 02:16	buy track
7.	Woman Is Sweeter 02:32	buy track
8.	Moving Clothes 02:24	buy track
9.	Bathtub 02:45	buy track
10.	Radio Rock 03:49	buy track
11.	Princess Gika 02:11	buy track
12.	Merry-Go-Round 02:55	buy track
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The definitive reissue of HAIR composer Galt MacDermot’s quirky masterwork, the impressionistic soundtrack of filmmaker and photographer Martine Barrat’s film for designer Yves St. Laurent.

Lacquered by Bernie Grundman in an all-analog transfer from the original stereo master tape.

Contains extensive oversized book with an essay on MacDermot’s life in music by his long time friend and Now-Again Records’ founder Eothen Alapatt; unpublished and rare photos.

Officially-sanctioned Record Store Day release from Now-Again Records.

HAIR’s royalties bought Galt MacDermot the ability to create on his own terms, to work with musicians he respected, and who respected him, as they recorded his compositions for issue on his own Kilmarnock Records. He brought his friends - bassist Jimmy Lewis, guitarist Charlie Brown and drummer Idris Muhammad into HAIR’s band, and he spent 1968 developing his rapport with the ensemble, testing out rhythmic ideas with Muhammad and his best friend Bernard Purdie.

He was considered a rock composer, a mantle he begrudgingly accepted, if only because he tired of explaining what his music really was. MacDermot and his closest musician pals were all steeped in the tradition of jazz and R&B and many were instrumental in the development of the music we now consider funk. But MacDermot wasn’t a funk musician and, though he had grown bored with jazz, he hadn’t tired of the genre’s best elements. MacDermot, like the greatest of the era, from David Axelrod to Sun Ra, created timeless music by consciously avoiding everything but what felt right to him. As such, his music took influence from the baroque, from Africa, from rock and from, mainly, the ideas his trusted friends brought into the studio when he brought them his ideas.

MacDermot’s best from this era is minimal – his beautiful melodies ornamented only by the necessary rhythmic additions to keep the listener engaged to his song’s completion. A great MacDermot composition resolves itself in an odd way, leaving you feeling like you just said goodbye to a close friend. You’re touched with a certain sadness after the song has faded. You’re immediately ready to welcome it again.

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released April 22, 2023

Original sessions produced by Galt MacDermot and others.

Galt MacDermot – keyboards; Bernard Purdie and Idris Muhammad – drums; Jimmy Lewis – bass; Charlie Brown – guitar; unknown violinist.

Produced for reissue by Eothen Alapatt.

Art direction and layout by Errol Richardson.

All-analog lacquer master/cut: Bernie Grundman.

Tape restoration: Dan Johnson.

Licensed from MacDermot Music, with thanks to Vincent and MaryAnne MacDermot.

P & C Kilmarnock Records and MacDermot Music, under license to Now-Again Records.

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