Pat Metheny Group – Still Life (Talking)
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Geffen Records – GHS 24145 |
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Vinyl
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US |
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Genre: |
Jazz |
Style: |
Contemporary Jazz |
Tracklist
| A1 | Minuano (Six Eight) | 9:25 | |
| A2 | So May It Secretly Begin | 6:24 | |
| A3 | Last Train Home | 5:38 | |
| B1 | (It's Just) Talk | 6:16 | |
| B2 | Third Wind | 8:33 | |
| B3 | Distance | 2:43 | |
| B4 | In Her Family | 3:15 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Metheny Group Productions, Inc.
- Copyright © – The David Geffen Company
- Published By – Pat-Meth Music
- Published By – Lyle Mays Inc.
- Recorded At – Power Station
- Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
Credits
- Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – Steve Rodby
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer [Guitar Synthesizers] – Pat Metheny
- Arranged By [All Arrangements By] – Pat Metheny
- Co-producer – Lyle Mays
- Design – M&Co.
- Drums – Paul Wertico
- Engineer – Rob Eaton
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Alexander Haas*
- Mastered By [Original Mastering] – Bob Ludwig
- Other [UPC Code] – Gary Gersh
- Percussion, Voice – Armando Marçal
- Photography By [Band] – Andy Freeberg
- Photography By [City] – Neil Selkirk
- Photography By [Cover, Building] – David Katzenstein
- Photography By [Cover] – Alexander Brebner
- Photography By [Desert] – Phil Brodatz
- Piano, Keyboards – Lyle Mays
- Producer – Pat Metheny
- Producer [Associate Producer, With] – Steve Cantor*
- Producer [Associate Producer] – Steve Rodby
- Technician [Production Assistance] – Tom Sheehan
- Voice – Mark Ledford
- Written-By – Pat Metheny (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)
Notes
Label variation: No matrix numbers on label, the "Metheny Group Productions" logo is to the left of the center hole & not directly next to the "Geffen Records" logo above the center hole. Durations are positioned far from the song titles.
Pressing variation Specialty Records Corporation
"E A S T" embossed around the center hole indicates it was pressed at Specialty Records Corporation. Note: the "T" is the most visible and sometimes the only really visible letter.
Direct Metal Mastering
Recorded March/April 1987 at Power Station, NYC.
Mastered at Masterdisk.
Digitally recorded, mixed, and mastered.
Made in U.S.A.
Printed inner sleeve
Publishing info:
Tracks A1, B2: Published by Pat-Meth Music / Lyle Mays Inc. BMI
Tracks A2 to B1, B4: Published by Pat-Meth Music BMI
Track B3: Published by Lyle Mays Inc. BMI
Runouts are etched.
Pressing variation Specialty Records Corporation
"E A S T" embossed around the center hole indicates it was pressed at Specialty Records Corporation. Note: the "T" is the most visible and sometimes the only really visible letter.
Direct Metal Mastering
Recorded March/April 1987 at Power Station, NYC.
Mastered at Masterdisk.
Digitally recorded, mixed, and mastered.
Made in U.S.A.
Printed inner sleeve
Publishing info:
Tracks A1, B2: Published by Pat-Meth Music / Lyle Mays Inc. BMI
Tracks A2 to B1, B4: Published by Pat-Meth Music BMI
Track B3: Published by Lyle Mays Inc. BMI
Runouts are etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 075992414517
- Barcode (Text): 0 7599-24145-1
- Rights Society: BMI
- Pressing Plant ID (In runouts): SP
- Pressing Plant ID (Embossed around center hole side B): E A S T
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): GHS-24145-A-SR-1-DMM MASTERDISK SP1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): GHS-24145-B-SR1-DMM MASTERDISK SP1-1
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Still Life (Talking) (CD, Album) | Geffen Records | 9 24145-2 | US | 1987 | ||
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Still Life (Talking) (LP, Album) | Geffen Records | 24145-1, MX213667 | Australia | 1987 | ||
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Still Life (Talking) (LP, Album) | Geffen Records | 24145-1, MX213667 | Italy | 1987 | ||
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Still Life (Talking) (LP, Album, Club Edition, BMG Direct) | Geffen Records | GHS 24145 | US | 1987 | ||
| Still Life (Talking) (LP, Album) | Geffen Records | 924 145-1 | Europe | 1987 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Edited 2 years agoI became obsessed with Pat Metheny/Pat Metheny Group around the early 90's after a friend of mine tried to get me into his music. I started with Secret Story, which is a pretty good place to start in my opinion! I then trawled back through his back catalogue and bought most subsequent releases when they appeared on vinyl (which didn't happen very often, sadly). The Geffen years can be judged separate to the ECM years I think, but the transition from First Circle to Still Life was pretty seamless. Still Life is fantastic and for me the highlight is Third Wind. What a fantastic track, it has everything, magnificent guitar solo (although I could always take or leave the synth guitar), lovely gear change towards the end and Wertico's cymbal work is absolutely fantastic. And I miss Lyle Mays more and more as I hear him on these recordings. Metheny's best work was with him by his side, imo.
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Edited 3 years agoImagine if MOFI did one-step pressings of all these super dynamic PMG albums...
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Edited 3 years agoStill Life was quite a hit in the Metheny Group catalog of release hot after the heels of the over the top cinematic jazz epic First Circle which to this day is a hard one to top and his last group album on ECM. SLT took the band south further into Brazilian music you can hear the bossa like rhythms compliments of Armando & Wertico , cool piano interplay, solid bass lines of Rodby, superbly melodic and tender guitar work(theres not much or any of Pat's famous Roland guitar synth on this one!). Some of Pats and Lyle's moth lushly orchestrated material thick with instrumentation well placed in the stereo field. From the forward chugging Last Train Home (a huge FM jazz hit) to the melancholy drenched ballad In Her World the album is fresh even in 2020 and not a single jazz group can top the efforts the group unleashed on the world in 1987. This is art for the ears and will stand as a testament to the creative spirit of the individuals involved. -
This was my first Pat Metheny album I ever bought, and I was able to snag an unopened copy of this pressing from here. My God it just sounds amazing, and I still can't believe on how clean the thing sounds after being in shrinkwrap for almost 30 something years! Already have his newly released "From This Place", and I'll definitely be looking into buying more of his older stuff in the future!
Also gotta thank Hirohiko Araki for exposing me to some amazing music as of late! -
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