Five Years Later

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Release Date: 27th Jan 2014
Catalogue No: 3743512
Label: ECM
Length: 50 minutes

John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner: Late Night Passenger

Work length10:02

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Ralph Towner (guitar), John Abercrombie (guitar)
Recorded: 1981-03-26
Recording Venue: Talent Studio, Oslo

John Abercrombie: Isla

Work length6:28

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Ralph Towner (guitar), John Abercrombie (guitar)
Recorded: 1981-03-26
Recording Venue: Talent Studio, Oslo

Towner: Half Past Two

Work length4:30

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Ralph Towner (guitar), John Abercrombie (guitar)
Recorded: 1981-03-26
Recording Venue: Talent Studio, Oslo

John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner: Microtheme

Work length3:44

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Ralph Towner (guitar), John Abercrombie (guitar)
Recorded: 1981-03-26
Recording Venue: Talent Studio, Oslo

Towner: Caminata

Work length3:06

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Ralph Towner (guitar), John Abercrombie (guitar)
Recorded: 1981-03-26
Recording Venue: Talent Studio, Oslo

Towner: The Juggler's Etude

Work length7:35

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Ralph Towner (guitar), John Abercrombie (guitar)
Recorded: 1981-03-26
Recording Venue: Talent Studio, Oslo

John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner: Bumabia

Work length9:51

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Ralph Towner (guitar), John Abercrombie (guitar)
Recorded: 1981-03-26
Recording Venue: Talent Studio, Oslo

John Abercrombie: Child's Play

Work length4:54

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Ralph Towner (guitar), John Abercrombie (guitar)
Recorded: 1981-03-26
Recording Venue: Talent Studio, Oslo

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Sargasso Sea in 1976 was the debut duo disc of great American guitarists Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie. On their follow-up recording Five Years Later - and it did come in 1981 - their improvisations draw on a wider sonic palette, to telling effect. That recording is now being re-issued for the first time on CD, simultaneously with a 180g vinyl version.

"Something special happens when they play together" observed Robert Palmer in the New York Times, and the participants concurred. "Playing with John is one of my favourite things to do," said Ralph Towner. "I can play as much as when playing solo, and still get to ply my skills as accompanist. John is such an amazing person to play with that, even when he's playing intensely or aggressively, we somehow fit together and there's really no way that we could collide."

At the beginning of 2014, ECM issues seven important recordings from its back catalogue, all in 180g vinyl and CD, most of which have been out of stock for many years. For both CD and LP versions, the original analog recordings are issued in deluxe cardboard sleeves.

Five Years Later

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