A previously unreleased recording of the sensational and controversial Turkish theatre play by James Baldwin and Engin Cezzar, Istanbul 1970, is set to make waves. This recording has been licensed by Gokhan Akcura, who was entrusted with the master tape by Engin Cezzar, captures the intensity of a play that was banned by Istanbul authorities in 1970, despite being seen by 30,000 people in just 60 days. The audio has been meticulously restored from the original tape, and comes accompanied by liner notes from Zeynep Oral, Gokhan Akcura, Okay Temiz, and Erinc Guzel (Caz Plak Istanbul). This release brings to light Baldwin's groundbreaking play about gay relationships in a 1970s Istanbul prison. Jazz legend Don Cherry contributed music to the project, enhancing the play's dramatic tension. This lost free jazz gem, part of Caz Plak's Turkish Jazz Trilogy, is finally brought to a wider audience, thanks to this pressing.
- 1 Calculating Empires
- 2 Okay's 5/8
- 3 Fortune and Men's Eyes
- 4 1969 - Take 1
- 5 1969
- 6 Near East
- 7 Naive - Take 1
- 8 Naive
- 9 İstanbul
