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ECM Releases Gary Peacock & Ralph Towner’s “Oracle” on Vinyl as Part of its Audiophile Luminessence Series
ECM Releases Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner’s 1994 Album Oracle on Vinyl as Part of its Audiophile Luminessence Series
ECM’s audiophile vinyl-reissue series Luminessence continues with Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner’s Oracle, available today.
The Luminessence series is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on the jewels of the label’s deep catalogue in elegant, high-quality editions. The hallmarks of the series: original and evocative music, imaginatively played and sensitively produced. The recordings underline the scope and variety of ECM’s world of sound and the LPs are presented in different formats.
Gary Peacock, Ralph Towner
Oracle
Gary Peacock | double-bass
Ralph Towner | classical guitar, 12-string guitar
ECM 1490
Release LP: January 16, 2026
“The charming, thoughtful Oracle conveys the familiarity and empathy of partners who have worked together for years – light touch, intricacy and sensitivity pervade the session. Oracle wins you over with its warmth and melodicism.” – Downbeat, 1994
Oracle, recorded in 1993 and originally released in 1994, captures the first duo meeting between two ECM legends: double bassist Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner on classical and 12-string guitar (another session would follow with 1998’s A Closer View). As Gramophone magazine noted at the time, on the album “Peacock and Towner produce an intellectual intensity” that is “seductively beautiful to listen to.” Tackling each other’s originals, the duo engages in thoughtful interplay that blends composed material with adventurous improvisation seamlessly, creating evocative chamber music dialogues that emphasize the particular sound qualities of their stringed instruments. The album was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Issued on vinyl for the first time as part of ECM’s Luminessence series, Oracle arrives in a tip-on gatefold jacket with photos from the recording session.
Further titles to be released as part of the Luminessence series in 2026 are Tomasz Stanko’s Baladyna, Bill Connors’ Of Mist and Melting and Mick Goodrick’s In Pas(s)ing. More will follow.
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