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  • Audio CD (September 25, 1991)
  • Original Release Date: December 1991
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • ASIN: B0000009O6
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #71,472 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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PLANET DRUM, the voice to Hart's book of the same name, represents a musical atlas of the World Beat. Hart and company extend the sonic territory traversed in his album AT THE EDGE for a powerful and passionate journey.

"It had long been a dream of mine to bring together great drummers from around the world to make a recording based entirely on percussion," says Hart. " In 1991, that dream became reality." For the companion recording to his second book, Mickey Hart drew upon the stellar musical friendships he had made over several decades to make real his dream of a percussion masterwork, blending the talents and native instruments of percussion giants from five traditions into a celebratory classic.

His home in Petaluma, California was converted -- room by room -- into a recording facility wired for video as well as for sound, and recording sessions spanned several weeks in this comfortable, ultra-creative communal setting. The resulting album won the Grammy for Best World Music Album in the first year of that category's existence, and set the standard for world music as a genre. Winning numerous other critics' and audience polls, it continues to establish itself as a true perennial of world music in general and percussion genius in particular.

PLANET DRUM is also available on Gold CD in the AU20 format. The AU20 trademark distinguishes enhanced audiophile editions of 20-bit digital masters replicated on 24K gold CDs. To insure the most accurate reproduction of the music, all analogue to 20-bit digital conversion is from the original mastertapes. Releases in the AU20 series include all artwork from the original albums and are individually numbered.



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On the heels of Mickey Hart's acclaimed Global Drum Project album comes The Mickey Hart Collection, a series focusing on landmark world music albums masterminded by the Grateful Dead percussionist. On the innovative Planet Drum album, Hart brought together Nigerian drum legend Babatunde Olatunji, Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, Nigerian talking drum ace Sikiru Adepoju, Puerto Rico's master conguero Giovanni Hidalgo, and Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira, and jazz singer Flora Purim. The album won the very first GRAMMY(tm) for world music in 1991, spent an unprecedented 26 weeks at #1 on the Billboard world music chart, and remains a world-music staple. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dreaming in drums, April 30, 2000
By Pharoah S. Wail (Inner Space) - See all my reviews
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This is Mickey Hart's finest solo effort. Aside from having great percussionary compositions this cd has the best "recording quality". Newer Hart cds like SUPRALINGUA sound rather dry and artificial and don't have nearly the emotional and trance-like impact that this cd has. The song THE DANCING SORCERER (on this cd) for instance has an ethereal aura around the tones of some of the instruments that add's greatly to the effect of the song. JEWE is played entirely on the human body. Hands and chests and voices are the only instruments and it is a positively thunderous song with great vocals.

If you don't have a fantastic stereo system but you know someone who does, listen to this cd at their house. The song TEMPLE CAVES has a certain thing (I don't want to give it away so I'm not going to say exactly what) that you will not hear on boom-boxes or other lo-fi stereo systems. You can hear the song itself on anything, but on really nice stereo systems there is something fantastic revealed about TEMPLE CAVES. This is music you will feel at the very core of your being.
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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Some Successful Experiments, But Not a Cohesive Album, October 7, 2000
By Steven Weinstein (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
In this concept album, Hart brings great drummers from around the world to participate. The result is wholly new works that are without question novel, but this record has not fared well in my collection since I bought it four years ago. I find myself choosing traditional Brazilian or Latin American or Indian or Middle Eastern performances rather than Planet Drum. I would especially warn potential buyers that Planet Drum is not a survey of percussion styles that will help you decide what you do and do not like. It is instead outside all the mainstream styles and I would consider it the kind of album that would augment a percussion collection rather than start one.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best percussion CDs ever, January 25, 2000
By E. Heller (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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I have owned this CD since it first came out and saw Mickey Hart/Planet Drum perform revently here in Seattle. They are amazing and this is probably one of the best percussion jam sessions ever recorded onto CD
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1.0 out of 5 stars Amazon didn't send me Planet Drum - Unpleasant Surprise!
I intended to purchase Planet Drum for my husband's birthday gift. When he opened the CD case it contained a CD called "G Unit - Return Of The Body Snatchers". Read more
Published 6 months ago by H. Merrill

5.0 out of 5 stars The beat goes on and on and on...
Once the first song starts, it will be hard to walk away from the mezmerizing beat. Song after song, you'll wish you had your own drum to drum along. It carries you! Read more
Published 10 months ago by J. Savage

5.0 out of 5 stars Audio Travelling WIthout Leaving Your Living Room
This is considered one of the most essential albums to have in your world music collection. The cultural diversity is its major appeal. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Robert F. Blumschein

2.0 out of 5 stars False History
the claim that the mickey hart project set the standard for world music is wrong. the standard was set 11 years after olatunji's ground breaking album of 1960 by osibisa in their... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mason Oruru

5.0 out of 5 stars Defies categories
If you are interested in music that defies categories, the is the record for you. Micky Hart and nine other great percussionists from around the globe contribute to this... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Jim Pallas

5.0 out of 5 stars Mickey Hart
Planet Drum was bought after I saw Mickey Hart perform in Atlanta. It was an incredible experience. Highly recommend de CD.
Published on November 4, 2007 by May C. Bingham

5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS
I used this to do an African dance workout & everyone asked me for the music. It takes you to another place, and every song is different and wonderful in its own way. Read more
Published on May 6, 2007 by Zoom

4.0 out of 5 stars Really Different.
This album is cool, but if you don't try to get in and create a mood for it you won't get it. Dim the lights, read the song titles and imagine you're right there with the natives,... Read more
Published on September 25, 2005 by JobDodger

2.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Boring
This is the first CD of all percussion I have ever bought, and it'll prolly be my last. An album of all percussion is, frankly, pretty boring. Read more
Published on July 22, 2003 by Matthew Henry

5.0 out of 5 stars Mickey's Classic!
All I can say is awesome album! Goes well with the previous effort "At The Edge".

Mickey gathers up percussion players from all over the world to create a mass... Read more

Published on August 12, 2002

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