"BIBLES FOR THE BLESSED"
ROCK AND ROLL GARY GLITTER (1972) A1: ROCK AND ROLL (PART 1) (3:01); A2: I DIDN’T KNOW I LOVED YOU (3:23). B1: DO YOU WANT TO TOUCH ME (3:20); B2: ROCK AND ROLL (PART 2) (3:00). CATEGORY: GLITTERBEAT | DURATION: 13 MINUTES Daring to re-imagine rock and roll itself by stripping it down to its atavistic remnants and accentuating…
NEPTUNE SUN RA ARKESTRA (1972) A1: SPACE IS THE PLACE (21:14). B1: NEPTUNE (5.42); B2: SEA OF SOUND (7:42); B3: ROCKET NUMBER NINE (2:50). CATEGORY: FREE JAZZ | DURATION: 38 MINUTES A funeral in outer space for the cooling corpse of jazz conducted by Sun…
SEXTANT HERBIE HANCOCK (1972) A1: RAIN DANCE (9:16); A2: HIDDEN SHADOWS (10:13). B1: HORNETS (19:36). CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FUSION | DURATION: 39 MINUTES Electronics are pushed to the fore in Sextant, the closing chapter of Hancock’s Mwandishi trilogy and his first album for Columbia, home of…
CROSSINGS HERBIE HANCOCK (1972) A1: SLEEPING GIANT (24:50). B1: QUASAR (7:27); B2: WATER TORTURE (14:04). CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL FUSION | DURATION: 46 MINUTES Completing a holy trinity of experimental post-Miles units alongside Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi project was an exploration of Afro-futurist…
ON THE CORNER MILES DAVIS (1972) A1: a) ON THE CORNER (2:58); b) NEW YORK GIRL (1:32); c) THINKIN’ ONE THING AND DOIN’ ANOTHER (1:42); d) VOTE FOR MILES (8:45); A2: BLACK SATIN (5:16). B1: ONE AND ONE (6:09); B2: a) HELEN BUTTE (16:06); b)…