Water Babies (180g) (Coloured Viny LP) 60s 70s Psych Prog Rock

Water Babies (180g) (Coloured Viny LP) 60s 70s Psych Prog RockThis studio LP was first released almost a decade after it was recorded. The first half features the 1967 Quintet (with Wayne Shorter on tenor and soprano, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Tony Williams) performing three otherwise unknown Shorter compositions. The flip side finds Davis in 1968 leading the same group (with possibly Chick Corea and Dave Holland replacing Hancock and Carter) on two early fusion jams that look a bit

it is an overwhelming success

Hotly tipped and rarely skipped

It's a soul meets jazz meets the blues masterpiece with arrangements from ex James Brown horn-man Pee Wee Ellis

'If She Wants Me' pulls off a flirtation with Orange Juice-style funk

The spiritual quality of the material is enhanced by some of the most gorgeous upper-register male vocals (especially by Brian and Carl Wilson) ever heard on a rock record

recorded in Paris in 1977

Beautifully Recorded By Producer Gene Russell And Deserving Of A Much Wider Audience Than It Found The First Time

shimmering soundscapes and great songwriting all combine to make an album that's ambitious in scope

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but it's also due to the presence of mad genius Roland Kirk