Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath - RCA Neon album
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Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath
The second RCA album, self-titled, on the Neon label (NE2) 1971, I think.
Original, with lovely Neon picture label. Also has original matt black liner, though this is starting to tear. Gatefold sleeve in good condition, record very good.
Look at the line-up!
Chris McGregor: piano and African xylophone
Malcolm Griffiths, Nick Evans: trombones
Mongezi Feza: pocket trumpet, Indian flute
Mark Charig: cornet
Harry Beckett: trumpet
Dudu Pukwana, Mike Osborne: alto saxophones
Ronnie Beer, Alan Skidmore: tenor saxophones
John Surman: baritone sax
Harry Miller: bass
Louis Moholo: drums
ONE: MRA (Pukwana) – Davashe’s dream (Davashe) – The Bride (Pukwana)
TWO (all McGregor): Andromeda – Night poem – Union special
Side One (and Andromeda on Side Two) is a characteristic powerful display of the developing Brotherhood style with tracks that fans will recognise recurring on later albums. The surprise is Night Poem, at nearly 21 minutes covering most of side two and consisting almost entirely of impressionistic sounds from the African xylophones and Indian flutes. At first you’ll wonder what on earth is going on, but it’s a haunting sound and will grow on you, and raises tantalising prospects of how the band might have developed in different directions.
Seller’s notes
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On 17-Jul-07 at 19:55:32 BST, seller added the following information:17th July:
I was emailed a question asking about the conditioon and the country of origin, and i forgot to tick the boxes making my reply public. This is it:
Original description confirmed. This is a used, played copy, well kept with no visible defects. Sleeve has London address for RCA records: can't think why it wouldn't be a UK issue.
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