DAVID AXELROD "Earth Rot" 1970 Orig. Jazz/Funk/Psych Breaks
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Description
Capitol SKAO 456 stereo from 1970 with nine weird & cool cuts in all. Earth Rot is in effect a cantata for the planet, or, in Axe's own words "contemporary music with ancient yet timely words set to the theme of ecology. called "Song of the Earth Spirit." There's a nine-piece choir singing these texts, accompanied by a 15-piece orchestra that includes Ernie Watts, Earl Palmer, Willie Green and Jack Kelso. Side one deals with the warnings themselves. Axelrod's musical begins by celebrating the earth's lorry and then indicting humans for messing it up. With gorgeous tings of flute and guitar, he underlines his upfront horn section with a shimmering grace. Side two are the warnings themselves, and Philip Glass' chorus lines in his opera were influenced by Axelrod. The half-step dissonances between pitches, the long lines, the glimmer of consonance as the music enters the front of the mix with Ernie Watts blowing like crazy. In all, though, for as dark as it was reputed to be at the time, this is a blissed-out album musically. Gorgeous, lush, and full of gentleness.The gatefold cover is VG+(+) to VG++ with just a hint of wrinkle & some slight staining at the top of the inside. The vinyl, side 1, is VG with some marks. Side 2 is VG+. There is some background noise at times but nothing overwhelming & no skips or catches. Overall, plays OK.
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