Horn (Canadian lost gem jazz fusion prog Zappa) On The People's Side LP 1972 VG

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Horn

On The People's Side

Special Records 9230-1028 1972 12" 33rpm (Canada)

Largely forgotten, even among the crate-diggers, Horn was a Toronto jazz/rock outfit that seems to have fallen off the musical map even though the band contained drummer Bill Bryans (M.G. and the Escorts, the Government, the Parachute Club) and trumpeter Wayne Jackson (Downchild Blues Band). What's more, it appears that TV mogul Moses Znaimer had his fingers in this pie, right about the same time that he was launching Citytv, and tarting up the late-night Toronto airwaves with those soft-core Baby Blue Movies.

The band's only release, On the People's Side melds socially conscious lyrics with the then cutting-edge sounds of jazz fusion - that means plenty of Rhodes pianos, vibraphones and trumpet. And though lyrically the record has aged poorly, with its hoary "brothers and sisters" references, the galloping Zappa-esque signatures and Bitches Brew-era riffs raise the stakes somewhat. The lead-off 'Things in Themselves' and the spry 'Vibrations (vee-bra-syohn)' are cases in point, straddling both prog and jazz, and thus infinitely more interesting than the pedestrian fare of the title track or the seventies rock cliches of 'Free All My Brothers'.

Tracklist
A1  Things In Themselves  
A2  Free All My Brothers And Sisters  
A3  Roach  
A4  Vibrations  
B1  Pony Buns  
B2  Working Together  
B3  On The People's Side  

    Recorded At – Thunder Sound Recording Studios, Toronto, Canada.

    Bass – Alan Duffy
    Drums – Bill Bryans
    Graphics – Jim McConnell
    Guitar – Bruce Burron, Gary Hynes
    Keyboards – David deLaunay
    Lead Vocals – Les Clackett
    Producer – Alan Duffy, Bill Bryans, Horn 
    Recorded By, Mixed By – Brock Fricker
    Trumpet – Wayne Jackson

Condition:  12" vinyl is Fair to Good (some visible marks, some audible noise)  in a picture sleeve in Fair condition (tape repair, edge wear).