IAN CARR/NUCLEUS LABYRINTH NM UN-PLAYED UK VERTIGO LP

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IAN CARR WITH NUCLEUS PLUS - LABYRINTH - VERTIGO 6360 091 DE LUXE. THIS 1973 UK RELEASE WAS SEALED AND I OPENED IT UP TO CHECK CONDITION/LABEL. CONDITION IS AS NEW/NM/UN-PLAYED AND THE SHRINK IS STILL ON THE GATEFOLD COVER. COVER HAS AN UN SIDE DOWN "MADE IN ENGLAND" STICKER B/C. SPACESHIP VERTIGO LABELS. I DON'T GRADE MINT, IF I DID THIS WOULD BE IT. WIN THIS AND BE THE FIRST TO PLAY IT. BEAUTIFUL COPY!

FROM THE WEB:

Labyrinth was created to be somewhat of a concept album, an instrumental masterpiece telling the story of the Greek mythological character the Minotaur. With such a serious and heavy topic, Ian Carr needed to compose some equally dense music, and with virtually the same line-up as on the bands previous album Belladonna, the results are staggering. "Bull-Dance" has a huge big-band sound, littered with bombastic trumpets, clarinets, and full rock orchestra. The great pianist Gordon Beck is featured on the lovely "Adriadne", which also includes a touching but brief vocal section from Norma Winstone, complemented by gentle flute. The multi-part "Arena" is jazz rock at it's best, with spacey electric piano from Dave MacRae, nimble drum work from Tony Levin and raging horns from Kenny Wheeler and Tony Coe on sax. The funky and symphonic "Exultation" is perhaps the albums strongest piece, with the rock solid rhythm section of Roye Babbington on bass, Levin, Clive Thacker, and Trevor Tomkins on drums and percussion, really locked in a groove and allowing the horns, reeds, and keyboards to soar to new heights. MacRae's electric piano solo will remind you of Joe Zawinul from Miles Davis' band and Weather Report, full of melodic yet aggressive energy. The ensemble percussion solo towards the end of the piece was fun to hear, as the three players build to a furious crescendo before quietly slipping into the background to allow Babbington's bass to slowly bring the band back in for the final piece "Naxos." This part is a horn and reed tour-de-force, led by Carr and his flugelhorn. All in all a superb LP and a tremendous piece of work.

Line-up/Musicians: Roy Babbington / bass Gordon Beck / electric piano Ian Carr / trumpet Tony Coe / saxophone, clarinet Tony Levin / drums Brian Smith / saxophone Kenny Wheeler / trumpet

Recorded March 1973 - Phonogram Studios, London Engineer Roger Wake - Producer Ian Carr & Roger Wake

Track Listing: Side 1: Origins / Bull Dance / Ariadne / Arena

Side 2: Arena (Continued from Side One) / Exultation / Naxos

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