MEGA 1972 FREE ACID BLOW-OUT ALKEBU-LAN LAND OF BLACK LSD FUNK PSYCH Jazz LP
$
180
$ 180
Sold For
Jul 6, 2014
Sold Date
Jul 1, 2014
Start Date
$ 10
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14
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WAY RARE....ORIGINAL 1972 FIRST PRESS
ACID SPATTERED FREE WINDS BLOW-OUT!
ALKEBU-LAN
Land Of The Blacks
\ USA - STRAATA EAST - SES 1972 - S
MEGA RARE ...Original 1972 first pressing TWO-LP SET in wild gatefold cover....
What's this then?
Recorded August 29, 1971 at The East, New York. Overall it's Pretty damn wild...AACM goes to Africa... but we'd have to add 'Pharoahs go to Saturn' to get the picture complete. Starts out with a four-minute speech describing the role of 'these jams' in the service of Black Nationalism... and then just wails - totally backing the statements up. The cover is as cool as the music, with a black with white line-drawing of a sorta Egyptian-meets-subSaharan figure (Pharoanic beard, pyramids for eyes, goat amulet), back side has an eye-in-pyramid drawing with photo of Mtume leaning against it." It's a fascinating glimpse of the marriage of early 1970s Afro-centric music, politics and spirituality, plus it really grooves.The music itself fits in very nicely with the music from early Juju (Plunky Branch's great band that also recorded on Strata-East). This album opens with a four minute speech outlining the album's purpose and then kicks out the jams. Since this is a live album, there is plenty of speaking in between tunes. The tunes themselves have a very 'free' feel to them, with plenty of percussion, chanting, recitations, and holds up well some four decades later -- just reading the credits it's easy to understand why - these cats were for the most part well-known and well-respected performers.
The album was never reissued on LP or CD again - a fate shared by many other wonderful Strata-East records from the era. For those of us who dig this particular form of improvised music, Alkebu-Lan is something of a Holy Grail & the vinyl (if you can find it) highly sought and always fetches a premium.
A1: Invocation (4:08)
A2: Baba Hengates (17:28)
B1: Utamu (9:58)
B2: Saud (10:32)
C1: Alkebu Lan (16:29)
C2: No Words (8:32)
D1: Separate Not Equal (7:26)
D2: The Prayer (Sifa Zote)...Outro (15:56)
CONDITION: The cover: Thick cardboard cover, looks to be in great shape as a dark cover that is very wear prone, here you get an "EX" (excellent) copy with no more than a trace of past 'being around'... no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated TOP COPY M- expect play grade to be with very CLEAN enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... both STRAATA EAST labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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