Brand: EMI

Format: remixes

Release Date: 01-09-2010

Details: Amazon.ca David Axelrod is a man beloved of beat-diggers everywhere. DJ Shadow swears by Axelrod's epic arrangements, and Dr Dre (amongst many others) has sampled the essence of the funk bounce that lace his productions. This intellectual hipster founded the black music department at Capitol Records in the 1960s and did production work for Cannonball Adderley, Lou Rawls, Electric Prunes and Man From Uncle's David McCallum. This, Axelrod's first solo album for Capitol in 1968, was inspired by the visions of 18th-century British mystic, poet and painter, William Blake, and (along with it's sister album, Songs Of Experience) is classic Axelrod. Majestic in its gothic vision, the record is formed around a cohesive "suite" of seven songs that unselfconsciously marries jazz cool and prog virtuosity to classical elegance. This is music with a sense of higher purpose, striving to reveal some kind of truth. --Chris Campion Product Description (France)

UPC: 724352158829

EAN: 0724352158829

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood