HERBIE HANCOCK SPEAK LIKE A CHILD MM, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, SO, 180G, RVG, NEW/SEALED

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                                                                                         HERBIE HANCOCK "SPEAK LIKE A CHILD"
2013 MUSIC MATTERS, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER MMBST-84279, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPE AND PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"WHILE HERBIE HANCOCK HAD BEEN RECORDING BRILLIANT ALBUMS FOR BLUE NOTE SINCE 1961, "SPEAK LIKE A CHILD" WAS MADE RIGHT AFTER HE LEFT THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET AND BECAME A VERY POWERFUL MUSICAL FORCE AS A BANDLEADER. "SPEAK LIKE A CHILD" WAS HANCOCK'S MUSICAL VISION, THE MUSIC THAT HE HAD DREAMED OF FOR YEARS."
"BEAUTIFUL, DREAMY, BUT ALSO CREATIVE AND INTENSE, WITH COMPLEX INSTRUMENTATION THAT REMAINS LIGHT AND SWIFT, JUST LIKE A CHILD. PERFECT ALBUM FROM HERBIE HANCOCK GENIUS MIND AND STUNNING PIANO SKILLS. MUST HAVE MUSIC SOUNDING BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE!"
"THE TONALITIES AND HARMONIES WERE ACHIEVED BY VOICING TOGETHER THE UNIQUE FRONTLINE OF FLUGELHORN, BASS TROMBONE AND ALTO FLUTE, AND THE RESULTS ARE QUITE DREAMLIKE. "SPEAK LIKE A CHILD" WELCOMES LISTENERS TO THE MAGICAL MUSICAL WORLD OF HERBIE HANCOOK, A PLACE WHERE CATCHY MELODIES CO-EXIST WITH HIS ADVENTUROUS AND UTTERLY UNPREDICTABLE SOLOS, WHERE HIS PENT-UP MUSICAL DESIRES WERE FINALLY BEING LET LOOSE, AND WHERE THE HAUNTING ATMOSPHERE IS BOTH CALMING AND INWARDLY PASSIONATE. NOTHING LIKE THIS HAD EVER BEEN HEARD BEFORE, IN JAZZ OR IN MUSIC." "SPEAK LIKE A CHILD" IS A TRANSITIONAL ALBUM, IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1968, IT IS ONLY SOMEWHAT REFLECTIVE OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING MUSICAL AND POLITICAL FASHIONS OF THE DAY. MORE TO THE POINT IT SPOTLIGHTS A PARTICULARLY EMOTIVE HERBIE HANCOCK ON THE EVE OF HIS OWN TRANSFORMATION, LOOKING BACKWARDS OVER THE PRECEDING DECADE WITH NO SMALL MELANCHOLY."
"THERE WILL PROBABLY ALWAYS BE A BREED OF JAZZ PURISTS WHO CURSE THE DAY THAT JAZZ TOOK NOTE OF THE UPSTART ROCK AND ROLL. CERTAINLY, LISTENING TO THE SOPHISTICATED AND EMINENTLY SATISFYING POST-BOP SWING ON THESE LP"S, IT'S NOT HARD TO SEE HOW THE ADVENT OF FUSION JUST A YEAR OR TWO LATER COULD HAVE BEEN SEEN AS A VISCERAL BETRAYAL. THIS IS, FOR THE MOST PART, GENTLE AND SPRY MUSIC, THE SOUND OF SIX CONFIDENT MUSICIANS IN EASY RAPPORT. THE ALBUM TITLE ITSELF IS AN EXHORTATION TOWARDS THE PAST, AND THE SONG TITLES (THE TITLE TRACK, "TOYS", AND "FAREWELL TO CHILDHOOD") TELL A SIMILAR STORY OF REGRETFUL MATURITY AT ODDS WITH THE PERPETUAL IMPULSE TOWARDS STATIS AND COMFORT." POPMATTERS 2005
                                                                                                                     1) RIOT                                                                                                                      2) SPEAK LIKE A CHILD                                                                                                                      3) FIRST TRIP                                                                                                                      4) TOYS                                                                                                                      5) GOODBYE TO CHILDHOOD                                                                                                                      6) THE SORCERER
                                                                                                                  RECORDED MARCH 6 & 9, 1968