NUCLEUS: ELASTIC ROCK (ORIG VERTIGO)

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Wow, what you are bidding on is a beautiful import pressing of NUCLEUS: ELASTIC ROCK.  This is in near mint condition,  and tough to find.
A SUPERB, UK VERTIGO (6360 008) SWIRL PRESSING  OF IAN CARR'S NUCLEUS DEBUT LP "Elastic Rock" (January 1970) IN BEAUTIFUL BARELY PLAYED CONDITION

THE LP HAS THE FIRST ISSUE VERTIGO SWIRL LABELS WITH THE MATRIX: 6360008 1Y//2 ? 420 111 / 6360008 2Y//1 ? 420 112 AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE, DIE-CUT GATEFOLD SLEEVE DESIGNED AND ILLUSTRATED BY ROGER DEAN AND "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford"
A TREMENDOUS COPY OF NUCLEUS' DEBUT - A REAL HEAVYWEIGHT CLASSIC AND A LANDMARK LP IN BRITISH JAZZ FUSION. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Line-up/Musicians:
Ian Carr / trumpet, flugelhorn
Karl jenkins / electric piano, oboe, piano, baritone saxophone
Brian Smith / tenor & soprano saxes, flute
Chris Spedding / guitars
Jeff Clyne / bass, electric bass
John Marshall / drums, percussion


When Carr brought together keyboardist/oboist Karl Jenkins, saxophonist/flautist Brian Smith, guitarist Chris Spedding, bassist Jeff Clyne and drummer John Marshall, established musicians all, to record Nucleus' first record, Elastic Rock , one doubts that he could have envisioned the impact the album would have, not only on the British scene, but on the international stage as well. A few short months after recording their first record they won the top award at the Montreux Jazz Festival and found themselves playing at the Village Gate in New York, to an audience who was wondering exactly what it was they were hearing.
From the opening burst of Jenkins' "1916," with its anthemic horn-line supported by Marshall's flurry of activity, it is clear that something new is happening. The album as a whole, while incorporating certain elements of rock rhythms, is a more relaxed affair than what was to come later. If a comparison must be made, then Miles' In a Silent Way is a precedent, although Carr claims not to have heard it at the time of recording, which just continues to reinforce the reality that advances in music come from many sources and usually at the same time. Like In a Silent Way , Carr chose to build side-long continuous suites of music, although there is less reliance on hypnotic groove and more on composed melodies, mostly from the pen of Jenkins, who would write the majority of Nucleus' first two records. And while there are some similarities between the trancelike groove of "Torrid Zone" and "Shhh/Peaceful," there are differences as well. While "Shhh/Peaceful" would rest on a certain ambience for nearly an entire side, "Torrid Zone" would lead into "Stonescape," a more conventional ballad, albeit played with a certain elasticity in time by Marshall. Segueing into "Earth Mother," Jenkins delivers an oboe solo over a group improvisation that, as rocky as it gets, is still relatively subdued compared with their next album, We'll Talk About It Later , which was recorded eight months later in September '70
Highly recommended to fans of British fusion, especially latter-day Soft Machine fans who are interested in seeing what some of the members were doing before they joined SOFT MACHINE


Track Listing:
Side 1: 1916 (1:11) / Elastic Rock (4:05) / Striation (2:15) / Taranaki (1:39) / Twisted Track (5:15) / Crude Blues, Pt. 1 (0:54) / Crude Blues, Pt. 2 (2:36) / 1916- The Battle of Boogaloo (3:04)
Side 2: Torrid Zone (8:40) / Stonescape (2:39) / Earth Mother (0:51) / Speaking for Myself, Personally, in My Own (0:54) / Persephones Jive (2:15)

VERTIGO RECORDS: UK IMPORT 6360 008

Own a piece of music history, this is a beautiful item.

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