Elastic Rock
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| Studio album by Nucleus | |||||
| Released | March 1970 | ||||
| Recorded | 12 - 21 January 1970 at Trident Studios, London | ||||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | ||||
| Length | 40:46 | ||||
| Label | Vertigo Records 2007 Remaster: Universal Records |
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| Producer | Peter King | ||||
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Recorded only five months after Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, Elastic Rock is Nucleus' first album and an essential creation in the crystallization of a new musical expression: Jazz fusion. In July 1970 the group presented the innovative compositions from the LP at the Montreux Jazz Festival, won the first prize and subsequently performed both at Newport Jazz Festival and at the Village Gate jazz club, paving the way for many other Jazz fusion ensembles that would appear in the 1970s.
[edit] Track listing
- "1916" - 1:11 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Elastic Rock" - 4:05 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Striation" - 2:15 (Jeff Clyne, Chris Spedding)
- "Taranaki" - 1:39 (Brian Smith)
- "Twisted Track" - 5:17 (Chris Spedding)
- "Crude Blues, Part I" - 0:54 (Karl Jenkins, Ian Carr)
- "Crude Blues, Part II" - 2:36 (Ian Carr)
- "1916: The Battle of Boogaloo" - 3:07 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Torrid Zone" - 8:41 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Stonescape" - 2:39 (Karl Jenkins)
- "Earth Mother" - 0:51 (Karl Jenkins, Ian Carr, John Marshall, Jeff Clyne, Chris Spedding)
- "Speaking for Myself, Personally, in My Own Opinion, I Think..." - 0:54 (John Marshall)
- "Persephones Jive" - 2:15 (Ian Carr)
[edit] Personnel
- Karl Jenkins: oboe, baritone saxophone, electric piano, piano
- Ian Carr: trumpet, flugelhorn
- Brian Smith: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
- Jeff Clyne: bass, electric bass
- John Marshall: drums, percussion
- Chris Spedding: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
