BRUCE PALMER Cycle Is Complete LP VERVE 1970 US orig+foc BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

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BRUCE PALMER

with ED ROTH, RICK MATTHEWS, BIG BLACK, PAUL LAGOS

JEFF KAPLAN, TEMPLETON PARCELY, RICHARD APLAN 

The enigmatic Bruce Palmer is known mostly as the original bassist in Buffalo Springfield, 

one of the greatest rock groups of the 1960s. Although Palmer did not sing or write any material 

during his time in the band, he was a vital member, both on-stage and (at least in the beginning) in the studio, 

for providing much of the "rock" muscle in the band's folk-rock with his powerful, creative basslines. 

He was also its most mysterious member, playing with his back to the audience 

and often even posing in photographs with his face away or hidden from the camera

"THE CYCLE IS COMPLETE"

1970     LP     VERVE FORECAST RECORDS     FTS 3086

PRINTED IN USA    ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

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LABEL: VERVE FORECAST -  GREEN LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: FTS 3086

Catalog on labels: FTS 3086 (MGS 2360) / FTS 3086 (MGS 2361)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): FTS 3086   MGS 2360   4 Sept.'70   E.O.

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): FTS 3086   MGS 2361   4 Sept.'70   E.O. 

On labels: rim text reads "MGM Records ? A Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. ? Made in U.S.A."

Prod. by Bruce Palmer & Don Hall

Rights Society / Publishing: Hastings Music-BMI 

On inside cover: Produced by Bruce Palmer & Don Hall

Engineer: Dave Hassinger, Sound Factory, Hollywood, Calif.

All compositions by Bruce Palmer

Manufactured by MGM Record Corporation, 7165 Sunset Boulevard......

tracklisting

Side A: ALPHA OMEGA APOCALYPSE - INTERLUDE

  grading

RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The Cycle Is Complete (1970) -- Palmer's only solo effort -- is an eclectic masterwork with stream of consciousness jams 

that combine folk, jazz, and rock onto a quartet of primarily instrumental sides. Joining him are a seemingly disparate 

group of musicians who include Ed Roth (organ), Danny Ray aka "Big Black" (conga), and from the West Coast 

psych-fusion group Kaleidoscope: Chester Crill (violin), Paul Lagos (drums), Jeff Kaplan (piano), 

and Richard Aplan (nee Aplanalp) (flute/oboe). Also playing a pivotal part in the musical exchange is one 

of Palmer's pre-Buffalo Springfield acquaintances from the Toronto-based band the Mynah Birds. 

Rick Matthews would become better known several years later under his super freaky persona as the funky Rick James. 

Throughout this release he can be heard on percussion and most notably on the improvised scat-like vocals 

that materialize from within the instrumentation. Each of the tracks is ultimately as unique as the proverbial fingerprint. 

They are indeed inclusively well-developed musical statements. "Alpha-Omega-Apocalypse" is a frenetic and exploratory 

quarter-hour of jazzy intonations and features a bluesy vocal by James. Much in the same way that Skip Spence 

goes for it throughout his magnum opus Oar (1970), these musicians act and react on skill and intuition. 

The end result is something along the lines of latter-era Traffic and the psychedelic soul of the Rotary Connection....(AllMusic)