George Duke The Aura Will Prevail 1975 Original Vinyl is mostly VG++
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George Duke ~ The Aura Will Prevail 1975 Original, 1sr pressing. MPS / BASF - MC 25613 Vinyl is VG+ to VG++, mostly VG++: minor inner-sleeve-type marks and a few, faint scuffs; some background-wear, faint, ticks and clicks might be heard between tracks and during some quiet passages. Cover is VG: cover-wear and creases, corner-bends and wear, edge-wear, indentations and creases. Labels are VG+ to VG++: Both of the labels say "Side 2" there is writing in pen on the one label to correct it to say Side "1" (see photo); music on the vinyl is correct and tracks are how it should be. The original, paper inner-sleeve has intact seams. Out of print, original album.
In 1975, George Duke was dabbling in R&B vocals. But instrumental jazz-fusion was still his primary focus, and he had yet to be played extensively on any of the genres' stations. When The Aura Will Prevail came out that year, no one bought the LP for its occasional R&B vocal -- the main attraction wasDuke's keyboard playing. "Fools" is a melancholy soul ballad that finds him singing lead and predicts what was to come on R&B-oriented releases like Don't Let Go (1978) and Master of the Game (1979), but it isn't typical of the album on the whole. This is a fusion effort first and foremost, and Duke has plenty of room to stretch out and improvise on instrumentals that range from the insistent "Floop de Loop" to the Brazilian-influenced "Malibu" (which shouldn't be confused with the Hole/Courtney Lovegem). Two of the songs were written or co-written by Frank Zappa: the fusion instrumental "Echidna's Arf" and the gospel-minded soul item "Uncle Remus" (another tune that gives Duke a chance to sing lead). Without question, The Aura Will Prevail is among this artist's finest fusion-oriented albums.
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