Herbie Hancock: Crossings-1972 Warner Bros. White Label Promo 1st Pressing LP
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1972 Warner Bros. White Label Promotional Stereo Release by Bandleader Herbie Hancock Entitled Crossings, Produced by David Rubinson & Friends Inc., San Francisco, Recording Engineers Are Fred Catero and Patrick Gleason, A Product of Catero Sound Company, Remixed by David Rubinson, Fred Catero and Jerry Zatkin, Album Originally Recorded at Different Fur Trading Company in San Francisco & Pacific Recording Studios in San Mateo, California - "With the frenzied knocking of what sounds like a clock shop gone berserk, Crossings takes the Herbie Hancock Sextet even further into the electric avant-garde, creating its own idiom. Now, however, the sextet has become a septet with the addition of Dr. Patrick Gleeson on Moog synthesizer, whose electronic decorations, pitchless and not, give the band an even spacier edge. Again, there are only three tracks -- the centerpiece being Hancock's multi-faceted, open-structured suite in five parts called "Sleeping Giant." Nearly 25 minutes long yet amazingly cohesive, "Sleeping Giant" gathers a lot of its strength from a series of funky grooves -- the most potent of which explodes at the tail-end of Part Two -- and Hancock's on-edge Fender Rhodes electric piano solos anticipate his funk adventures later in the '70s. Bennie Maupin's "Quasar" pushes the session into extraterrestrial territory, dominated by Gleeson's wild Moog effects and trumpeter Eddie Henderson's patented fluttering air trumpet. Even stranger is Maupin's "Water Torture," which saunters along freely with splashes of color from Hancock's spooky Mellotron and fuzz-wah-pedaled Fender Rhodes piano, Gleeson's electronics, and a quintet of voices. Still a challenging sonic experience, this music (which can be heard on Warners' Mwandishi two-CD set) has yet to find its audience, though the electronica-minded youth ought to find it dazzling." - Astounding Personnel for the Sextet Features Living Legend Herbie Hancock on Electric Piano, Piano, Melotron & Percussion, the Great Julian Priester on Bass, Tenor & Alto Trombones, Buster Williams on Electric Bass, Bass and Percussion, the Brilliant Benny Maupin on Soprano Saxophone, Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, Piccolo & Percussion,the Amazing Billy Hart on Drums and Percussion & the Multi-Talented Eddie Henderson on Trumpet, Flugelhorn and Percussion! Additional Musicians Are Patrick Gleason on Moog Synthesizer, Victor Pontoja on Congos & the Voices of Candy Love, Sandra Stevens, Della Horne, Victoria Domagalski and Scott Beach - Solitary Selection on Side One Is the Herbie Hancock Penned Sleeping Giant at 24 Minutes 48 Seconds: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four & Part Five - Tracks for Side Two Are Original Benny Maupin Compositions Quasar & Water Torture at 14 Minutes 4 Seconds - Used Copy, Cover Is Faded with a Medium Surface Ring, Side One Has some Light Surface Wear and a Few Marks & Scuffs, Side Two Has some Light Surface Wear with a Few Scuffs and Two Larger Marks - Warner Bros. White Label Promotional Album with Sticker on Front Cover & Stamp in Middle, Stereo Recording, Product Code BS 2617 - California Residents Add 9.75% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -
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