Miroslav Vitous Purple John McLaughlin Billy Cobham Joe Zawinul LP 1974 NM RARE

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Miroslav Vitous

Purple

John McLaughlin
Joe Zawinul
Billy Cobham


CBS/SONY SOPM157 LP 1974  (Japan)

On side one, Zawinul on Rhodes, Vitous on acoustic and Cobham play the title track, which is a rocky Vitous original (some bowed bass solo overdubbed), and Ron Carter's Mood. I like Zawinul better here than on any other album, I must admit.

Side two starts with McLaughlin, Vitous on electric bass and piano (overdubbed), and Cobham doing Water Lilie, which could have made it to Weather Report's first LP as far as the mood is concerned; Shorter's Dolores with just Vitous and Cobham, two basses, arco overdubbed, similar to Mountain in the Clouds from Infinite Serach; and Vitous' It Came From Nowhere, an experimental rockish track with Vitous and Cobham, both oberdubbing electric piano and a second drumset.

Tracklist
A1 Purple  Composed By – M. Vitous  9:40
A2 Mood  Composed By – R. Carter  7:34
B1 Water Lilie  Composed By – M. Vitous  8:57
B2 Dolores  Composed By – W. Shorter  4:10
B3 It Came From Knowhere  Composed By – M. Vitous  5:18

Manufactured By – CBS/Sony Inc.
Recorded At – Apostolic Studios

Bass – Miroslav Vitous
Drums – Billy Cobham
Electric Piano – Joe Zawinul (tracks: A1, A2), Miroslav Vitous (tracks: B1, B3)
Engineer – David Baker
Guitar – John McLaughlin (tracks: B1)
Photography By – Yuzoh Satoh
Producer – Miroslav Vitous

Recorded at Apostolic Studio, NYC, August 25, 1970

Manufactured by CBS/SONY Inc. (Tokyo Japan) / ® Columbia Broadcasting System Inc./ SONY ® Sony Corp./
¥2,300

Includes Japanese liner notes

Vinyl is NEAR MINT in a plastic-lined paper inner sleeve in a picture sleeve in FAIR condition (ring wear)

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