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Crystal Spears
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Crystal Spears
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Recorded in '73 and rejected by tin-eared major label execs in '75, Crystal Spears (or "Crystal Clear" as it appears on the tape box) subsumes a cathartic brawl between Minimoog and Yamaha combo organ, with percussionists providing tonal textures, and plaintive oboe colliding with roaring electronic keyboards over waes of rollicking marimba, devilishly chattering below the fray. Crystal Spears is Ra's once lost aural cinematheque! Includes a quad-ra-color Sun Ra poster!
Intended for release in 1975 by ABC/Impulse!, Crystal Spears was ultimately rejected by the label, perhaps the new group of execs just didn't "hear" what was going on on these recordings. Certainly for the uninitiated, this is not jazz as they know it but unbridled cacophony...or is it? Modern Harmonic presents the first legitimate LP release of Crystal Spears, pressed on colored vinyl and with liner notes by Ra-ficionado Brother Cleve!
BF 2018, SOLAR GUIDED IMPROVISATIONS
| Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Released | November 23, 2018 |
| EAN/UPC | 0090771808226 |
| Label | MODERN HARMONIC MODH82.2 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Dimensions | 126 × 140 × 4 mm · 36 g |
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