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Black and Crazy Blues, TheA Laugh For RoryMany BlessingsFingers In the WindInflated Tear, TheCreole Love Call, TheA Handful of FivesFly By NightLovellevelliloquiI'm Gad There is YouTrack List
Black and Crazy Blues, TheA Laugh For RoryMany BlessingsFingers In the WindInflated Tear, TheCreole Love Call, TheA Handful of FivesFly By NightLovellevelliloquiI'm Gad There is YouAlbum Remarks & Appraisals:
Japanese only SHM pressing. Includes one bonus track. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players.
Album Notes
The 1998 reissue of THE INFLATED TEAR contains all the original tracks and liner notes, plus additional tracks and rare photos.
Personnel: Rahsaan Roland Kirk (tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute, whistle, English horn, flexafone); Dick Griffith (trombone); Ron Burton (piano); Steve Novosel (bass); Jimmy Hopps (drums).
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York on November 27 & 30, 1967. Originally released on Atlantic (1502). Includes liner notes by "Casey" Bailey.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Roland Kirk (flute, whistle, clarinet, English horn, stritch, manzello, tenor saxophone); Ron Burton (piano); Jimmy Hopps (drums).
Liner Note Author: Casey Bailey.
For his 1967 debut session with Atlantic Records after a long and fruitful association with Mercury, legendary multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk (he added the Rahsaan in 1969) wasted no time in establishing himself at his new home--three of this album's nine songs are among Kirk's all-time classics. The melancholy yet not mournful title track is one of Kirk's most beautiful works, while the sprightly flute showcase "A Laugh for Rory," dedicated to his young son, is as charming as its obvious predecessor, 1964's "Serenade to a Cuckoo." In addition, the fiery opener, "The Black and Crazy Blues," features some of Kirk's most aggressive playing. Backed by a nimble trio led by longtime associate Ron Burton on piano, Kirk is as unpredictably brilliant in a variety of genres and on a variety of instruments as ever. THE INFLATED TEAR is Roland Kirk at his best.
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