Albums
1) In Praise Of Learning – Henry Cow (Living In The heart Of The Beast) Second collaboration between HC & SH simply going by Henry Cow at this point. Just for fun an earlier Henry Cow only version (Halstern), fantastic. 1b) Slapp Happy/Henry Cow – Desperate Straights (Riding Tigers, Apes In Capes) First collaboration between these two bands. Rumor has it that the Henry Cow folks asked Dagmar Krause to join and she refused so they merged bands. Most of this material is clearly Slapp Happy with Henry Cow as the backing band as opposed to the above In Praise of Learning which again is both bands but credited to Henry Cow and a more HC leaning vibe.
2) Tonight’s The Night – Neil Young (Borrowed Tune, Tonight’s The Night)
3) Bongo Fury – Zappa/Mothers/Beefheart
4) Another Green World – Brian Eno (Sky Saw, Golden Hours)
5) Fish Rising – Steve Hillage – A delightful dish of the Canturbery! Dig how Hillage, Dave Stewert, Pierre Moerlin and company go absolutely PROG during the “Hiram Afterglid meets the Dervish” movement (10:30 – 13:30) of Solar Mystik Suite…what a jam!
6) Hissing Of Summer Lawns – Joni Mitchell ( The Jungle Line)
7) Voyage Of The Acolyte – Steve Hackett
8) Sunset Glow – Julie Tippetts (Sunset Glow)
9) The Mothership Connection – Parliament (Give Up The Funk) Parliament/Funkadelic attempt to conquer the world in 1975. Also see Chocolate City (Side Effects), Let’s take It To The Stage (Better By The Pound).
10) Warrior On The Edge Of Time – Hawkwind
Honorable Mention – Bob Dylan & The Band – The Basement Tapes (Tiny Montgomery, Lo And Behold!) Understood that this is not technically 1975, more like ’67/’68 but released officially in ’75.
Songs
1) Throw Back The Little Ones – Steely Dan (Katy Lied)
2) Cobrade – Eddie Palmieri (Unfinished Masterpiece)
3) Right – David Bowie*
4) Barstool Blues – Neil Young/Crazy Horse (Zuma)
5) Symptom Of The Universe – Black Sabbath (Sabotage)
6) Gary’s Step – Sonny & Linda Sharrock
7) ¾ -Carla Bley
8) Deixe Entrar Um Pouco D’água No Quintal – Os Mutantes (Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol)
9) See Land – Neu (Neu ’75)
10) Minstrel In The Gallery – Jethro Tull (Minstrel In The Gallery)
* If you are in the unfortunate habit of disregarding Young Americans as I was guilty of please give this an honest listen.
The “Other 10”
1) Julius Hemphill – Coon Bidness – A left over track from the Dogon A.D. sessions, The Hard Blues is perhaps the heaviest thing ever…Jeez, could Abdul Wadud’s Cello burn and slower?
2) Frank Lowe – Fresh – Wadud from the above Hard Blues and Shaw from the below Rocket along with both Bowie brothers (Lester & Joseph…not David) can be found laying out the classic Fresh as well as a gloriously loose (sloppy?) take on Monk’s Epistrophy.
3) Roscoe Mitchell – Quartet – A lot of overlap again as this features Abrams as well as the recording debut of George Lewis on trombone. Troona…I find this so very intense!
4) Oliver Lake – Heavy Spirits – An unheralded and underappreciated absolute gem. Dig Charles Bobo Shaw’s rhythm on Rocket.
5) Air – Air Song – Debut Lp from Henry Threagill, Steve McCall, & Fred Hopkins who would lay down some of the greatest composed and free music of the 70’s.
6) The Revolutionary Ensemble – The Psyche – Leroy Jenkins and company…anything but your typical chamber jazz outfit.
7) Creative Construction Company – Volume 1 – AACM heavy weights Anthony Braxton, Steve McCall, Muhal Richard Abrams, Leo Smith, Leroy Jenkins,& Richard Davis. Seen by many as THE representation of AACM it’s fitting two tracks are composed and named after the founder (Muhal Part 1, Muhal Part 2).
8) Don Cherry – Brown Rice – That’s Don’s electric piano on the title track while Frank Lowe blows his guts out over the top.
9) Peter Brotzmann, Fred Van Hove, Han Bennink – Tschus
10) Anthony Braxton Five – New York Fall 1974 (Composition 23a, Composition 23b) Wow Mr. Braxton hanging out at the bottom…who would have thought?
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