Torrid Zone : Vertigo Recordings 1970-75 = 6 CD = (CD)
Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of a newly re-mastered 6CD clamshell boxed set anthology featuring all the recordings released by Vertigo Records by the legendary jazz-rock group Nucleus and their founder Ian Carr. "Torrid Zone - The Vertigo Recordings 1970 - 1975" features every track from the highly celebrated albums "Elastic Rock", "We'll Talk About It Later", "Solar Plexus", "Belladonna", "Labyrinth", "Roots", "Under The Sun", "Snakehips Etcetera" & "Alleycat", all newly re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes. The trumpeter and flugelhorn player Ian Carr was one of the most respected musicians of his era, a true pioneer who saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with some of rock music's sensibilities. Tiring of the current forms in British jazz, Carr formed Nucleus in 1969, around the same time as Tony Williams was pursuing new paths with his band Lifetime and Miles Davis was experimenting on the album In a Silent Way. With saxophonist and keyboard player Karl Jenkins, drummer John Marshall, saxophonist Brian Smith, bassist Jeff Clyne and guitarist Chris Spedding, the first line-up of Nucleus signed to Vertigo records in late 1969 and recorded the ground-breaking album "Elastic Rock" in January 1970. The original album liner note stated the aims of the band thus; 'Nucleus is just what the word implies - a small, tightly knit group of musicians. We're all closely involved with each other musically, and some of us have played together in different contexts before, but this is the first time we've met to try and realise our common musical ideals. We see music as a continuous process and have tried to express this on the album. We mean continuous not simply in the physical sense of non-stop sets, but in the general sense that we don't recognise rigid boundaries, but try to use our total musical experience, whatever it may be'. This re-mastered 6 CD clamshell box set celebrates the vision and genius of Ian Carr and all the musicians associated with Nucleus During the period the band recorded it's most influential work. "Torrid Zone" features an illustrated booklet with an essay by writer Sid Smith and is a fine tribute a
01 1916 02 Elastic Rock 03 Striation 04 Taranaki 05 Twisted Track 06 Crude Blues 07 Crude Blues (part Two) 08 1916 - The Battle Of Boogaloo 09 Torrid Zone 10 Stonescape 11 Earth Mother 12 Speaking For Myself Personally In My Own Opinion I Think...
13 Persephones Jive 14 Song For The Bearded Lady 15 Sun Child 16 Lullaby For A Lonely Child 17 We'll Talk About It Later
Disc 2
01 Oasis 02 Ballad For Joe Pimp 03 Easter 1916 04 Elements 1 & 2 05 Changing Times 06 Bedrock Deadlock 07 Spirit Level 08 Torso 09 Snakehips' Dream
Disc 3
01 Belladonna 02 Summer Rain 03 Remadione 04 May Day 05 Suspension 06 Hector's House 07 Origins 08 Bull Dance 09 Ariadne 10 Arena
Disc 4
01 Exultation 02 Naxos 03 Roots 04 Images 05 Caliban 06 Whapatiti 07 Capricorn 08 Odokamona 09 Southern Roots And Celebration 10 In Pocession 11 The Addison Trip 12 Pastoral Graffiti 13 New Life 14 A Taste Of Sarsparilla
Disc 5
01 Theme 1 - Sarsparilla 02 Theme 2 - Feast Alfresco 03 Theme 3 - Rites Of Man 04 Rat's Bag 05 Alive And Kicking 06 Rachel's Tune 07 Snakehips Etcetera 08 Pussyfoot 09 Heyday
Disc 6
01 Phaideux Corner 02 Alleycat 03 Splat 04 You Can't Be Sure 05 Nosegay