Allan Holdsworth - Velvet Darkness (1976) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Allan Holdsworth - Velvet Darkness
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: CTI Records / CTI 6068 | Released: 1976 | Genre: Jazz-Rock
A1 Good Clean Filth 5:20
A2 Floppy Hat 2:46
A3 Wish 4:20
A4 Kinder 3:07
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B1 Velvet Darkness 4:42
B2 Karzie Key 3:11
B3 Last May 1:38
B4 Gattox 4:51
Credits
Acoustic Guitar – Allan Holdsworth (tracks: A2, A4, B3)
Bass – Alphonse Johnson*
Drums – Narada*
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Guitar – Allan Holdsworth
Piano – Alan Pasqua
Producer – Creed Taylor
Violin – Allan Holdsworth (tracks: B2)
Notes
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, June 1976
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: CTI Records / CTI 6068 | Released: 1976 | Genre: Jazz-Rock
A1 Good Clean Filth 5:20
A2 Floppy Hat 2:46
A3 Wish 4:20
A4 Kinder 3:07
-
B1 Velvet Darkness 4:42
B2 Karzie Key 3:11
B3 Last May 1:38
B4 Gattox 4:51
Credits
Acoustic Guitar – Allan Holdsworth (tracks: A2, A4, B3)
Bass – Alphonse Johnson*
Drums – Narada*
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Guitar – Allan Holdsworth
Piano – Alan Pasqua
Producer – Creed Taylor
Violin – Allan Holdsworth (tracks: B2)
Notes
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, June 1976
Allan Holdsworth - Velvet Darkness (1976) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Allan Holdsworth - Velvet Darkness (1976) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Allan Holdsworth - Velvet Darkness (1976) US 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
This Rip: 2013
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Despite some obvious sound quality problems, I actually like this recording quite a bit. It sounds not so much like an Allan Holdsworth album, but more like a band brought together to sound like the Mahvishnu Orchestra. And they do a pretty good job of it. The opening track, Good Clean Filth is the most Mahavishnu-like on the album, and it helps that sound to have Narada Michael Walden on drums. Elsewhere, Holdsworth's violin also adds to the MO type sound. A few excellent acoustic pieces also showcase Holdsworth's skills. And while his distinctive compositional style is not yet developed here, the songs are interesting enough.
BTW, the Epic CD I have from 1990 has five bonus tracks, alternate takes of some of the songs on the album, totalling over twenty minutes.
I know it doesn't sound like classic Holdsworth, but I like it more than most of his Synthaxe works.progarchives.com
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