Explosion, by Bob James

Explosion

by Bob James

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1.	Peasant Boy 08:36	buy track
2.	Untitled Mixes 05:20	buy track
3.	Explosions 05:46	buy track
4.	And On 08:56	buy track
5.	Wolfman 06:06	buy track

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Bob James, a recent college graduate, brought ESP a master of a session he had produced, featuring Barre Phillips and Bob Pozar. He chose for the front cover a torn poster he had photographed on a visit to Australia. In 1974, having garnered several gold records, he returned to visit ESP on the ground floor at 290 West End Avenue, in New York City. Lounging in a swing back leather chair, he commented that he thought his ESP album was the best one he had ever made. - Bernard Stollman

Personnel:
Bob James: piano
Barre Philips: bass
Robert Pozar: percussion
Bob James, Bob Ashley and Gordon Mumma: electronic tape collage on tracks 2 and 5

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released January 1, 1965

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"Lively and often humorous compositions." -- All Music Guide

"...rare indeed is a successful pairing of electronic and acoustic audio collage, much less in a mid-1960s jazz setting...Couple this with the fact that this is one of the most cleanly recorded items in ESP's catalog, and Explosions is a weighty historical artifact not to be missed." -- Clifford Allen

Credits:

Recorded May 10, 1965 at Bell Sound Studios, NYC. Engineered by Art Crist. Original cover by Bob James. Original art direction by Jay Dillon. Digital remastering by Douglas McGregor. Design & Layout by Miles Bachman & Peov.

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