Album
The Rotary Connection
1968 · Electronic, Jazz
8 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Rotary Connection is a Jazz album by Rotary Connection, originally released in 1968. On Gatefold: 24 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
About
The first Rotary Connection album is one of the most unprecedented, influential, and gloriously bonkers records of the late '60, an era not lacking in out-there album. Its origins are as unexpected as everything else about it —Marshall Che, son of Chess Records cofounder Leonard, decided the legendary Chicago blues label needed to move with the time. He assembled a group led by composer/arranger Charles Stepney featuring multiple vocalists including future solo star Minnie Riperton. The multiracial (in itself notable for the time) ensemble, egged on by cowriter Che, created a dizzying, kaleidoscopic mix of rock, soul, pop, classical, choral gospel, and psychedelic strangene, shot through with electronic experimentalism and Eastern exotica. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Amen3:56
- A2Rapid Transit0:38
- A3Turn Me On3:17
- A4Pink Noise0:22
- A5Lady Jane4:57
- A6Like A Rolling Stone4:48
Side B
- B1Soul Man2:58
- B2Sursum Mentes0:44
- B3Didn't Want To Have To Do It3:08
- B4Black Noise0:23
- B5Memory Band3:46
- B6Ruby Tuesday4:48
- B7Rotary Connection2:46
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Soul Jazz
- lush
- hypnotic
- psychedelic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bobby ChristianGUITAR
- Bobby SimmsVOCALS
- Bryce RobersonGUITAR
- Charles StepneyARRANGED BY, KEYBOARDS
- Chuck BarksdaleVOCALS
- David ChausowCONDUCTOR
- Judy HauffVOCALS
- Kenny VenegasVOCALS
- Louis SatterfieldBASS
- Minnie RipertonVOCALS
- Mitch AliottaVOCALS
- Morris JenningsDRUMS
- Pete CoseyGUITAR
- Phil UpchurchBASS
- Sidney BarnesVOCALS
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 24 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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