Love Cry

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Love Cry was released in 1968 on Impulse! Records. The album was recorded at Capitol Studios in New York, in August 1967 and February 1968, with Alan Silva on bass and Milford Graves on drums. It was the last record on which his brother Donald plays trumpet. Shortly after the session he left the band and returned to Cleveland. According to Phil Freeman, the record was partly an attempt by Impulse! to reintroduce the saxophonist to the public.

The saxophonist had earlier recorded Ghosts and Bells in much longer and wilder versions for ESP-Disk. Here they are short and focused on the melody, with influences from rhythm and blues and New Orleans polyphony. The harpsichord gives the music a strange sound. Universal Indians lasts almost ten minutes and is the big piece of the record. One reviewer called it one of his best records, another wrote that it is often overlooked.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Love Cry3:56Apple Music ↗
2. 2Ghosts2:49Apple Music ↗
3. 3Omega3:20Apple Music ↗
4. 4Dancing Flowers2:25Apple Music ↗
5. 5Bells3:09Apple Music ↗
6. 6Love Flower3:32Apple Music ↗
7. 7Love Cry II7:16Apple Music ↗
8. 8Zion Hill (Alternate Take)4:15Apple Music ↗
9. 9Universal Indians (Alternate Take)7:37Apple Music ↗
10. 10Zion Hill6:08Apple Music ↗
11. 11Universal Indians (Full-length Version)9:50Apple Music ↗

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See also

• Albert Ayler