Experiments With Pops

Experiments With Pops

ASIN: B00005NESR

Track Listings

1. These Boots Are Made For Walking

2. Norwegian Wood

3. Sunny

4. Up, Up and Away

5. MichellE

6. I Can See For Miles

7. Good Vibrations

8. Monday, Monday

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Originally released in 1968 on Major Minor Records in the UK and now available on CD for the first time ever! Digitally re-mastered from the original Stereo analog master tapes. Includes the original album cover artwork and liner notes exactly as they appear on the original LP. Features Gordon Beck on piano, John McLaughlin on guitar, Jeff Clyne on bass, and Tony Oxley on drums.

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Average customer rating:

No classic but still an enjoyable memento of the British 1960s jazz scene

better than you think

Experiments With Pops
Gordon Beck
Manufacturer: Art Of Life
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

These Boots Are Made For Walking
Norwegian Wood
Sunny
Up, Up and Away
MichellE
I Can See For Miles
Good Vibrations
Monday, Monday

Album Description

Originally released in 1968 on Major Minor Records in the UK and now available on CD for the first time ever! Digitally re-mastered from the original Stereo analog master tapes. Includes the original album cover artwork and liner notes exactly as they appear on the original LP. Features Gordon Beck on piano, John McLaughlin on guitar, Jeff Clyne on bass, and Tony Oxley on drums.

Customer Reviews:

No classic but still an enjoyable memento of the British 1960s jazz scene.......2007-03-14

This one is treasured by guitar fans for a glimpse of John McLaughlin (or "Johnny McLaughlin" as the sleeve has it) in 1967, two years before his debut on _Extrapolation_. It's a clever, maybe too-clever idea for an album--I have no problem with the idea of jazz-goes-pop or pop-goes-jazz, but pianist Gordon Beck's hyperactive Bill Evans style & elaborate recomposition/reharmonization of tunes like "Michelle", "These Boots Were Made for Walking" and "Good Vibrations" isn't entirely to my taste. (Nowadays I think jazz musicians are more comfortable with the idea of playing pop tunes _as pop tunes_ rather than having to "reshape" them or "elevate" them. But of course back in 1967 jazz fusion and jazz-rock were still a few years from being fully-fledged movements or styles.....) It's hard to go wrong, in any case, with McLaughlin, bassist Jeff Clyne (a mainstay of British jazz, from the mainstream to the experimental free improv band the Spontaneous Music Ensemble) and drummer Tony Oxley (most famous as a founder of the UK avant-garde, but also a veteran of many commercial/mainstream gigs). Beck's attractive but glib piano doesn't do a lot for me, but McLaughlin's imaginative, ecstatic blend of jazz, blues and rock is already pretty impressive even in embryo, & it's fascinating to hear him sparring with Oxley two years before _Extrapolation_--notice, for instance, the way that the music (& the band) really gets a lot looser and more interesting during McLaughlin's solo on "These Boots...". Pity that the solos are cut short most of the time--the tracks are mostly in the 3 to 5 minute range--but the music is otherwise more than just a curio. If you're a McLaughlin fan this is, needless to say, essential.

better than you think.......2004-10-23

I originally came across this cd after doing extensive research into John Mclaughlin's studio work of the 1960's.At first I was concerned this would be another cheezy jazz attempt at performing 60s pop rock.I was pleasantly surprised.This album is jazz.Although they cover pop songs they make them their own
Excellent performances from the quartet.A great find for any Mclaughlin fan.The first track is on fire .The rest of the cd is a much lighter edge but definetly unique.
I would also recommend the "Danny Thopson trio-Live 1967"
which also contains rare Mclaughlin from the same year except without drums.Great straight ahead jazz album.

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