Mind Transplant

Artist: Alphonse Mouzon
Label: EMI Int'l
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724381836521
EAN: 0724381836521
ASIN: B00008CLMX

Release Date: 2003-04-17

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Tracks:

Mind Transplant
Snow Sound
Carbon Dioxide
Ascorbic Acid
Happiness Is Loving You
Some Of The Things Pepole Do
Golden Rainbows
Nitroglycerin

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Customer Reviews:

They don't come like this anymore.......2007-03-07

Sometimes you just want to be transported to a different musical universe,to a time when everything was possible.From the outrageous clothes of Alphonse on the cover(why are we so boring these days?)to the fantastic tight energetic playing of everyone involved, this is a CD that holds up remarkably well.The sound quality on my CD is amazing, and if you think jazz fusion means unstructured noodling then you couldn't be further from the truth with this disc.The songs are focused and precise with accessible melodies and inspired solos.There is a real sort of joy that emanates from this music thats very refreshing in our crazy 21st century world.

Very emotional........2005-05-23

SOme of the best guitar work ever laid down on vinyl. This CD features the late great Tommy Bolin (RIP). I first heard tracks from this LP years ago when two tracks appeared on a retrospective of Tommy Bolin. I was hooked and went and bought the CD. Just superb. Recommended for those people who loves guitars that speak without talking.

State of ART fusion.......2005-05-05

If you are a real 70s music fan, if you are a drummer, if you like jazz/rock/funk/blaxploitation, do not miss this great album.
Alphonse Mouzon is an earthquake, you can recognize it from the first seconds of the first song.
My favourite song: surely "Ascorbic Acid": it is breathtaking, very fast, a killer song.
I think probably I am the one in Italy who owns this album! Tommy C.

Al-fondu.......2004-10-03

You know something? I really wanted to like this album. I had listened to Billy Cobham's "Spectrum" hundreds of times and been amazed by the kinetic energy and dynamic interplay between all the performers and of Billy's unnerving facility for both assymetry and raw funk in his drum patterns.
I longed for an album in a similar vein that could galvanize me even half as much as "Spectrum" could, so I'd done my research and discovered that "Mind Transplant" was considered to be Alphonse Mouzon's finest album, as well as one that was usually mentioned in the same breath as "Spectrum" by avid fusion fans.
Maybe my high expectations would only fuel potential disappointment in regards to "Mind Transplant" because I'm afraid that in my view, it falls well short of the mark.
In terms of the sound quality itself, the album sounds like it has been recorded under a wet blanket. This I can't understand, considering the numerous boasts about the superior sound quality and the recent remastering.
Compositionally, the tracks on the album are often just plain weak. The title track starts off well, and then at "1:40" the guitars commence a 6-note riff that is repeated incessantly... infuriatingly... without variation until the song's finish (2 1/2 minutes later!). I find this bridge section so strident and grating now, I have to skip forward to "Snowbound" to prevent the early onset of neurasthenia.
Much has been made of Tommy Bolin's involvement in "Mind Transplant" by Bolin aficionados, but those people familiar with his work as I am will be aware that far from being a genuinely improvisational musician, Tommy tends to have a gamut of stock pentatonic licks that he recycles in different forms. Such is the case here (compare the solo on "Golden Rainbows" to his solo on "Stratus"... see what I mean?).
I was also a bit disappointed with the actual running time of "Mind Transplant" too, which in this current Blue-Note re-release clocks in at just over 33 minutes. I had read earlier that when Rhino did a re-release in the early-90s, they had added a 15-minute long track entitled "The Real Thing" on the album's end. Unfortunately, that track is nowhere in evidence here.
Having got those gripes out of the way, I have to say that there is much to enjoy on the album. Alphonse's drumming is tight, precise and energizing, Jerry Peter's organ playing is fine and "Golden Rainbows" - with its haunting melodies and all-round ambience -goes some way towards redeeming earlier disappointments. However, despite the fine level of musicianship displayed by most, compositionally the album simply isn't as strong. (I would give the album 3 1/2 stars if I was allowed to!)

Best 70s Fusion album.......2003-08-10

"Mind Transplant" is pure fusion classic. It's a classical recording and is history.
If you are into Fusion and you don't have it you missed something important.
Mouzon's drumming is just breathtaking and just tells the story that Alphonse was the fusion drummer alongside Billy Cobham in the 70s. If you get the chance to check out Alphonse Mouzon live, do it. He has still down everything. THIS MAN AND THIS ALBUM IS HISTORY!

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