Just To Hold My Hand / Inside Story (Vinyl 7") Books

Just To Hold My Hand / Inside Story (Vinyl 7") Books

A truly profound cultural artifact

opting for melody and texture over all else

The tracks included were recorded using a revolving door of Detroit musicians during late night/all-night sessions in Bobo's makeshift Detroit recording studio and record shop and were originally released on his own Big Star Records

crammed them together and started belting out a shambles under the name Mbongwana Star - 'mbongwana' meaning 'change'

and years later

gives way to a tremendous backing track that Tamer Pinarbasi's Qanun dances over

this reissue of Gil Scott-Heron's 'Lady Day And John Coltrane' will fill them with glee and the much rarer 'Two Sided Love Affair' by Cesar on the flip will raise an eyebrow or two

thanks to Cross' pioneering approach

is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip hop production and rapping

standard single LP and a limited edition gold 2LP where the album is physically split in to Sad and Happy LPs

though an icon of the big-band era by the 1960s

Many of the Santana albums that came out in the '70s are worth acquiring