Album
Expressway To Your Skull
1968 · Jazz, Rock
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
Expressway To Your Skull is a Soul & Funk album by Buddy Miles Express, originally released in 1968. On Gatefold: 15 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
About
Buddy Miles’ skull shattering debut boasted a title so shockingly evocative that post-punk tastemakers Sonic Youth found themselves compelled to name one of their fixture-rattling early hits in its honor. This bit of cross-cultural pollination ought to give you a decent idea of <i>Expressway to Your Skull</i>’s stylistic breadth. It's an album that embraces both the rock solid rhythms of classic soul, and the chaotic, genre-bending aesthetic of the psychedelic era. Though it's littered with far out sonic experiments redolent of Miles’ groundbreaking work with Hendrix’s Band of Gypsies, it is, at its heart, a deeply traditional soul album in the classic mold. Though the cavernous drums and mind bending distortion that permeates Miles’ take on “Let Your Lovelight Shine” gestures towards the diesel guzzling psychedelia of groups like Steppenwolf and Rare Earth, Miles’ Otis Redding inflected vocalizations hint at the track’s true provenance. Less an artifact of the swinging sixties than an aggressively revisionist take on classic soul tropes <i>Expressway to Your Skull</i> ought to appeal to fans of every stripe.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Train4:55
- A2Let Your Lovelight Shine3:24
- A3Don't Mess With Cupid2:37
- A4Funky Mule4:40
Side B
- B1You're The One (That I Adore)6:20
- B2Wrap It Up6:37
- B3Spot On The Wall3:30
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- fuzzy
- intense
- psychedelic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bill McPhersonBARITONE SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE FLUTE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
- Bill RichBASS
- Billy McPhersonTENOR SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- Buddy MilesBASS DRUMS GUITAR
- Herbie RichORGAN ORGAN, TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Jim McCartyGUITAR
- Marcus DoubledayTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Ron WoodsDRUMS
- Terry ClementsTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Virgil GonsalvesBARITONE SAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE FLUTE
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 15 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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