The Cycle Is Complete
Label | Akarma – AK 269 |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold |
Barcode | 8026575269118 |
Country | Italy |
Released | 2003 |
Genre | Jazz, Folk, World, & Country |
Style | Free Improvisation |
Repress! At the end of the 1960s, the rock landscape was changing so radically, that many albums found their way to major label release that could have never been given the green light in any other era. One of the strangest of those is Bruce Palmer's 'The Cycle Is Complete,' the sole solo album by Buffalo Springfield's original bass player. The record was nothing if not uncompromising, consisting of four largely instrumental, improvised-sounding psychedelic-jazz-world fusion pieces that bore little relation to conventional rock music, or even to conventional structured songs. . Opening track 'Alpha - Omega - Apocalypse' features vocals by Rick Matthews (later known as psychedelic soul star Rick James).
A1 | Alpha - Omega - Apocalypse | 16:45 |
A2 | Interlude | 1:55 |
B1 | Oxo | 8:00 |
B2 | Calm Before The Storm | 10:12 |
Congas – Big Black
Drums – Paul Lagos
Engineer – Dave Hassinger
Guitar [Acoustic], Guitar [Electric], Bass [Fender] – Bruce Palmer
Oboe, Flute – Richard Aplan
Organ – Ed Roth
Percussion, Vocals – Rick Matthews
Piano – Jeff Kaplan
Producer – Bruce Palmer
Violin – Templeton Parcely
Written-By – Bruce Palmer
Drums – Paul Lagos
Engineer – Dave Hassinger
Guitar [Acoustic], Guitar [Electric], Bass [Fender] – Bruce Palmer
Oboe, Flute – Richard Aplan
Organ – Ed Roth
Percussion, Vocals – Rick Matthews
Piano – Jeff Kaplan
Producer – Bruce Palmer
Violin – Templeton Parcely
Written-By – Bruce Palmer
Recorded at Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Originally issued on Verve in 1971
Originally issued on Verve in 1971
Barcode – 8 026575 269118
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout) – AK 269 -A-
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout) – AK 269 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout) – AK 269 -A-
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout) – AK 269 B