848064019138

Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

£38.49
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Format: LP

Cat No: RLGM19131PMI

PRE-ORDER: This item will be shipped with the aim to deliver on release day.

Format Details: Cobalt Blue Vinyl / Cobalt Blue Vinyl

Release Date:  16 May 2025

Label:  Real Gone Music

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  848064019138

Genres:  Country  

  • Description

    How many albums virtually upend a genre? And how many erstwhile bluegrass bands top a contemporary jazz chart?!
    The answer to these questions, is, one, very few, and two, only Béla Fleck & the Flecktones!
    Their second album, 1991's fancifully entitled Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, did indeed top Billboard's contemporary jazz albums chart and scored a couple of Grammy noms. But more importantly, this record really made explicit the Flecktones' bebop leanings, as they devised the term "Blu-Bop" to describe their unique fusion of bluegrass and jazz. Stylistic whiplash has never felt so good or sounded so sweet; check out their warm, instrumental wizardry on chestnuts like "Michelle" and "The Star Spangled Banner"…and don't
    miss Béla's banjo power chords on "Turtle Rock!" We had Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision remaster this classic for vinyl for maximum fidelity, and gave it a repress in cobalt blue vinyl limited to just 900 copies. Essential!

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Blu-Bop
      • 2. Flying Saucer Dudes
      • 3. Turtle Rock
      • 4. Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
      • 5. The Star Spangled Banner

      Side 2

      • 1. Star of the County Down
      • 2. Jekyll and Hyde (and Ted and Alice)
      • 3. Michelle
      • 4. Hole in the Wall
      • 5. Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (Reprise)

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