Release Date: 05 July 2024
Label: Esoteric / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 6
Barcode: 5013929476301
Genres: Rock Progressive Rock
Description
NEW REMASTERED 6 CD DISC CLAMSHELL BOXED SET FEATURING EVERY TRACK RELEASED BY NUCLEUS AND IAN CARR FOR THE LEGENDARY VERTIGO LABEL.FEATURING EVERY TRACK FROM THE ALBUMS "ELASTIC ROCK", "WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER", "SOLAR PLEXUS", "BELLADONNA", "LABYRINTH", "ROOTS", "UNDER THE SUN", "SNAKEHIPS ETCETERA" & "ALLEYCAT". NEWLY RE-MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL VERTIGO RECORDS MASTER TAPES.WITH AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET FEATURING AN ESSAY BY SID SMITH.
Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of a newly re-mastered 6CD clamshell boxed set anthology featuring all the recordings released by Vertigo Records by the legendary jazz-rock group Nucleus and their founder Ian Carr."Torrid Zone - The Vertigo Recordings 1970 - 1975" features every track from the highly celebrated albums "Elastic Rock", "We'll Talk About It Later", "Solar Plexus", "Belladonna", "Labyrinth", "Roots", "Under The Sun", "Snakehips Etcetera" & "Alleycat", all newly re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes.
The trumpeter and flugelhorn player Ian Carr was one of the most respected musicians of his era, a true pioneer who saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with some of rock music's sensibilities. Tiring of the current forms in British jazz, Carr formed Nucleus in 1969, around the same time as Tony Williams was pursuing new paths with his band Lifetime and Miles Davis was experimenting on the album In a Silent Way. With saxophonist and keyboard player Karl Jenkins, drummer John Marshall, saxophonist Brian Smith, bassist Jeff Clyne and guitarist Chris Spedding, the first line-up of Nucleus signed to Vertigo records in late 1969 and recorded the ground-breaking album "Elastic Rock" in January 1970. The original album liner note stated the aims of the band thus; "Nucleus is just what the word implies - a small, tightly knit group of musicians".
Tracklisting
Kevin Ayers
Wrath
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Tigertailz
The Fall
Genesis
Wigwam
Wigwam
Cynic
Cynic
The Blackbirds
Hawkwind
Kevin Ayers
