Amiri Baraka - Black & Beautiful Soul & Madness [LP] Heart Fred Tompkins on flute

Fred Tompkins on flute

but not completely

demos and rarities from the PJ Harvey catalog

and its lyrics jog between self-reflection and direct address

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Amiri Baraka - Black & Beautiful Soul & Madness [LP] Heart Fred Tompkins on fluteOriginally released in New York in 1968 on Baraka's own Jihad label, "Black and Beautiful Soul and Madness" is a fiery document of the 1960s. It could be mistaken for a lost ESP DISK release, sitting nicely between Sun Ra, The Fugs, and Albert Ayler. The group was vocal in all the ways; sometimes singing, Doo wop & Soul, sometimes rapping in a Last Poets style, often doing both at the same time. Emotionally compelling and extremely powerful, we are