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Drummers Alphonse Mouzon and Billy Cobham led almost parallel careers during the 1970s and helped to raise the bar by which all subsequent drummers were to be judged. They were both in legendary fusion bands (Mouzon in Weather Report and Larry Coryell’s Eleventh House and Cobham in Dreams and the Mahavishnu Orchestra), both led their own successful bands, both reinvented jazz-rock drumming, and both released one classic, genre-defining recording. Cobham’s classic was Spectrum, a recording that is regularly considered as one of the genre’s best. This, Mind Transplant, is Mouzon’s classic recording that is often hailed as “Spectrum II.” The common thread, besides the aggressive drumming, is guitarist Tommy Bolin. Where Cobham used Bolin’s aggressive playing as a counterpoint to Jan Hammer, Mouzon features the guitarist as the primary attraction. The tunes themselves may not be as memorable as, say, “Red Baron” or “Stratus,” but the playing is no less inspired. Mouzon and Bolin are a natural fit and push themselves to levels of creativity and skill that few can attain. Raw and powerful, the music herein is what made fusion such a viable musical style



Alphonse Mouzon - Mind Transplant (1975) Blue Note BN-LA 398-G.24/96

A1 Mind Transplant 
A2 Snow Bound 
A3 Caron Dioxide 
A4 Ascorbic Acid 
B1 Happiness Is Loving You 
B2 Some Of The Things People Do 
B3 Golden Rainbow 
B4 Nitroglycerin



Alphonse Mouzon - drums, Farfisa organ, Fender rhodes (B2), ARP 2600 synthesizer (A1), vocals (B2)
Henry Davis - bass
Tommy Bolin - guitar (solos on A2, A3, B3, B4)
Lee Ritenour - guitar (solos on A4, B1, B2)
Jerry Peters - Fender rhodes, Hammond B3
Jay Graydon - guitar & ARP synthesizer programming


Source: Original US 1st. pressing LP>
Table: Micro Seiki MB-15 w/ Shure M92E cartridge>
Pre: Yaqin MS-22B*RIAA (w/ NOS GE JG-12AY7 tubes)
Interface: Edirol UA-101 interface (recorded in full 24/192 resolution)>
Software: Sound Forge 10 Pro>
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dBpoweramp (flac 24/96) & tags>
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