TCCDM Pulls One Out..."Coryell" - Larry Coryell (1969)
"Coryell" - Larry Coryell (1969)
I enjoyed this spin very much. Larry Coryell was a guitar jazz mage, of course, but here he is a firestorm of wah-wahs, distortion, and burn riffs. Oh, the album is still held together with some jazz ideas and threads...but "Coryell" leans closer into the funky blues-psych rock on this square. Hints of psych dust, anyway. And I dig all the unexpected twists and turns.
An album cover that has Coryell looking like Freddy Prinze after taking a few sips from the Kool-Aid punchbowl at a 'y'all come back' communal farm leaves little doubt, Larry Coryell was having a wee bit of a love-jones going on. But this only makes for a lot of fun while Larry works it all out. And don't let the album cover fool ya. Coryell's guitar playing is an amazing trip. I think side one may be the stronger, but that's splitting hairs. "Coryell" sounds fresh and fine and adds a little something different on the wax to reach for on one of those woozy nights
"Coryell" - Larry Coryell (back)
Favorites include the longest track, "The Jam With Albert" which gets a wicked Coryell workout. I really like "Sex" for an opener. And the song, too. It's a groovy funky thingamagoogah with tasty fuzz burns. Gets the old heart going pit-a-pat. "Morning Sickness" is a runaway powder keg with a nice long fuse. "Elementary Guitar Solo #5" is the most different song with a nice gentle, almost floaty vibe that morphs into something else. Coryell is butter.
Last year, I picked up Larry Coryell's RSD reissue of "At The Village Gate" and I really liked it, so I'd been keeping an eye out for this early Coryell offering. I finally found this original copy buried in a dealer's box for only $5. No real big thing, but still I get excited when I stumble on a record that's been on my radar. It's that warm rush that keeps us going. Anyway, the vinyl is on the Vanguard Apostolic label and has a really groovy record sleeve. My copy is a Pitman pressing noted by the "ᴘ" stamped in the runout signifying a New Jersey stamp. And that's how it goes.
Vanguard Apostolic sleeve & Vanguard Apostolic label
Cat #
VSD-6547
SIDE A DEADWAX
V SD 6547 A p XSV222356-2A 3
SIDE B DEADWAX
V SD6547 B p XSV222357-2A 3
"Sex" - Larry Coryell / "Larry Coryell" (1969)
TRACKS:
A1 "Sex" 3:51
A2 "Beautiful Woman" 4:32
A3 "The Jam With Albert" 9:20
B1 "Elementary Guitar Solo #5" 6:49
B2 "No One Really Knows" 5:07
B3 "Morning Sickness" 5:20
B4 "Ah Wuv Ooh" 4:22
PERSONNEL:
Larry Coryell - guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals
Mike Mandel - keyboards
Chuck Rainey - guitar, bass
Mervin Bronson - bass
Albert Stinson – bass
GUESTS:
Jim Pepper - flute, saxophone
Ron Carter - bass
Bernard Purdie - drums
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