ARTIST...: Owen Marshall
TITLE....: The Naked Truth
YEAR.....: 2012
LABEL....: Jazzman
CAT.NO...: JMANCD048
GENRE....: Jazz
TIME.....: 38:49 min
SIZE.....: 88,10 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44.1kHz/Full Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2012/04/14
WEBSITE..: http://www.bagpak.net
TRACKLIST
01) (04:45) Electric Flower
02) (03:51) Nanas' Sleeping
03) (03:36) Peanut Butter Ice Cream Man
04) (02:44) Planet Funk
05) (04:01) Paper Man
06) (05:39) Winter Butterfly
07) (03:39) Casa Del Soul
08) (03:03) Ancient Astronauts
09) (03:09) Grunt
10) (04:22) Evo Love
'A great deal of creative energy has gone into the making of this LP. Which somehow
illustrates what a very wise one once said, "If you want anything done right, do it
yourself" and that is "THE NAKED TRUTH".' - Owen Marshall, 1975
ABOUT THIS ALBUM
Every once in a while, a record presents itself so defiant in its refusal of
categorisation that it becomes the bane of those poor vinyl archaeologists whose
business it is to file and classify. The aptly named "The Naked Truth" is one such
artifact; a wayfaring stray of an album that weaves its insouciant magic through the
edgelands of sound. The musical provenance is palpable - an electric blend of
spiritual jazz, rhythmic black psychedelia and far-out exotica - but where itÆs
headed remains a mystery, echoing shapes so strange that they fit no musical crevice.
This is an album whose grooves are slow and deep, with a languid, balmy, and
irresistibly pensive aura. It's moody: cosmic abstractions ooze from every sweet
inflection, lulling arpeggios lose themselves in a haze of forgetfulness.
The late Owen Marshall and his band run wild over this record, and their experiments
with sound are compelling, occasionally bizarre, and chock full of strange paradoxes.
So much of what can be heard here is playful, free, imbued with a sense of wonder and
pure joy usually ascribed to that most natural genius of the imagination - the child.
And yet there is a knowingness at work here - a certain subdued polish tempering
these otherwise passionate excursions. The full force of this can be seen in
Marshall's use of instruments; among the saxophone, the synth, the percussion, and
the electric piano, you will hear the 'Hose-a-phone', the 'Tube-phone', 'Ply-tar',
and 'Boonet'. These are instruments that Owen built himself - in order, he said, to
enable him to 'tap the very depths of his creative resources...to make music fun to
play, and entertaining to listen to'.
This is a private press album that begs to be public. "The Naked Truth" is an album
that wants to be listened to, it wants to be heard and take your hand and lead you
far, far away - it wants to wander with you deep into the woods of imagination, just
as Owen himself must have done all those years ago.
-All tracks fully licensed and digitally restored from the original master tapes
-Original liner notes written with the assistance of the Marshall family
-BONUS 7" Jazzman single included with the LP, 1000 numbered copies
-Extremely rare private press spaced-out spiritual jazz funk LP that changes hands
for well over $1000!
-RARE and FINE music heard only on Jazzman - all because WE DIG DEEPER!
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