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▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: Horace Silver ░▓ ▌
▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: The United States of Mind (1970-72) ░▓░▐▓
▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Blue Note ░▓░ █▓▌
▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Genre........: Jazz ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓
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░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: Oct-05-2004 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
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░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ size........: 173,4 MB ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀
▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ playtime....: 120:02 min ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░
░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ Catnr.......: 73157 ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░
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▓████▓▌ cd1 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ 01. that healin' feelin' 03:53 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. the happy medium 04:57 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. the show has begun 04:11 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. love vibrations 04:03 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. peace 03:25 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. permit me to introduce you to yourself 03:14 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. wipe away the evil 04:15 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 08. nobody knows 04:13 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 09. theres much to be done 04:13 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 10. acid, pot or pills 04:27 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 11. what kind of animal am i? 03:39 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 12. wont you open up your senses 03:58 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 13. i've had a little talk 03:49 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 14. soul searchin' 04:18 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ 01. big business 05:22 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. i'm aware of the animals within me 03:48 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. old mother nature calls 06:18 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. total response 05:24 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. the merger of the minds 04:47 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. cause and effect 04:14 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. forever is a long long time 03:51 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 08. my soul is my computer 04:39 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 09. how much does matter really matter 03:10 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 10. horn of life 06:27 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 11. who has the answer 03:43 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 12. from the heart through the mind 03:29 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 13. all 05:39 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 14. summary 02:36 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Released on CD as part of the limited-edition Blue ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Note Connoisseur series, United States of Mind ▓▌
▓████▓▌ represents pianist and composer Horace Silver's ▓▌
▓████▓▌ sprawling trilogy of thematically linked albums ▓▌
▓████▓▌ recorded between 1970 and '72: That Healin' ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Feelin', Total Response, and All. To say that these ▓▌
▓████▓▌ albums were misunderstood is to understate the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ case. Silver had been one of Blue Note's most ▓▌
▓████▓▌ reliable and steady hard- and post-bop artists ▓▌
▓████▓▌ since the late 1950s. There was nothing in his ▓▌
▓████▓▌ catalog that prepared listeners for this ▓▌
▓████▓▌ adventurous undertaking that linked spiritual ▓▌
▓████▓▌ concepts and social consciousness to modern jazz as ▓▌
▓████▓▌ it encountered soul, funk, and pop at the dawn of a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ new decade. For starters, there are vocals on all ▓▌
▓████▓▌ three albums by Andy or Salome Bey and Gail Nelson, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Jackie Verdell, and even Silver himself, either ▓▌
▓████▓▌ individually or collectively. Next is Silver using ▓▌
▓████▓▌ an electric piano, electric bass, and on the latter ▓▌
▓████▓▌ two records, an electric guitar. Elements of the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ signature Silver sound remain; how could they not? ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The tunes are all tight, beautifully arranged and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ expertly played, but they sound like pop records ▓▌
▓████▓▌ being made by a jazz band. (And what a jazz band: ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Mickey Roker or Idris Muhammad on drums, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ saxophonists Houston Person, George Coleman, Harold ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Vick, bassists Bob Cranshaw or Jimmy Lewis, and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ trumpeters Cecil Bridgewater and Randy Brecker et ▓▌
▓████▓▌ all.) Thematically they discuss everything from ▓▌
▓████▓▌ cosmic consciousness to "peace," love, and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ understanding with breezy, optimistic melodies that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ reply on group execution rather than solo ▓▌
▓████▓▌ interplay. And what's more, many of these tunes ▓▌
▓████▓▌ could have been played on the formatless FM radio ▓▌
▓████▓▌ at the time ù and some indeed were. That Healin' ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Feelin' is the "straightest" of the bunch, it ▓▌
▓████▓▌ relies less on funk and more on jazz melodies and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ harmonies, and with Andy Bey's elegant singing ▓▌
▓████▓▌ holding forth with plenty of emotion and smooth ▓▌
▓████▓▌ soul as its starting point. One lone holdover, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ "Peace" was given fresh treatment here with lyrics ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and a killer performance by Bey ù Norah Jones later ▓▌
▓████▓▌ recorded this version for her Blue Note demo. Total ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Response and All are another matter. These are ▓▌
▓████▓▌ thoroughly electric records, they use distorted wah ▓▌
▓████▓▌ wah guitars, fuzzed up funk basses, they indulge ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ genres. There were singles issued from each ▓▌
▓████▓▌ successive platter and the tune "All" became a hit ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ù as Silver's debut vocal performance! Other songs ▓▌
▓████▓▌ form these recordings such as "The Happy Medium" ▓▌
▓████▓▌ were recorded and played by performers like Charles ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Earland in his live set. Marlena Shaw covered both ▓▌
▓████▓▌ "Wipe Away the Evil" and "The Show Has Begun." And ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Pills," "Won't You Open up Your Senses," and "Soul ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Searchin'" have seemingly dated lyrical contents, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ their rhythmic and groove elements have been ▓▌
▓████▓▌ employed by DJs of later generations in clubs and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ on dancefloors across the United States and Europe. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Ultimately, these records deserve a new hearing. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Perhaps Silver's traditional fans who worship the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ hard bop material still won't get them, and that's ▓▌
▓████▓▌ fine. But those investigating jazz funk, '70s soul, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ or seeking out lost grooves from back in the day ▓▌
▓████▓▌ would do well to listen hard because the reward is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ bountiful. The quality and vision of the music here ▓▌
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