Herbie Hancock HEADHUNTERS LP SQ Quad Quadraphonic NM
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HERBIE HANCOCK 'HEADHUNTERS' LP A Very Rare Original
1A/1A SQ Quadraphonic Pressing on Columbia Records 1974.
The Stamper Numbers in the Deadwax are PQAL 32731 - 1A for
Side One, and PQBL 32731 - 1A for Side 2. First Stampers!
Also, It States on the Back of the Cover:
'Quadraphonic Sound and Mix Supervision: David Rubinson And
Herbie Hancock. Quadraphonic Remix Engineer: Fred Catero'
This LP Pressing contains a Unique 4 Channel Mix that is best heard
through an SQ Decoder but is still a unique and original mix when
played back in Stereo!
The LP is Carefully Graded VG+ to NM!
There are only a few very light scuffs that
are probably from the paper sleeve. There
are no spindle marks on the labels. There
is a bit of light background noise though it
is more than likely the same as when new
as this looks previously unplayed.
The Cover is Graded VG to VG+ with
light overall wear. This has the Original
Paper Inner Sleeve.
The $4 S&H Charge includes Postal Insurance!
Head Hunters
Herbie HancockRating
Release Date
Oct 13, 1973
Recording Date
Sep 1973
Label
Columbia
Time
41:34
Genre
Reviews
Head Hunters was a pivotal point in Herbie Hancock's career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed avant-garde boundaries on his own albums and with Miles Davis, but he had never devoted himself to the groove as he did on Head Hunters. Drawing heavily from Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and James Brown, Hancock developed deeply funky, even gritty, rhythms over which he soloed on electric synthesizers, bringing the instrument to the forefront in jazz. It had all of the sensibilities of jazz, particularly in the way it wound off into long improvisations, but its rhythms were firmly planted in funk, soul, and R&B, giving it a mass appeal that made it the biggest-selling jazz album of all time (a record which was later broken). Jazz purists, of course, decried the experiments at the time, but Head Hunters still sounds fresh and vital decades after its initial release, and its genre-bending proved vastly influential on not only jazz, but funk, soul, and hip-hop.
5 out of 5 stars MUST HAVE, MUST HAVE MORE ALBUM By fancypunk (Denver, CO USA)Either too much or not much can be said about Herbie Hancock's monumental masterpiece, HeadHunters. It is, without a doubt, one of the best and most influential recordings of the 20th century. Even 28 years from its inception, HeadHunters continues to influence music. All the "greats" of Hip Hop and Rap, from Puff Daddy to Dr. Dre have Herbie Hancock to thank. Herbie created funk grooves and instrumental inventions still advanced to latest attempts. Yet, sadly enough, Hilfiger-sporting, bleach-haired, suburbanite preps have no idea that the lastest masterpieces by Eminem couldn't have been without Hancock and the HeadHunters.
Hopefully, you, the prospective buyer, have either heard HeadHunters before or are listening to the samples at this moment. You should be beginning to understand the impact that this album made. If you are familiar with previous fusion, you know that this sound hadn't really started yet. And if you have a virgin ear, perhaps you are hearing the future during the past for the first time. My favorite song on the album remains to be "Watermelon Man". It is hip-hop, funk, and jazz at its finest. When I hear this song, I hear the beats and grooves of so many artists twenty years after, desperately trying to match its intensity. Furthermore, although there are so many highlights in HeadHunters, Saxophonist Bennie Maupin stands out. He is able to bring smooth, melodic, fast, and furious sounds into all the sounds and should be commended. HeadHunters appeals to such a broad audience because there is so much of "it" there, exactly what you want to hear at exactly the right time.
I have found only one qualm with HeadHunters, and it is not necesarily bad. I wanted more. I would listen to HeadHunters again and again and I needed more grooves, improvisations, and tricks. HeadHunters is incomplete, but that isn't bad. The follow up album, Thrust, in my opinion, closes what Herbie Hancock was trying to create. Put Headhunters and Thrust together and you have a vision, a focus, making a full circle of a musical style. But just HeadHunters itself still makes a powerful statement. Nevertheless, it's a safe bet that if you get HeadHunters, you're going to want more.
Tracks
Title Composer Time1 Chameleon Hancock, Jackson, Mason, Maupin 15:44
2 Watermelon Man Hancock 6:32
3 Sly Hancock 10:20
4 Vein Melter Hancock 9:10
On May-30-11 at 20:47:46 PDT, seller added the following information:
I must mention there is a small and subtle warp that causes
some slight tracking movement on the first track of each side
but is completely inaudible. This is apparent on all the Quad
LPs I'm listing. Again, very subtle and completely inaudible.
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