Ian Carr

• LIMITED GATEFOLD LP

One of the heaviest electric sets from UK trumpeter Ian Carr – and that's really saying a lot, given how much heavy work he cut with his group Nucleus! The sound here is a groundbreaking mix of acoustic horns and keyboards – trumpet from Carr, and a mix of tenor, soprano, alto, and flute from Brian Smith – coming into contact with the Fender Rhodes of Dave MacRae and the Hohner electric of Gordon Beck! The pairing of keys is wonderful – and the whole thing is sewn together by the guitar of a young Allan Holdsworth, who's very much in the sway of Carr's sound here, instead of the later directions he'd take as a leader

PERSONNEL:

• Ian Carr - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Brian Smith - tenor & soprano sax
• Dave MacRae - electric piano
• Gordon Beck - electric piano on A1, B2 to B4
• Alan Holdsworth - guitar
• Roy Babbington - bass guitar
• Clive Thacker - drums
• Trevor Tomkins - percussion on A1, B1, B2

Phonogram Studios, London, July 1972

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Belladonna
• A2. Summer Rain

• SIDE B
• B1. Remadione
• B2. Mayday
• B3. Suspension
• B4. Hector's House