RARE 1973 LONGWOOD ORIG ALPHA OMEGA Phil FLOWERS UNITED Funk Psych Psoul LP
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VERY RARE 1973 LONGWOOD LABEL FIRST PRINTING!
PSOUL-PSYCH EPIC CONCEPTUAL
PHIL FLOWERS and His UNITED FAMILY
ALPHA and OMEGA
\ USA - LONGWOOD RECORDS - L 20001
Very rare...Original 1973 first pressing in thick gatefold cover....The headiest work you'll ever hear from the mighty Phil Flowers – and some of the funkiest psoul-psych, too! The set is a really unique concept album – one that travels the path from earthly sin to spiritual redemption – covering a lot of hip territory along the way, as Phil grooves around in a number of different styles! Things start out very dark and heavy as the world is created, get a bit romantic in the Garden of Eden, then really start to rock-out as man takes his fall – stepping out with lots of badass basslines and heavy grooves. Guitar gets plenty of play in the set – both fuzzed-up and wah wah – and vocals are mostly by Phil, with help from the group at points. Titles include "Prostitution", "Devil's Theme", "God's Creation", "First Man", "Fire Fire", "I Can See The Sunlight", and "Alpha & Omega".
Before recording this album in 1973, Phil had a long and storied career as a master R&B stylist who, born in North Carolina and raised in Maryland, had been performing for twenty years before he recorded this record. Phil had, by 1973, amassed a traveling cadre of musicians. Playing in the idyllic Bermuda for months out of the year, Phil, who had various cycles of fervent religiosity which manifest themselves as a fascination in Pyramids or cryptic readings of the Old Testament, conceived of a musical play that took the myths and stories of the bible and applied them to modern day dilemmas. And though the play never materialized, we have existent a stunning musical document. With his years of studio experience, a talented family full of musicians, a room full of wah-wah pedals and echoplexes, a garden of Earthly delights in Bermuda and a group of long-time and forward thinking musicians, Phil assembled an album no one could have ever assembled. Immediate and urgent yet timeless, calling on the genres of funk and soul-psych yet transcending them, Alpha and Omega is an album that is rests comfortably in the cross section between Eugene Macdaniels, Sun Ra, Frok Haven and the Yahowa 13.
This is a music lovers’ album. It is an album that was made by musicians who each poured his or her own ambitions, individual talents and command of genre. Made for no one but the musicians themselves, it is a pure record full of fire and brimstone, cherubim and ether and a commitment to an artistic vision.
A: God's Creation 1st Mov. God's Creation 2nd Mov. First Man (Adam) Adam And Eve's Love Song First Man (Tag) Devil's Theme B: Prostitution (Hooked) Abortion (It's Too Crowded) I Can See The Sunlight Fire, Fire Will You Be There Gabriel's Gonna Blow Alpha And Omega
CONDITION: The Cover:Thick gatefold cover is very clean and solid all the way, "EX" (excellent)...normally IF found the dark cover has lots of wear, so here, a rarity as it stands, but in great condition...nobends, no writing and no split seams
The Vinyl: very clean, TOP M- looks, plays beautiful...clean labels too...
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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