{"product_id":"ian-carr-s-nucleus-roots","title":"Ian Carr’s Nucleus - Roots","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat an unbelievable record.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the wild cover to the iconic breakbeats, Roots from Ian Carr’s Nucleus is one of the dopest albums we know.\u003cbr\u003eThis is seriously thick, funky-prog jazz-rock heaven.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally released on Vertigo in 1973, other than a couple of versions at the time for other territories, Roots was never re-pressed since so it’s gone on to become another one of those impossible to find records.\u003cbr\u003eMaybe it was a little too out there for the time, but it’s aged very, very well indeed and this Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era.\u003cbr\u003eHe was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus.\u003cbr\u003eRegarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”.\u003cbr\u003eWe can get behind that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians.\u003cbr\u003eThis constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels.\u003cbr\u003eWorking together with producer Fritz Fryer and engineer Roger Wake, the seven compositions by Carr, Brian Smith and Dave MacRae that make up Roots flirt with perfection, and Nucleus at that time made up of the cream of 1970s UK jazz with Brian Smith on tenor saxophones and flutes, Dave MacRae on piano and electric piano, Jocelyn Pitchen on guitar, Roger Sutton on bass, both Clive Thacker and Aureo De Souza on drums and percussion, Joy Yates delivering the vocals and of course Carr on trumpet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Be With edition of Roots has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis’ mastering working together with Pete Norman’s cut to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings.\u003cbr\u003eThe crazy cover has been restored at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue reissue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Be With Records","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":59740672164172,"sku":"BLX-15285","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0841\/2738\/3884\/files\/4251804125376.jpg?v=1793724941","url":"https:\/\/badlands.co.uk\/products\/ian-carr-s-nucleus-roots","provider":"Badlands","version":"1.0","type":"link"}