(Jazz Fusion) [CD] Allan Holdsworth (w/ Narada Michael Walden, Alphonso Johnson, Alan Pasqua) - Velvet Darkness - 1976, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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XLD extraction logfile from 2012-02-06 15:00:17 -0500
Allan Holdsworth / Velvet Darkness
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       11  | 39:16:27 | 04:47:20 |    176727    |   198271
       12  | 44:03:47 | 02:17:45 |    198272    |   208591
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TITLE "Velvet Darkness"
PERFORMER "Allan Holdsworth"
REM GENRE "Jazz"
REM DATE "1990-04-19"
REM DISCNUMBER 1
REM TOTALDISCS 1
REM DISCID BE0C750D
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    TITLE "Good Clean Filth"
    PERFORMER "Allan Holdsworth"
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -4.05 dB
    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.998840
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Floppy Hat"
    PERFORMER "Allan Holdsworth"
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    REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.747650
    INDEX 00 05:23:40
FILE "02 - Floppy Hat.flac" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Wish"
    PERFORMER "Allan Holdsworth"
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    TITLE "Kinder"
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    TITLE "Velvet Darkness"
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FILE "05 - Velvet Darkness.flac" WAVE
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    TITLE "Karzie Key"
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FILE "06 - Karzie Key.flac" WAVE
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    TITLE "Last May"
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    TITLE "Gattox"
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This debut solo release by Allan Holdsworth has an "in the raw," coarsely presented, jam-session quality complete with warts and all, as well as real gems of jazz fusion shining through. A first hearing of this release in its vinyl version might provoke laughter at how really bad it sounds compared to Holdsworth's other releases as well as his playing with other groups. As it turns out, Holdsworth himself abhors this release (considering it "a real terrible disaster"), and has taken legal action and had it removed from production for several reasons. The original label used rehearsal tapes to compile it, deeming it unnecessary to finance real sessions. During the recording session, Holdsworth had to hurry through each song and apparently never obtained the masters to go over before release. In essence, the original release was nothing more than a taped rehearsal, packaged by CTI as an album without Holdsworth's permission. This recording has been bootlegged by label after label, none of the musicians involved ever saw any royalties, and no legal paperwork exists. (The recording's known labels and release/re-release dates include CTI Records [1976], King Records [1976], Epic Associated Records [CD, 1990], King Records [Japanese-only CD, 1994], and CTI Records [Japanese-only CD, 1997]. Velvet Darkness was also released in 1997 on an unknown label in Japan as a bootleg CD; an original copy of the vinyl LP album had been transferred to the CD.) This 1990 release with alternate takes (just more pieces dredged up from the jam-session practice tapes) is indeed an interesting snapshot of young stellar musicians doing their thing in a laid-back but energetic fusion-funk-rock groove. It is for all the above reasons that this is indeed a completist/collectors item nowadays. Included are the now very rare recordings of Holdsworth playing acoustic guitar and violin, which he does very well. The alternate take of "Gattox" is a special treat, featuring Holdsworth soloing with an intensity and emotive power that echoes all the best dynamics jazz fusion could offer in the '70s. Obtaining this release second-hand is probably the only and most proper way to find it now. - John W. Patterson, AMG

Bass – Alphonse Johnson
Drums – Narada Michael Walden
Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Violin – Allan Holdsworth
Piano – Alan Pasqua