Soul Strut 100: # 37 - David Axelrod - Song of Innocence
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# 37 - David Axelrod - Song of Innocence
Please discuss your reactions to this record. The thread will be archived later here.
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Song of Innocence is a 1968 album by David Axelrod. The album was inspired by Songs of Innocence, a collection of poems by English poet William Blake. An Allmusic review describes the album as a "suite that blended pop, rock, jazz, theater music, and R&B" and has "withstood the test of time".[1] Axelrod's integration of funk breakbeats, orchestral arrangements, and psychedelic melodies foreshadowing 1990s dance music.[3]
In 1969, a subsequent companion album, Songs of Experience, was released. Sometime after that in the 1970s, the Song of Innocence album was re-released as Songs of Innocence.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Innocence
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# 37 - David Axelrod - Song of Innocence
Please discuss your reactions to this record. The thread will be archived later here.
About
Song of Innocence is a 1968 album by David Axelrod. The album was inspired by Songs of Innocence, a collection of poems by English poet William Blake. An Allmusic review describes the album as a "suite that blended pop, rock, jazz, theater music, and R&B" and has "withstood the test of time".[1] Axelrod's integration of funk breakbeats, orchestral arrangements, and psychedelic melodies foreshadowing 1990s dance music.[3]
In 1969, a subsequent companion album, Songs of Experience, was released. Sometime after that in the 1970s, the Song of Innocence album was re-released as Songs of Innocence.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Innocence
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What???s your favorite David Axelrod produced track?
Axelrod comp compiled by Egon???
Funkiest white man ever?
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This record always has a special place with me. Great record to throw on, kick back, and relax. The orchestration and the grooves are straight up bananas. I also love Songs of Experience equally too.
No, that's the early 70's pressing I mentioned. The og is the cover Raj posted.
http://open.spotify.com/user/1121775350/playlist/54CR4Ce88uFkr6shaMHxVX
I have never figured out who was buying this.
Did not fit any genre. Marketed toward a rock psych market, but far too orchestrated for those folks. Much too jazzy for easy listening, too easy listening for jazz.
Sure works great today. Truly ahead of it's time.
Wasnt this coveted by Hip Hoppers?
In 1968?
Yup.
End to end its a joy to listen to.
Its been sampled a whole load of times so its always fun listening to the album and noticing new sampled bits.
Think I remember reading that Axelrod was given the opportunity to make/release this as a sort of pat on the back for making the label shit loads of cash on previous productions, so Im guessing it was a total vanity project with neither the record company or Axelrod having a particular market in mind.
Wasn't A Devine Image on Songs Of Experience?
Yes - you're right, and so was the source for shadows 'midnight in a perfect world'.
At least tell me im right about Shadow being the first to use Axelrod?
Actually I think Fat Joe's 'Bronx Keeps Creating It' was earlier still - does that make Joe Fatals production the first high profile use of an axelrod sample?
Can anyone shed more light on this?
Show & A.G. "Check it out" was before that I think. And I think the Artifacts remix with Busta was before that??
Shadow wasn't the first.
edit:
upon further research it looks like Apache sampled Holy Thursday in 1992.
Excellent LP, took me awhile to come around.
The bit in Urizen where the bass kicks in with the drums has been used battles, I guess they just looped it up.