Bruce Slesinger is the one-off drummer on Fresh Fruit for Rotting VegetablesMusic linernotes album music
Truce is Nurse With Wound's quiet album — silence and negative space as a structural elementMusic linernotes album music
The Byrds' The Notorious Byrd Brothers arrived in January 1968 on ColumbiaMusic linernotes album music
Talking Heads started Fear of Music without a producer — then brought in Brian EnoMusic linernotes album music
Talking Heads recorded Fear of Music from a loft with a studio truck on the streetMusic linernotes album music
Remain in Light was improvised in the studio with no songs written beforehandMusic linernotes album music
Mulatu Astatke was the first African student at Berklee College of Music.Music linernotes album music
Mulatu Astatke studied at Trinity College and Berklee before creating Ethio Jazz.Music linernotes album music
Mosquito / See Through: two discs, two improvisations, one hypnotic experience.Music linernotes album music
John Franz produced Scott Walker's early solo albums, continuing their Walker Brothers collaborationMusic linernotes album music
Fear of Music was recorded in a Long Island City loft and three NYC studiosMusic linernotes album music
Alèmyé came out on Amha Records, one of Ethiopia's key independent labelsMusic linernotes album music
Thom Bell produced four tracks on Closer Than Close, co-writing them with Linda Creed.Music linernotes album music
Sun Ra recorded over 100 albums — arguably the most prolific recording artist of the 20th centuryMusic linernotes album music
Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life was made possible by the biggest recording deal in historyMusic linernotes album music
Songs in the Key of Life took Stevie Wonder two and a half years and four studiosMusic linernotes album music
Sanders opened The Creator Has a Master Plan the same way Coltrane opened A Love SupremeMusic linernotes album music
Phyllis Hyman's debut single 'Loving You – Losing You' charted at number 32Music linernotes album music
Phyllis Hyman's debut I'm Here to Stay was recorded at three studios in three citiesMusic linernotes album music
Pharoah Sanders tapped Richard Davis and Ron Carter for Karma's bass partsMusic linernotes album music
Panis et Circencis translates to 'Bread and Circuses' — a fitting title for TropicáliaMusic linernotes album music
Os Mutantes' album cover borrows from Gustave Doré's Divine Comedy illustrations.Music linernotes album music
Os Mutantes recorded the album in October 1969 and released it in March 1970Music linernotes album music