Jan Akkerman – Profile
Жанр: Progressive-Rock
Носитель: LP
Год выпуска: 1972
Лейбл: Sire Records Company / SAS 7407 (1st Press)
Страна-производитель: US
Аудио кодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Формат записи: 24/96
Формат раздачи: 24/96
Продолжительность: 37:56
Треклист:
A1. Fresh Air
a. Must Be My Land
b. Wrestling To Get Out
c. Back Again
d. The Fight
e. Fresh Air - Blue Notes For Listening
f. Water And Skies Are Telling Me
g. Happy Gabriel?
B1. Kemps Jig
B2. Etude
B3. Blue Boy
B4. Andante Sostenuto
B5. Maybe Just A Dream
B6. Minstrel/Farmers Dance
B7. Stick
Источник оцифровки: LP Rip & Full Scan LP Cover: Fran Solo
Устройство воспроизведения: Marantz 6170
Головка звукоснимателя: SHURE M97xE
Предварительный усилитель: Sansui 9090DB
АЦП: E-MU 0404
DR12
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Analyzed folder: Jan Akkerman – Profile (LP)
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR14 -0.66 dB -17.17 dB 01 Jan Akkerman - LADO 1- Fresh Air (Parts 'a' to 'g').wav
DR12 -3.10 dB -17.44 dB 02 Jan Akkerman - LADO 2- Kemps Jig.wav
DR10 -3.29 dB -16.12 dB 03 Jan Akkerman - Etude.wav
DR12 -2.31 dB -16.66 dB 04 Jan Akkerman - Blue Boy.wav
DR10 -8.28 dB -21.56 dB 05 Jan Akkerman - Andante Sostenuto.wav
DR13 -2.59 dB -17.29 dB 06 Jan Akkerman - Maybe Just A Dream.wav
DR12 -6.34 dB -21.44 dB 07 Jan Akkerman - Minstrel - Farmers Dance.wav
DR12 -1.97 dB -16.18 dB 08 Jan Akkerman - Stick.wav
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Number of files: 8
Official DR value: DR12
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Personel
Jan Akkerman / Guitar, Bass, Alto-lute, Spanish guitar, Electric Fender piano
Pierre van der Linden / Drums
Bert Ruiter / Bass
Ferry Maat / Piano
Jaap van Eyck / Bass
Frans Smit / Drums
About
What can a man do with a guitar?
Being referred to as one of the best guitarist on the globe this moment had to come: the ultimate guitar solo record. To be more specific: the ultimate guitar side of a record.
Side one is filled with the Fresh Air piece, roughly based on some strange concept I don't understand really well. The sub-parts itself however correlate with their titles. The song opens with psychedelic keys played by Akkerman himself on Fender piano, a great atmospheric start. Soon the Wrestling to get out part begins and a non-melodic jazz extravaganza is about to unfold. The title being the best way to discribe Akkerman's guitarplaying: it's like a mad rage to do the extreme. You will hear sound you've never heard before and speed beyond the imaginable. The basslines by Bert Ruiter (Focus) and drums by the masterfull Pierre van der Linden guide us to the best of hard jazz/rock or heavy fusion (which do you prefer?). I love the groovin' bassplaying. Fresh air - blue notes for listening is again a track with a title that doesn't need no explanation when you've heard it. One of the few relaxing tracks of the album. Jan Akkerman drops the speed for atmospheric guitar play, reminding me a bit of Robert Fripp. This is a welcome piece of music between two storms. For after this we'll get to hear some more Akkerman solo's of mad musicianship. This is the best track Jan Akkerman ever recorded in my opinion.
Side two. I don't listen to it very often but it is a midiocre collection of lute and blues songs which don't mach at all. I'm not even goin to tell something about it.
Conclusion. Now.. can a one side record make a masterpiece. I think in this case it does. The Fresh Air suite is a progressive masterpiece, a Fusion end point (this is fusion in the extreme) and a guitar axeman track of the highest skill. One of my most important records in my collection. Five stars! (but just for side one).
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