Name: Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk by Roland Kirk
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My Heart Stood Still

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Cabin In The Sky

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On The Corner Of King And Scott Streets

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Untitled Blues

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Will You Still Be Mine

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One For My Baby

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk's nearly one-dozen long-players on the Mercury Records family of labels -- including the Smash and Limelight subsidiaries -- are gathered on this massive ten-disc compilation. Actually, it is 11 discs if you count the surprise bonus CD. Additionally, Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings of Roland Kirk lives up to its name by augmenting those albums with more than two-dozen previously unissued sides. Kirk's thoroughly innovative multi-instrumental reed work caught the attention of legendary producer Quincy Jones, then the vice-president of Mercury Records, who signed Kirk and would later arrange and conduct orchestrations for several of his memorable sessions. Perhaps the most recognizable among them is "Soul Bossa Nova" which is heavily featured in the Austin Powers franchise. Kirk's ability to perform several reed instruments -- including the tenor, flute, clarinet, manzello, and stritch -- simultaneously allowed him a musical autonomy few instrumentalists are afforded. His youthful embrace of the R&B, soul, pop, and eventually rock genres produced swinging interpretations of "And I Love Her" and "Walk on By," among others. Regardless of the genre, however, Kirk's ability to Swing -- with a capitol "S" -- is imprinted upon every piece he performed. Although Kirk continued his prolific output on Atlantic records in the late '60s and '70s, arguably his most profound sides are included here. We Free Kings, Domino, Reeds and Deeds, Gifts and Messages, I Talk with the Spirits and Rip, Rig & Panic are offered in their entirety. Undoubtedly the centerpiece of Kirk's work for the label is the live Kirk in Copenhagen, which features some wicked harp blowing from blues legend "Sonny Boy" Williamson, aka Big Skol. It is only fitting that this album benefits so greatly from inclusion on this set. The original six sides have been supplemented with an additional ten to present the entire October '63 performance, now complete at an hour and 45 minutes. Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings if Roland Kirk is complimented visually with a 56-page information packed booklet that includes: complete discographical and recording session logs, as well individual essays for each disc. Although not for the light of funds, this is truly the best way to become immersed in these early works of Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
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Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Volume 5

Volume 6

Volume 7

Volume 8

Volume 9

Volume 10

Volume 11

Volume 1

1. Blues For Alice

2. Blues For Alice

3. My Delight

4. The Haunted Melody

5. A Sack Full Of Soul

6. We Free Kings

7. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year

8. Moon Song

9. Some Kind Of Love

10. Three For the Festival

11. You Did It, You Did It

Volume 2

1. Get Out Of Town

2. Rolando

3. I Believe In You

4. Where Monk And Mingus Live / Let's Call This

5. Domino

6. E.D.

7. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

8. Someone To Watch Over Me

9. Termini's Corner

10. When The Sun Comes Out

11. Ad Lib

12. Stitt's Tune

13. I See With My Third "I"

14. Medley: If I Had You/Alone Together/For Heaven's Sake

15. Afternoon In Paris

16. Lady "E"

Volume 3

1. Meeting On Termini's Corner

2. Domino

3. Time

4. 3-In-1 Without The Oil

5. A Stritch In Time

6. Lament

7. A Breath In The Wind

8. Land Of Peace

9. Lonesome August Child

10. Limbo Boat

11. Hay Ro

12. Waltz Of The Friends

Volume 4

1. This Is Always

2. Reeds And Deeds

3. Song Of The Countrymen

4. Ecclusiastics

5. By Myself

6. Roland Speaks

7. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

8. Variations On A Theme Of Hindemith

9. I've Got Your Number

10. Between The Fourth And The Fifth Step

11. April Morning

12. Get In The Basement

13. Abstract Improvisation

Volume 5

1. Narrow Bolero

2. Narrow Bolero

3. My Heart Stood Still

4. No Title No.1

5. Mood Indigo

6. Cabin In The Sky

7. On The Corner Of King And Scott Streets

8. Untitled Blues

Volume 6