Mercury Records Collection: MG-20939: Gifts And Messages

MG-20939: Gifts And Messages / Roland Kirk

Label Type :	red Mercury type B
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 20939A M1 I RR
	SIDE-B	MG 20939B M1 RI RR

Comments

with original Mercury inner sleeve.

Inside The Groove

Another great album by a true genius Roland Kirk.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

This album contains 10 tracks, thus rather short in each tune. But the quality of each tune is a different matter. Roland Kirk's sound is always full of vitality, humor, energy, emotions, and a pure heart. Listen to a pure emotion on A-3 for example. Beautiful.

This album is another “beautiful”, artistic album by a true genius. Too good.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

10 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	1-31638	The Things I Love (L. Harris - H. Barlow)	3:15
A-2	1-31639	Petite Fleur (Sidney Bechet)	3:06
A-3	1-31644	Hip Chops (Roland Kirk)	3:32
A-4	1-31643	Gifts And Messages (Roland Kirk)	4:08
A-5	1-31647	Vertigo Ro (Roland Kirk)	4:02
SIDE-B
B-1	1-31640	March On, Swan Lake (Arr. Roland Kirk)	4:07
B-2	1-31642	My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice (Arr. Roland Kirk)	3:22
B-3	1-31641	Tears Sent By You (Michael Fleming)	6:00
B-4	1-31646	Where Does The Blame Lie? (Roland Kirk)	2:50
B-5	1-31645	Blues For C & T (Roland Kirk)	3:05

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Roland Kirk (ts, manzello, stritch, fl, siren, oboe), Horace Parlan (p), Michael Fleming (b), Steve Ellington (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, July 22, 1964.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Roland Kirk (ts, manzello, strich, fl, siren, etc.) :

Mercury MG-20679 / SR-60679 : We Free Kings
Mercury MG-20748 / SR-60748 : Domino
Mercury MG-20800 / SR-60800 : Reeds And Deeds
Mercury MG-20844 / SR-60844 : The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets The Benny Golson Orchestra
Mercury MG-20894 / SR-60894 : Kirk In Copenhagen
Mercury MG-20939 / SR-60939 : Gifts And Messages
Limelight LM-82008 / LS-86008 : I Talk With The Spirits
Limelight LM-82027 / LS-86027 : Rip, Rig And Panic
Limelight LM-82033 / LS-86033 : Slightly Latin

Mercury MG-20751 / SR-60751 : Big Band Bossa Nova / Quincy Jones
Mercury MG-20799 / SR-60799 : Plays Hip Hits / Quincy Jones
Mercury MG-20863 / SR-60863 : Explores The Music Of Henry Mancini / Quincy Jones
Limelight LM-82002 / LS-86002 : I/We Had A Ball / Various Artists
Smash MGS-27026 / SRS-67026 : Tubby's Back In Town / Tubby Hayes and the All-Stars
Smash MGS-27029 / SRS-67029 : Feel Real / Eddie Baccus