![]() Unfortunately, the record’s at its worst about four times as often as it’s at its best: there are half a dozen painful endless covers like “Ruby Tuesday” and “ Like A Rolling Stone “. ![]() At its worst, the group is just covering tunes by better bands, all using the same neoclassical schtick – like the Vanilla Fudge with chops. At its best the record integrates classical methods better than anything else going on at the time (“ Amen“), and the production is ear-catching (“ Soul Man“). ![]() The arrangements rely heavily on choral singing, plus organ and strings, and occasional sitar, theremin and tabla: no guitars to speak of. He assembled a very talented team: arranger and composer Charles Stephney went on to tremendous success with Earth Wind & Fire bandmember Sidney Barnes was soon to work with George Clinton and backup singer Riperton would later make her name as a solo artist. Not your typical psychedelic pop record, this was the brainchild of Marshall Chess (son of Chess Records founder Leonard), who wanted to take the Beatles’ innovations of classical instrumentation, phenomenal production values, and crazy experimentation to their extreme. ![]()
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