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Weldon Irvine

Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine)

Pure Pleasure

PPAN APL1-0703

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Release Notes

Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
Recording Engineer and Mixed By – Jim Crotty
Producer, Arranged By, Conductor, Composed By – Weldon J. Irvine, Jr.
Recorded in RCA’s Studio ‘D’, New York City, 1974

After two visionary LPs for his own tiny Nodlew label, Weldon Irvine signed to RCA for Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine), exploring the deeply spiritual and political terrain of his previous efforts on the kind of grand musical scale that major-label funding accommodates. This is a big, bold record by any measure, with a startlingly pronounced focus on lyrics and vocals. At the same time, however, the melodies spread out like tentacles, informed by the improvisational sensibilities of jazz and the deep-groove spirit of funk. Jason Ankeny/AMG