Tonton Macoute – Tonton Macoute
Tracklist
| A1 | Just Like Stone | |
| A2 | Don't Make Me Cry | |
| A3 | Flying South In Winter | |
| B1 | Dreams | |
| B2 | You Make My Jelly Roll | |
| B3 | Natural High Part I | |
| B4 | Natural High Part II |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – RCA Corporation
- Record Company – RCA Records
- Copyright © – RCA Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Carlin Music
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Pulsar Music
- Recorded At – Advision Studios
- Published By – Pulsar Music
- Published By – Carlin Music
- Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Washington, UK
- Manufactured By – RCA Ltd.
- Printed By – E.J. Day Group
- Made By – E.J. Day Group
Credits
- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Vocals – Dave Knowles (3)
- Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Chris Gavin
- Design, Photography By [Album] – Keef (4)
- Engineer [Adviser Extraordinaire] – Martin Rushent
- Management – Ken Howard
- Organ, Electric Piano, Piano, Vibraphone, Vocals – Paul French (3)
- Percussion – Nigel Reveler
- Producer – Tonton Macoute
- Saxophone [Electric] – Dave Knowles (3) (tracks: B3)
Notes
Released in a matt gatefold cover.
(Label)
℗1971 Pulsar / Carlin Music
Manufactured by RCA Limited, England.
(Sleeve)
© 1971 RCA Limited.
Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford
Runouts are stamped except for the last three characters, which are etched.
(Label)
℗1971 Pulsar / Carlin Music
Manufactured by RCA Limited, England.
(Sleeve)
© 1971 RCA Limited.
Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford
Runouts are stamped except for the last three characters, which are etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, variant 1): AGBS 0519-1E A1L
- Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, variant 1): AGBS 0520-2E A1G
- Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, variant 2): AGBS 0519-1E A1U
- Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, variant 2): AGBS 0520-2E A1U
- Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, variant 3): AGBS 0519-1E A1M
- Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, variant 3): AGBS 0520-2E A1F
- Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, variant 4): AGBS 0519-1E A1E
- Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, variant 4): AGBS 0520-2E A1J
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AGBS 0519
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): AGBS 0520
- Other (Inner sleeve, Patent Nos.): 1125555 1072844
Other Versions (5 of 28)
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Tonton Macoute (LP, Album) | Neon (3) | NE 4, NE4 | 1971 | |||
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Tonton Macoute (LP, Album, Promo) | Neon (3) | SRA-5530 | Japan | 1971 | ||
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Tonton Macoute (LP, Album, Stereo) | Neon (3) | AGBS-0519, NE 4 | New Zealand | 1971 | ||
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Tonton Macoute (LP, Album) | Neon (3) | SRA-5530 | Japan | 1971 | ||
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Tonton Macoute (2×LP, Single Sided, Album, Test Pressing, White Label) | Neon (3) | NE 4, NE4 | 1971 |
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I reading years ago that this is considered one of the 'Top 10' Prog albums you must own. All I can say is I'm very glad I've got the original RCA Neon pressing. Its a great record and sounds fantastic.
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I years ago being told the Spring and Indian Summer albums were the only worthwhile albums on the Neon label. There's a lot of other interesting and worthwhile stuff on the label. Obvious he hadn't tried Raw Material's Time Is... or Tonton Macoute. Many of the other titles were jazz or maybe not to everyone's definition of prog. I have to say, even if the Tonton Macoute album is a little uneven, it's still a great example of jazzy prog rock. "Just Like Stone" isn't my favorite, it has a strangely American feel to it, reminding me a tad of Gravy Train's "Alone in Georgia" (itself never a favorite of mine from A Ballad of a Peaceful Man). I can't believe how much better "Don't Make Me Cry" is. Nice organ work from Paul French, and great jazzy arrangements. "Dreams" is extremely out of place on this album, but I am still blown away by it, an amazing piece of late '60s psychedelia, and it's 1971, but it sounds more 1968 than '71. "You Make My Jelly Roll" is an awful song title name, but what you have here is a jazz piece, it might be a bit too close to cocktail lounge jazz for some, but I still like it. "Natural High" is a two parter, and is more proggy, but with some jazzy arrangements. I like how Paul French plays some Bach on his electric piano making me think of Martin Kitkat (keyboardist for Gracious!) playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" on the first Gracious! album on "The Dream". I really have a hard time to compare these guys to. It's easy to say Soft Machine or Colosseum to just about any jazzy UK prog band of the time, but honestly they don't remind me of those groups or anyone particular. I don't know if you'll like the whole album, but there's still great stuff to recommend.
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