Dr. John - Babylon (1969)

Artist: Dr. John
Title Of Album: Babylon
Year Of Release: 1969
Label (Catalog#) :ATCO [081227933876-2]
Country: USA
Genre: Blues Rock, Psych Rock, Funk
Quality: FLAC (tracks+cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 37:16
Full Size: 391Mb(+3%)(covers)
Info:wiki

Babylon is the second album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. In his autobiography, Under A Hoodoo Moon, Dr. John describes the origins of the album in detail:

"Our second album was cut in late 1968—the year of the Tet offensive, and of the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. It was a heavy time for me: Not only was the Vietnam War raging in all its insanity, but, as a semioutlaw, I was being pursued by various kinds of heat across L.A. In its lyrics and music, this album reflects these chaotic days. At times hard-driving, at other times following a deliberately spacy, disorienting groove, Babylon was the band's attempt to say something about the times—and to do it with a few unusual musical time signatures. The lead song, "Babylon", sets the tone. To a 3/4 and 10/4 groove, it lays out my own sick-ass view of the world then—namely, that I felt our number was up. We were trying to get into something...with visions of the end of the world—as if Hieronymus Bosch had cut an album."

Tracks:
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1. Babylon - 5:13
2. Glowin' - 5:37
3. Black Widow Spider - 4:45
4. Barefoot Lady - 3:00
5. Twilight Zone - 8:10
6. The Patriotic Flag-Waiver - 4:53
7. The Lonesome Guitar Strangler - 5:35

Personnel:
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Dr. John – vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion
Richard "Didimus" Washington – guitar, percussion
Plas Johnson – saxophone
Moe Bechamin – tenor saxophone
Alvin Robinson – guitar
Steve Mann – guitar
Al Frazier – bass
John Boudreaux – drums
Ronnie Barron – organ
Jessie Hill – backing vocals, percussion
Shirley Goodman – backing vocals
Tami Lynn – backing vocals
John McAlister – quarter-tone piano, gongs, celesta

All thanks to original releaser