Elastic Rock


Elastic Rock is Nucleus' first album. Recorded in January 1970, it was a pioneering work in the emerging genre of jazz-fusion. Bandleader Ian Carr was probably inspired by Davis' "Miles Davis#Electric [Miles.281968.E2.80.9375.29|going electric]" in 1969, but the seminal Bitches Brew had not yet been released at the time Elastic Rock was recorded, and according to Carr, they hadn't even heard Davis' less rock-influenced 1969 electric release, In a [Silent Way].
In July 1970 the group presented compositions from the LP at the Montreux Jazz Festival, winning the first prize. They subsequently performed both at Newport Jazz Festival and at the Village Gate jazz club.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Karl Jenkins; except where indicated
  1. "1916" – 1:11
  2. "Elastic Rock" – 4:05
  3. "Striation" – 2:15
  4. "Taranaki" – 1:39
  5. "Twisted Track" – 5:17
  6. "Crude Blues, Part I" – 0:54
  7. "Crude Blues, Part II" – 2:36
  8. "1916: The Battle of Boogaloo" – 3:07
  9. "Torrid Zone" – 8:41
  10. "Stonescape" – 2:39
  11. "Earth Mother" – 5:15
  12. "Speaking for Myself, Personally, in My Own Opinion, I Think..." – 0:54
  13. "Persephones Jive" – 2:15

    Personnel

;Nucleus