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All of our used records are play-graded and come in a protective outer-sleeve. NOTE: Listing info may change after your purchase, but you'll receive the album that you ordered** (more details at bottom). If you have any questions, please ask. Catalog Number: PC-33812

CONDITION DETAILS Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles; brief clicks near the beginning of the first song (play-graded). Cover looks good; a few creases near edges; moderate scuffing and surface impressions (front/back); surface abrasions/sticker residue near top-right on front. Inner-sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is mostly easy-to-read with mild-wear. Some shelf-wear along top-edge, heavier wear along bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of some use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

ABOUT THE RECORD Man-Child, by Herbie Hancock, is arguably one of his most funk-influenced albums and it represents his further departure from the "spacey, higher atmosphere jazz," as he referred to it, of his earlier career. Hancock uses more funk based rhythms around the hi-hat, and snare drum. The tracks are characterized by short, repeated riffs by both the rhythm section, horns accompaniment, and bass lines. Man-Child features less improvisation from the whole band and more concentrated grooves with brief solos from the horns and Hancock himself on synthesizer and Fender Rhodes piano on top of the repeated riffs. This album features the addition of electric guitar to his new sound, which he started only five years prior to this album with Fat Albert Rotunda. The guitarists featured on this album were Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin, DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight and David T. Walker. Their extensive use of wah-wah pedal and accenting chords on the up-beat rather than the down-beat is what helps to give the album a distinct and funkier rhythm that is broken up by brief periods of stop-time where only the sustained chords are heard from the electric guitar with an open wah pedal. The riffs are fast-paced and energetic with repeating patterns that combine with multiple voices (i.e. horns, piano, bass, synthesizer, guitar and drums and percussion). The horn section in Hang Up Your Hang-Ups plays repeated riffs in unison that alternate with and are answered by electric piano, synthesizer, and electric guitar in brief periods of call and response. Paul Jackson, Bill Summers, Harvey Mason, Bennie Maupin, and Mike Clark (who replaced Harvey Mason post-1974) formed the core of the group the Headhunters with which Hancock had toured and recorded for the previous three years. This was their final album as a group.
Portions of our "About the Record" section are taken from information gathered from Wikipedia and AllMusic.

TRACK LISTING Hang Up Your Hang Ups Sun Touch The Traitor Bubbles Steppin' In It Heartbeat

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