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after many years in obscurity is a rare event that is still highly regarded today

A pulsing cluster of wiry feedback

Tape Scissors Rock was made using the group’s three 7”s as a foundation

JULIUS HEMPHILL - Dogon A.D. LP Art Books ICONACLASS/DEADVERSEOne of the most important jazz albums of the 1970s finally on vinyl in its definitive edition. Julius Hemphill's Dogon A. D. is the missing link between the avant garde and the blues, between the cotton fields and outer space. Recorded on a freezing February day in 1972 at Oliver Sain's Archway Studios in St. Louis no heat, malfunctioning equipment, some musicians didn't even show up and yet what emerged was nothing short of a masterpiece. An "almost