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Length
  
79.00

Release date
  
20 January 2009

Producer
  
Antoine Rajon

Label
  
Naïve

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Released
  
January 20, 2009 (2009-01-20)

Recorded
  
Meudon, France March 2008

Bird Head Son (2009)
  
Rubber Orchestras (2011)

Artists
  
Anthony Joseph, The Spasm Band

Genres
  
Jazz, Funk, Afrobeat, Spoken word

Afrobeat albums
  
Leggo de Lion, Songs in the Key of Life, No Agreement, The Don Fury Sessions, Why Black Man Dey Suffer

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Bird Head Son is a 2009 album by poet Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band. It was recorded in just two days in March 2008 in Meudon, France and produced by Antoine Rajon. It is the band's sophomore studio album following 2007's Leggo de Lion. During the sessions, 20 songs were recorded live in the studio with no overdubs. The album features an expanded Spasm Band line up, a septet instead of the quartet that recorded the previous album, as well as guest performers Keziah Jones, Defunkt founder Joseph Bowie, David Neerman and Jamika Ajalon. A 3 track EP La Diablese was released by Heavenly Sweetness in July 2008. It included the tracks Vero, Robberman (both included on the Bird Head Son album) and a version of the Mighty Shadow's Poverty is Hell. The album was released in January 2009 by Naive/Heavenly Sweetness. Joseph's 3rd collection of poetry, also entitled Bird Head Son was published by Salt Publishing on February 7, 2009 to coincide with the UK release of the album, it features all the lyrics from the album.

Contents

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Track listing

All songs written by Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band

  1. "Vero" 6:14
  2. "Blues For Cousin Alvin" 4:55
  3. "The Bamboo Saxophone" 3:29
  4. "Jungle" 12:04
  5. "Bird Head Son" 8:40
  6. "Cutlass" 6:21
  7. "His Hands" 5:19
  8. "Two Inch Limbo" 6:21
  9. "Conductors of His Mystery" 7:31
  10. "River of Masks" 4:51
  11. "Robberman" 3:28
  12. "Dream on Corbeau Mountain" 3:46

Personnel

  • Anthony Joseph - Vocals, Poetry, Percussion, whistle
  • Andrew John - Bass
  • Paul Zimmerman - Percussion
  • Paul Brett - Percussion
  • Craig 'Cigar' Tamlin - Percussion
  • Colin Webster - Saxophone & Flute
  • Guest Performers

  • Jamika Ajalon - Backing Vocals, Percussion
  • Keziah Jones - Guitar, backing vocals
  • Joseph Bowie - Trombone
  • David Neerman - Vibraphone
  • Adrian Owusu - Guitar
  • Songs

    1Vero6:14
    2Blues For Cousin Alvin4:55
    3The Bamboo Saxophone3:29

    References

    Bird Head Son Wikipedia