Released 1971 Length 85:23 Release date 1971 Label Disconforme S.L. | Recorded 1971 Artist Centipede Producer Robert Fripp | |
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Studio Wessex Sound Studios, London Genres Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Free jazz Similar You Are Here I Am There, The Gates of Paradise, Couple in Spirit, I Advance Masked, The Cheerful Insanity o | ||
Septober Energy is the only album of the jazz/progressive rock big band Centipede. Produced by Robert Fripp under the musical direction of Keith Tippett, it was originally released 1971 in the UK as a double LP, and 1974 in the USA with a different cover. The album was recorded at Wessex Studios, London during three days in June 1971. The album is a four-part suite consisting of four tracks of about 20 minutes each.
Contents
A remastered CD release (from the original master tapes), using the USA cover, was released in 2000 by BGO. All previous authorized CD releases (on the What Next? and Disconforme labels) were mastered from vinyl sources.
Septober Energy - Part 4 is based on the instrumental track Green and Orange Night Park that was part of The Keith Tippett Group's 1970 album Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening.
Another version, titled Septober Energy and including vocals, can be found on the album The Bristol Concert by Mujician and The Georgian Ensemble, recorded 1991.
Track listing
Disc 1
- "Septober Energy - Part 1" – 21:43
- "Septober Energy - Part 2" – 23:34
Disc 2
- "Septober Energy - Part 3" – 21:21
- "Septober Energy - Part 4" – 18:45
Personnel
Band members not on the recording: Robert Fripp (guitar) and Paul Nieman (trombone)
Songs
1Side119:12
2Side221:26
3Side318:08