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The Doctor Is In & Out

Current price: $56.99
The Doctor Is In & Out
The Doctor Is In & Out

Barnes and Noble

The Doctor Is In & Out

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In 1976, 's as restless a spiritual seeker as there ever was in the field of music, revisited some of his earliest themes in the context of modern sonic frameworks: The Eastern and melodic frameworks of his sides, such as , , and , brought to bear in much more sophisticated, complex, and grooved-out ways -- after all, it had been 20 years or more. The groove referred to is and . itself was mutating at the time, so 's interpolation at the crossroads of all ports in the musical journey was not only valid in 1976, but also necessary. For this recording, he utilized an absolutely huge group of musicians, bringing them in for this or that part, or a sound, or a particular vamp. Some of those present were , a five-piece brass section, and a synth player. , as always, was offering evocative glimpses of geographical, psychological, spiritual, and emotional terrain in his compositions, but not in predictable ways. There's the deep minor-key meditation on and evolving thematic variations on that becomes a tune; the airy, contemplative, and skeletal which may use a repeating rhythmic phrase but explores every inch of its margins via a string section and 's flute solo; the smooth, urban, bluesy of ; the completely out electronic musique concrete of that becomes a series of synth squeals and an erratically tumbling bassline; and the wonderfully warped variation (sung in white-boy English) that featured the band playing bluesy over an age-old recorded track on It's a weird way to end a record, but then, it's a weird and wonderful record. ~ Thom Jurek

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Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US, it operates about 720 Barnes & Noble superstores (selling books, music, movies, and gifts) throughout all 50 US states and Washington, DC. The stores are typically 10,000 to 60,000 sq. ft. and stock between 60,000 and 200,000 book titles. Many of its locations contain Starbucks cafes, as well as music departments that carry more than 30,000 titles.

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