| A Possible Projection of the Future / Childhood's End | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Al Kooper |
| Cover: | Kooper6.jpg |
| Released: | April 1972 |
| Recorded: | January–March 1972 |
| Studio: | AIR Studios, London Trident Studios, London |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 40:19 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Al Kooper |
| Prev Title: | New York City (You're a Woman) |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Naked Songs |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
A Possible Projection of the Future / Childhood's End is American musician Al Kooper's fifth album, recorded for and released by Columbia Records in 1972.
Begun with a vague storyline that failed to survive beyond the two title tracks, the album was recorded in London, England at George Martin's AIR Studios with one outtake from New York City (You're A Woman). Six original tracks were surrounded by covers of Bob Dylan ("The Man in Me", which Kooper had originally produced), Smokey Robinson ("Swept For You Baby") and even Jimmy Cliff ("Please Tell Me Why").
The album cover showed Kooper as an eighty-year-old man, decrepit and clutching a Fender Jaguar guitar.
All tracks composed by Al Kooper; except where indicated