Afreaka! Explained

Afreaka!
Type:studio
Artist:Demon Fuzz
Cover:Afreaka! album cover.jpg
Released:November 1970
Recorded:Summer 1970
Label:Dawn
Producer:Barry Murray
Next Title:Roots and Offshoots
Next Year:1976

Afreaka! was the first album released by the English rock band Demon Fuzz. It was initially issued in 1970 by Dawn Records, to which the group was signed. The following year, a U.S. pressing was made by Janus Records (catalog number JLS 3028).[1] [2] It was a Billboard "4-STAR" selection in June 1971.[3] In the 21st century, another pressing on vinyl was made by Janus under the same catalog number as the 1971 edition.[1]

Three CD reissues were produced, all of which include as bonus tracks 'Message To Mankind', 'Fuzz Oriental Blues' and the band's cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' 'I Put A Spell On You', all from the group's 1970 maxi-single. In Japan, a two-CD (12-cm and 8-cm) set in a gatefold paper sleeve was made by Arcàngelo in 2004.[4] Castle Music released a CD (catalog number CMRCD 1197) in 2005.[5] Esoteric Recordings in the UK issued a CD in 2009 (catalog number ECLEC2111).

The musical style has predominantly been described as progressive rock,[6] [7] psychedelic soul and funk,[8] as well as acid rock,[9] jazz fusion[8] and jazz rock.[10] The recording is sometimes sampled by latter-day DJs.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Demon Fuzz - Afreaka! (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs. Discogs.com. 2013-02-03.
  2. New LP/Tape Releases. Billboard. 52. 1971-06-26. 2013-01-31.
  3. 4-STAR. Billboard. 51. 1971-06-26. 2013-01-31.
  4. Web site: DEMON FUZZ / デモン・ファズ + シングル . diskunion . 2013-02-03.
  5. Web site: Demon Fuzz . Wax Poetics . 2010-07-12 . 2013-01-30.
  6. Book: Corbett, John . Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium . May 18, 2017 . Duke University Press . 71 . 9780822373155 . a strange progressive rock record .
  7. Web site: Demon Fuzz "Afreaka!" (1970) . Jive Time Records . Demon Fuzz’s blend is just right and succeeds in cooking up an appetising dish of progressive rock/soul/jazz/world fusion .
  8. Web site: Afreaka! [Bonus Tracks] - Demon Fuzz ]. Jurek . Thom . Allmusic . a wild mash of Afro-Latin funk, breakbeats, tripped-out soul, jazz fusion, and psychedelic journeying. [...] DJs like Gilles Petersen have been hip to [...] Demon Fuzz for years, and as of the 21st century [...] other club jocks are [...] sampling this [...] LP. .
  9. Web site: Demon Fuzz "Afreaka!" (1970, Music On Vinyl) . Music Is My Sanctuary . demonstrates their excellence in playing psychedelic soul, dub-heavy funk, progressive rock, afro-jazz and black acid rock. .
  10. Afreaka! . Record Collector . despite the tribal imagery and ethnic progressive rock label, Afreaka! is a mixed bag of jazz-rock.

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