Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo | Limited Cobalt Blue Vinyl
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How many albums virtually upend a genre? And how many erstwhile bluegrass bands top a contemporary jazz chart?! The answer to these questions, is, one, very few, and two, only B la Fleck & the Flecktones! Their second album, 1991's fancifully entitled Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, did indeed top Billboard's contemporary jazz albums chart and scored a couple of Grammy noms. But more importantly, this record really made explicit the Flecktones' bebop leanings, as they devised the term 'Blu-Bop' to describe their unique fusion of bluegrass and jazz. Stylistic whiplash has never felt so good or sounded so sweet; check out their warm, instrumental wizardry on chestnuts like 'Michelle' and 'The Star Spangled Banner'...and don't miss B la's banjo power chords on 'Turtle Rock!' We had Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision remaster this classic for vinyl for maximum fidelity, and gave it a repress in cobalt blue vinyl limited to just 900 copies. Essential!
Tracks
1~1~Blu-Bop1~2~Flying Saucer Dudes
1~3~Turtle Rock
1~4~Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo
1~5~The Star Spangled Banner
2~1~Star Of The County Down
2~2~Jekyll And Hyde (And Ted And Alice)
2~3~Michelle
2~4~Hole In The Wall
2~5~Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo (Reprise)
Details
Catalogue Number: RGM1913Format: Vinyl LP
Artist:
Release Date: 09 May 2025
Genre: Country
Label: Real Gone Music
Distributor: Rocket Group
