Heavy Axe

Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series

First wide reissue in 20 years. This 180-gram reissue of Purdie Good! was cut from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI, and comes packaged in a tip-on jacket.

An arranger with A-List credits a mile long, legendary composer & producer David Axelrod had carte blanche to do what he wanted on his own solo releases. His solo album Heavy Axe is a jazz-rock opus that encapsulated the preeminent sound of the of the mid ‘70s. With a little help from legendary players like Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Cannonball Adderley and George Duke, Heavy Axe is a referendum on the jazz-rock sound of the era, crisscrossing between lush funk sounds and full, round low end and majestic orchestral flourishes – all which have made Axelrod’s sonic realm a goldmine for sample-hungry hip-hop beatmakers from the ‘90s until today.

A1 Get Up Off Your Knees 3:38
A2 Cast Your Fate To The Wind 3:27
A3 You’re So Vain 4:20
A4 My Family 4:45
B1 Mucho Chupar 3:13
B2 Don’t You Worry ’Bout A Thing 3:45
B3 It Ain’t For You 4:25
B4 Everything Counts 6:54