Genre: Indo-Prog/Raga Rock Country of disc production: Italy Year of disc release: 2005 Publisher (label): ESP Disk, Abraxas Catalog number: ESP 1078 Country: USA Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac) Rip type: tracks+.cue Audio bitrate: lossless

Tracklist: 01. Raga (30:51)

Personnel:

• Buzz Linhart / guitar, vibes, vocals
• Serge Katzen / drums, percussions, vocals
• James Rock / bass, vocals Special guest:
• Frank Evatoff / flute

From the liner notes, it can be extrapolated that the 32-minute raga (simply called "Raga") that comprises the whole of this album was recorded in 1964. That would make it quite ahead of its time, considering that few if any musicians were performing ragas with anything resembling rock instrumentation at this point. Actually, the rock influence is light, and more in attitude than sound; James Rock plays an electric bass, and there's a loose, jam-like ambience that likely borrows from jazz as much as, or more than, it does from rock. It's a rather meandering piece with wordless vocals that's more interesting as an artifact than it is as music