McLuhan - Anomaly 1970

The sole album of jazz-fusion from this Chicago band is an interesting eclectic mix of various unorthodox instruments which include not only the standard instrumentation but also a trumpet, tenor sax, slide whistle, a xylophone, timpani, chimes, and something called a Maestro Woodwind Device. Some sources say this came out in 1971 and others in 1972. The group was created by fellow students of the University of Illinois on the wreckage of the former Seven Seas group at the initiative of David Wright, who played any wind instruments and became the inspiration for this project. The idea was to try to combine and successfully apply different interesting techniques in performances: a crying baby, various strange instruments, background noises. They even wanted to run old films on a slide projector - "Monster Bride", for example, was influenced by "Bride Of Frankenstein", and at the performances, they played the film at the moment when the "20th Century Fox" theme was played. The performances were so good that they were able to sign a contract with Brunswick Records. 

The musicians existed as a group for only a year or a year and a half and did not have time to play at least one concert on their album, because the recording of “Anomaly” is the last thing they did, wanting to remain in history. Give it a listen.

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