Songs of Experience [LP, AAA Mastering]

David Axelrod’s 1969 masterpiece Songs of Experience transforms the poetry of William Blake into a darkly cinematic fusion of orchestral grandeur, psych-influenced rock, and slow-burning rhythm. Across tracks including “The Human Abstract,” “London” and “A Divine Image,” strings, horns and a panoply of LA’s finest session players converge in a visionary Capitol recording whose brooding sonic undercurrent would resonate through generations of hip-hop producers and crate-diggers, and was sampled by legends such as DJ Shadow, Madlib, Cypress Hill, and The Avalanches. Mastered from Original Analog Tapes [AAA] by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering. Tracklist: Side A 1. A Poison Tree 2. A Little Girl Lost 3. London 4. The Sick Rose Side B 1. The School Boy 2. The Human Abstract 3. The Fly 4. A Divine Image