PAUL JACKSON - Black Octopus (2023 Reissue) - LP - 180g Vinyl [JUN 23]

LP - Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl with Obi-strip and double-sided insert. First vinyl reissue outside of Japan released in collaboration with Totown  Records. Only 500 copies pressed in this edition.

Rare Jazz-Funk album from 1978 by Headhunters founder. Featuring an all-star line- up including Herbie Hancock. Originally released in 1978 on Tobisha EMI Japan.

His debut album Black Octopus saw the light of day in 1978 and is a total piece of art filled with abstract sticky funky grooves, floating electric piano playing, strong thumping bass lines, raw heavy drums and amazing vocal acrobatics (Jackson himself takes vocals in 3 out of 5 songs, and his soulful singing voice strikes an emotional chord that does not go unnoticed).

On Black Octopus you’ll also find some of the best all-star musicians from the likes of Alphonse Mouzon (Roy Ayers, Betty Davis, Azar Lawrence)...and last but not least fellow Headhunters Bennie Maupin and Herbie Hancock himself. 

Tracklist:

A1-1. Black Octopus Part 1 - Many Directions
A1-2. Black Octopus Part 2 - Eight Ways Of Love
A2. Funk Times Three

B1. Burning In The Heat (Of Your Love)
B2. Tiptoe Thru The Ghetto