Herbie Hancock – Flood (1975) [Japanese SACD Reissue 2007 # SICP-10075] {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88.2kHz}

Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters take to the road in the live double album Flood, recorded and released only in Japan. Contrary to the impression left by his American releases at this time, Hancock was still very much attached to the acoustic piano, as his erudite opening workout on “Maiden Voyage/Actual Proof” with his funk rhythm section makes clear. The electric keyboards, mostly Rhodes piano and clavinet, make their first appearances on side two, where Hancock now becomes more of a funky adjunct to the rhythm section, bumping along with a superb feeling for the groove while Bennie Maupin takes the high road above on a panoply of winds. Except for “Voyage,” the tunes come from the Head Hunters, Thrust, and Man-Child albums (another reason why this was not released in the U.S.). “Chameleon” comes with a lengthy outbreak of machine pink noise that attests to Hancock’s wide-eyed love of gadgetry. In all, this was a great funk band, not all that danceable because of the rapid complexities of Mike Clark’s drumming, and quite often, full of harmonic depth and adventure.

Tracklist:
01. Introduction&Maiden Voyage
02. Actual Proof
03. Spank-A-Lee
04. Watermelon Man
05. Butterfly
06. Chameleon
07. Hang Up Your Hang Ups

SACD ISO

HerbieHancckFld1975Japan2007SACDIS.part1.rar
HerbieHancckFld1975Japan2007SACDIS.part2.rar
HerbieHancckFld1975Japan2007SACDIS.part3.rar
HerbieHancckFld1975Japan2007SACDIS.part4.rar

FLAC 24bit/88.2kHz

HerbieHancckFld1975Japan2007FLAC2488.2.part1.rar
HerbieHancckFld1975Japan2007FLAC2488.2.part2.rar