Alphonse Mouzon – Mind Transplant (Vinyl LP | EU Original | 1976)

Alphonse Mouzon – Mind Transplant is drummer Alphonse Mouzon's best-known album, a mix of jazz-rock and funk featuring three guitarists: Tommy Bolin, Lee Ritenour and Jay Graydon. It was recorded and mixed in December 1974 at Wally Heider Recording Studio in Hollywood, produced by Skip Drinkwater, and first released in the US on Blue Note in 1975. Besides drums, Mouzon plays synthesizer and organ, sings and arranged every track. This copy is the 1976 German Blue Note pressing (BST 84471 G).

Pressing details

• Label / Cat. no.: Blue Note BST 84471 G
• Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Stereo
• Pressing: EU original
• Country: Germany
• Year of this pressing: 1976 (first US release: 1975)
• Genre: Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Funk

Condition

• Condition: Second hand
• Media: VG+
• Cover: VG+

Graded to Goldmine standard (see Vinyl Grading). The images are our own scans of the actual copy for sale.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Mind Transplant
2. Snow Bound
3. Carbon Dioxide
4. Ascorbic Acid

Side B

1. Happiness Is Loving You
2. Some Of The Things People Do
3. Golden Rainbows
4. Nitroglycerin

Personnel

Alphonse Mouzon (drums, vocals, ARP 2600 synthesizer, Farfisa organ, electric piano on "Some Of The Things People Do", arrangements), Tommy Bolin, Lee Ritenour (guitar), Jay Graydon (guitar, synthesizer programming), Jerry Peters (Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3), Henry Davis (bass).

Producer: Skip Drinkwater, co-producer: Alphonse Mouzon, executive producer: George Butler. All compositions are credited to Elvena Mouzon.

FAQ

Is this the original pressing?
This is the first German pressing from 1976 with catalogue number BST 84471 G. The very first edition had already been released in the US in 1975.

Which guitarists play on the album?
Three of them: Tommy Bolin, who joined Deep Purple shortly afterwards, Lee Ritenour, and Jay Graydon, who also programmed the synthesizer.

What does Media VG+ / Cover VG+ mean?
Both record and sleeve are graded VG+. VG+ (Very Good Plus) means light signs of use that hardly affect playback or appearance. All grades are explained on our Vinyl Grading page.

Do you have more Alphonse Mouzon records?
Yes, for example Alphonse Mouzon – The Man Incognito, Alphonse Mouzon – Step Into The Funk and Mouzon's Electric Band – Baby Come Back. More in our Jazz-Rock collection.