Title: Black & Beautiful Soul & Madness Artist: Amiri Baraka Label: Moved By Sound Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 5050580873728 Genre: Soul/R & B Release Date: 2026-05-29 Number of Discs: 1
Originally released in New York in 1968 on Baraka's own Jihad label, "Black and Beautiful Soul and Madness" is a fiery document of the 1960s. It could be mistaken for a lost ESP-DISK release, sitting nicely between Sun Ra, The Fugs, and Albert Ayler. The group was vocal in all the ways; sometimes singing, Doo-wop & Soul, sometimes rapping in a Last Poets-style, often doing both at the same time. Emotionally compelling and extremely powerful, we are proud to have it back in print on vinyl for the first time.
Tracks: 1.1 A1. Beautiful Black Woman 1.2 A2. (Black and Beautiful) Miss Natural Soul 1.3 A3. Form Is Emptiness 1.4 A4. Mishap (So Much Soul) 1.5 A5. Madness 1.6 B1. Nineteen Sixty Something 1.7 B2. Sacred Chant 1.8 B3. Unity 1.9 B4. Fight
