Elastic Rock

Elastic Rock is Nucleus' first album. Recorded in January 1970, it was a pioneering work in the emerging genre of jazz-rock fusion. Bandleader Ian Carr (later a jazz journalist and published expert on Miles Davis) was probably inspired by Davis' "going electric" in 1969, but the seminal Bitches Brew had not yet been released at the time Elastic Rock was recorded, and according to Carr, they hadn't even heard Davis' less rock-influenced 1969 electric release, In a Silent Way.^[4]

Elastic Rock
Studio album by Nucleus
Released	March 1970
Recorded	12–21 January 1970
Studio	Trident Studios, London
Genre	Art rock, jazz fusion
Length	40:46
Label	Vertigo Records Universal Records (2007 Remaster)
Producer	Peter King
Nucleus chronology
Elastic Rock (1970) We'll Talk About It Later (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

In July 1970 the group presented compositions from the LP at the Montreux Jazz Festival, winning the first prize. They subsequently performed both at Newport Jazz Festival and at the Village Gate jazz club.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Karl Jenkins; except where indicated

1. "1916" – 1:11
2. "Elastic Rock" – 4:05
3. "Striation" – 2:15 (Jeff Clyne, Chris Spedding)
4. "Taranaki" – 1:39 (Brian Smith)
5. "Twisted Track" – 5:17 (Chris Spedding)
6. "Crude Blues, Part I" – 0:54 (Karl Jenkins, Ian Carr)
7. "Crude Blues, Part II" – 2:36 (Ian Carr)
8. "1916: The Battle of Boogaloo" – 3:07
9. "Torrid Zone" – 8:41
10. "Stonescape" – 2:39
11. "Earth Mother" – 5:15 (Karl Jenkins, Ian Carr, John Marshall, Jeff Clyne, Chris Spedding)
12. "Speaking for Myself, Personally, in My Own Opinion, I Think..." – 0:54 (John Marshall)
13. "Persephones Jive" – 2:15 (Ian Carr)

Personnel

Nucleus

• Karl Jenkins – oboe, baritone saxophone, electric piano, piano
• Ian Carr – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Brian Smith – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• Chris Spedding – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Jeff Clyne – bass, electric bass
• John Marshall – drums, percussion

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Kelman, John (19 October 2004). "Ian Carr and Nucleus: '70s British Jazz Rock Progenitors". All About Jazz.

External links

• Nucleus at All About Jazz
• Ian Carr at All About Jazz