Terry Callier - What Color Is Love? (1972)

A very beautiful record, sent out to my beautiful friends out there in the blogosphere. Terry came back writing and performing again in the 1990s after he was 'rediscovered' and is still performing around and about.

The first time I heard the song "Dancing Girl", I stopped whatever it was I was busying my hands with at the time and just stood still as stone, listening. And then I sat down. I'd never heard anything quite like it before, and really haven't since. Even in the repertoire of Callier it is a singular thing. To say it "defies categorization" is beside the point, as accurate an observation as that is. This song actually stands outside of time, still as stone, while making razorsharp cuts in and out of the landscape of the 1972 united states. It's a sound sculpture, with an almost transparent artistry that deflects your ear away from its own strangeness. Again, there is little need to wax poetic over this -- just listen to it yourself. This review, from Mojo magazine, fills in the pertinent details about Callier and this album.

Terry Callier - What Color Is Love? (1972) Vbr

What Color Is Love? via MEDIAFIRE