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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. A saxophonist of striking originality, Sam Rivers arrived fully formed on his debut album Fuchsia Swing Song recorded for Blue Note in 1964. Though a strong avant-garde undercurrent flowed through his music, Rivers kept a foot planted firmly in post-bop and the blues on this impressive set of originals including his stunning ballad InchBeatrice.Inch This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes. Album Tracks 1. Fuchsia Swing Song 2. Downstairs Blues Upstairs 3. Cyclic Episode 4. Luminous Monolith 5. Beatrice 6. Ellipsis