Takes a Trip

by Don Shinn

Takes a Trip cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A deeply influential figure in early progressive rock, the British keyboardist pioneered the aggressive, classically-tinged Hammond organ style later popularized by Keith Emerson. This highly technical, largely instrumental album showcases his frenetic, jazz-inflected improvisations and complex compositional ambitions.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, complex, progressive, improvisation, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Pits Of Darkness
  2. Temples With Prophets
  3. A Minor Explosion
  4. Jolly Dance
  5. Hearts Of Gladness

Credits

  • Don Shinn - primary artist, organ, piano, written-by
  • Eric Ford - bass [uncredited]
  • Peter Woolf - drums [uncredited]
  • Paul Hodgeson - electric guitar [uncredited]

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