David Axelrod's 'The Auction' (1972): A Psychedelic Funk & Jazz-Fusion Masterpiece on Slavery ✨

The Auction" is a concept album about slavery and slave owners. Some tracks are pure spiritual, others sound true-funk.<br /><br />Tracks:<br />(00:00) 01. Oh! Freedom — <br />(01:25) 02. The Auction — <br />(07:54) 03. Sympathy — <br />(13:42) 04. Freedom — <br />(18:13) 05. The Leading Citizen — <br />(23:31) 06. The Debt — <br />(27:48) 07. Be Proud, My Race! — <br />(32:40) 08. Oh! Freedom (Reprise) — <br /><br />Personnel:<br />David Axelrod — composer, arranger, producer<br />Joe Sample — piano, electric piano<br />Arthur Adams, David T. Walker, Lou Morell — guitar<br />James Hughart — bass<br />John Guerin — drums<br />King Errisson — congas<br />Ernie Watts, Jackie Kelso, William Green — reeds, woodwind<br />Dick Hyde, Lew McCreary — trombone<br />Allen DeRienzo, Paul Hubinon — trumpet<br />Gary Coleman — vibraphone, tambourine<br />Alexander St. Charles, Baron Hardeman, Ed Wallace, Fleming Williams, Gwendolyn Owens, James Cobbin, Jessica Smith, Jessie Richardson, John Lehman, Josef Powell, Judith Long, Oma Drake, Oren Waters, Vennetta Fields — chorus<br />Billie Barnum — chorus leader<br />Earl Palmer — conductor<br />Julian «Cannonball» Adderley — producer