Mother Nature's Son (Uk)

Digitally remastered edition in gatefold mini LP jacket including inner sleeve with complete information. Elemental Music proudly presents the sensational 1968 Ramsey Lewis' tribute LP to The Beatles' legendary White Album. Mother Nature's Son was released by Cadet Records in 1968. The album was produced by Charles Stepney and consists of ten instrumental songs which were originally recorded by The Beatles, on their White Album. The album cover was designed by Jerry Griffith. The LP was recorded at Ter Mar Studio, Chicago, in December, 1968, only a short time after the 22 November 1968 release of The Beatles' album. It was recorded live with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Lewis on piano. Offering a potential clue as to why Lewis had recorded an album of Beatles songs, producer and arranger Charles Stepney expressed his admiration for the sounds achieved by Beatles' producer George Martin in a 1970 interview with Down Beat. In the Down Beat interview Stepney said that he produced the "electronic texture" effect on the album using the Moog synthesizer. The following year the Beatles themselves used the Moog synthesizer extensively in the recording of Abbey Road. Ultimately, Mother Nature's Son succeeded in the same way that Benson's The Other Side of Abbey Road and Booker T. and the M.G.'s McLemore Avenue succeeded-it uses The Beatles as a jumping off point to make a statement that is far bigger than a simple cover, and it retains the indelible imprint of the artist who made it. Without a doubt, you might get lost in this one for a while.