The album was one of the victims of Blue Note's Liberty Records buy out, Liberty shifted away from experimental style jazz and was more about commercialized music.
The track "Visions" seems 5 years ahead of its time, sounding more like something Return to Forever would have done.
Mother Ship is some serious Post bop/ with a light touch of jazz rock fusion music.
I was first turned on to this music when Blue Note released it in CD form as one of their Connoisseur's series in 2003.
I then purchased a vinyl copy a few years later: Sound-wise, they both are OK, but there is this light distortion/compression in the back ground, or maybe brittleness on the CD version.
When I purchased the vinyl reissue that distorted sound was still there. That pressing plant is known for cheap sounding records though, this vinyl copy is a digital copy to vinyl perhaps?
It is apparent that this budget reissue must have used the same 2003 mastering as on the CD.Don't get me wrong, the distortion does not ruin the sound.... but I do wonder if the original 1980 issue has this distortion?
If anyone has a CD and the original vinyl, please let me know what you think after a comparison?
In closing, I highly recommend the music, if you like free bop and if you haven't heard much Larry Young, you'll need all of his Blue Notes as a good start.
