When originally issued in the summer of 1972, was the first authorized live recording from this no longer extant incarnation of the band. This album documents 's stateside performances earlier in that year. However, what is lacked in fidelity is more than compensated for with raw, unrelenting energy and magnetic musicianship. At the time of their then-most-recent studio effort, (1971), comprised (guitar), (sax/Mellotron), (bass/vocals), and (drums). The quartet's strength as improvisational members of a cohesive central unit are amply displayed throughout every sonic twist and turn. The collection likewise demonstrates their intuitive instrumental prowess on familiar album tracks such as the blistering reading of as well as an extended Equally as impressive are 's pervading free-form avant-garde jazz leanings, which inform the exceedingly extemporaneous and rhythmically entrancing which also features some ad-libbed scat lyrical contributions from . The track -- which once described as occupying the space between a groove and a groan -- may well be familiar to enthusiasts as the significantly more succinct B-side to the 45 rpm (1970). ~ Lindsay Planer