Kofi (Tone Poet Vinyl Series) TSOV-285.2 the Formaldehyde

the Formaldehyde

stunning 40th-anniversary artwork with new illustrations for each song

was the result of a one-off recording session that went down at Hollywood's Annex Studios during a US tour in the late 1970s

Eloquent Demons

and with this re-release signaling the album's first appearance on physical formats

Kofi (Tone Poet Vinyl Series) TSOV-285.2 the FormaldehydeDrawn from 2 sessions in 1969 and 1970, Kofi found Donald Byrd in the early stages of his transformation from top notch hard bop trumpeter to fusion pioneer. Byrd explores a variety of textures with bandmates including Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin, Duke Pearson, Ron Carter, Mickey Roker & Airto Moreira. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at