Center of the Circle (1972)

About this title: Out to shock and surprise everyone who loved the Cello Quartet album, Roger Kellaway came up with this strange, often raucous, often brilliant, near-rock & roll follow-up to his earlier quiet breakthrough. But then, in the case of someone who was achieving a measure of fame at the time backing hit rock singles by Melanie ("Brand New Key") and playing the end credits music for the hit TV show All In the Family, one should have expected anything. For sheer dazzling fun, it's tough to beat "La Cookeria," a great rave-up full of big band riffs, Kellaway's barrelhouse piano, and fuzz-sustained, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Our Gang Blues [Kellaway]
2. La Cookeria [Kellaway]
3. On Your Mark, Get Set; Blues #1 [Kellaway]
4. Blujahn Boogie [Kellaway]
5. On Your Mark, Get Set; Blues #2 [Kellaway]
6. Lay Karma Lay [Kellaway]
7. Center of the Circle [Kellaway]
8. Stereospecificautocatalytic [Kellaway]
9. On Your Mark, Get Set; Blues #3 [Kellaway]
10. Landscape [Kellaway]
11. On Your Mark, Get Set; Blues #4 [Kellaway]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.