Amiri Baraka – Black And Beautiful... Soul And Madness Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue

Amiri Baraka / The Jihad – Black And Beautiful... Soul And Madness

Label: Moved By Sound - MBS12
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: June 5, 2026
Genre: Funk / Soul, Non-Music
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Poetry

neu in Folie

A1        Beautiful Black Women
A2        (Black And Beautiful) Miss Natural Soul
A3        Form Is Emptiness
A4        Mishap (So Much Soul)
A5        Madness
B1        Nineteen Sixty Something
B2        Sacred Chant
B3        Unity
B4        Fight

Originally released in New York in 1968 on Baraka's own Jihad label, "Black and Beautiful Soule and madness" is a fiery document of the 1960s.It could be mistaken for a lost ESP-DISK release, sitting well between Sun Ra / the Fugs/ and Albert Ayler.The group was vocal in all the ways; sometimes singing, Doo-wop & Soul, sometimes rapping in a Last Poets-style, often doing both at the same time. emotionally compelling and extremely powerful,we are proud to have it back in print on vinyl for the first time.