Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith Samiyam with salute’s own vocals featuring

with salute’s own vocals featuring on the track

and whilst new single "Wild Guess" opens with one of the band's most 'traditional' introductions

But reducing ILION to a list of reference points would be missing the point—specifically

When he first pondered releasing an instrumental series

Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith Samiyam with salute’s own vocals featuringReleased in 1967 with personnel including Lonnie Liston Smith (piano), Ronnie Boykins (bass), and Grady Tate (drums), Now Please Dont You Cry marked the beginning of Roland Kirks groovier explorations that would eventually lead him to record Blacknuss (1971). Its vintage Kirk in a pared down setting and is considered an essential Kirk album. Verves Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180 gram vinyl in deluxe