V/A – Alabama

Description

A true oddity – Side A features John Coltrane’s meditation on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on September 15, 1963, an attack by the Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham, Alabama that killed four African-American girls. The song is repeated for 19 minutes, with the “jazz section” removed. This creates a hypnotic effect. Not for the faint of heart.
Side B features a beautiful and politically timely acapella Gospel song.