Flora Purim – Open Your Eyes You Can Fly

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Label:	Milestone (4) – M-9065
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	1976
Genre:	Jazz, Latin, Funk / Soul
Style:	Fusion, Latin Jazz

Tracklist

A1	Open Your Eyes You Can Fly Backing Vocals – David Amaro, Flora, George Duke, Hermeto Pascoal Drums – Ndugu (Leon Chancler) Electric Bass – Alphonso Johnson Electric Guitar – David Amaro Electric Piano – George Duke Lyrics By – Neville Potter Music By – Chick Corea Percussion – Airto Moreira Soloist – Amaro*	4:29
A2	Time's Lie Acoustic Guitar – David Amaro Drums – Ndugu* Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass – Alphonso Johnson Electric Piano, Synthesizer [ARP String Ensemble] – George Duke Flute – Hermeto Pascoal Lyrics By – Neville Potter Music By – Chick Corea Percussion – Airto Moreira Soloist – Pascoal, Ndugu	5:09
A3	Sometime Ago Congas – Laudir de Oliveira Drums – Ndugu* Electric Bass – Alphonso Johnson Electric Guitar – David Amaro Electric Piano, Synthesizer [ARP String Ensemble] – George Duke Flute – Hermeto Pascoal Lyrics By – Neville Potter Music By – Chick Corea Percussion – Airto Moreira Soloist – Amaro, Pascoal	4:44
A4	San Francisco River Acoustic Bass – Ron Carter Acoustic Guitar – Egberto Gismonti Arranged By – Egberto Gismonti, Hermeto Pascoal Drums – Roberto Silva* Electric Bass – Alphonso Johnson Electric Guitar – David Amaro Flute, Electric Piano – Hermeto Pascoal Lyrics By – Neville Potter Music By – Flora Purim Percussion – Airto* Soloist [Duet] – Duke, Pascoal Synthesizer [Moog] – George Duke	4:06
B1	Andei (I Walked) Arranged By – Hermeto Pascoal Drums, Berimbau – Roberto Silva* Electric Bass – Alphonso Johnson Electric Guitar – David Amaro Flute, Electric Piano – Hermeto Pascoal Music By – Hermeto Pascoal Percussion – Airto* Soloist – Amaro, Duke, Pascoal* Synthesizer [Moog], Clavinet – George Duke Vocals [Duet] – Airto, Flora	6:11
	Ina's Song (Trip To Bahia) / Transition	(4:14)
B2a	Ina's Song (Trip To Bahia) Congas – Airto Moreira, Airto, Laudir de Oliveira Arranged By – Flora Purim Lyrics By, Music By – Flora Purim Electric Piano – Hermeto Pascoal Synthesizer [Moog, ARP Odyssey, ARP String Ensemble] – George Duke Electric Guitar – David Amaro Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass – Alphonso Johnson Drums, Percussion – Roberto Silva Percussion – Airto* Soloist – Duke*
B2b	Transition Synthesizer [ARP String Ensemble], Electric Piano – George Duke Percussion – Airto* Music By – Duke, Moreira
B3	Conversation Acoustic Bass – Alphonso Johnson Arranged By – Hermeto Pascoal Drums – Airto Moreira Drums, Percussion – Airto* Electric Guitar – David Amaro Electric Piano – Hermeto Pascoal Music By – Hermeto Pascoal Synthesizer [Moog, ARP String Ensemble] – George Duke	2:34
	Medley: White Wing / Black Wing Acoustic Bass – Ron Carter Acoustic Guitar – Egberto Gismonti Arranged By – Hermeto Pascoal Berimbau, Percussion – Roberto Silva* Drums, Berimbau, Percussion – Airto* Electric Bass – Alphonso Johnson Harpsichord, Percussion, Whistling, Electric Piano, Flute – Hermeto Pascoal Soloist – Pascoal* Twelve-String Guitar [Acoustic] – David Amaro Vocals [Duet] – Airto Moreira, Flora Purim	(5:49)
B4a	White Wing Composed By – H. Teixeira, L. Gonzaga
B4b	Black Wing Lyrics By – Flora Purim Music By – Hermeto Pascoal

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Fantasy Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Milestone Records
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Engineered At – Paramount Recording Studios
Mastered At – Kendun Recorders
Mastered At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Lacquer Cut At – Kendun Recorders
Published By – Litha Music
Published By – Good Morning Music
Published By – Ilza Music
Published By – Parker Music
Published By – Necessity Music
Published By – Mycenae Music
Published By – Addaf Publishing

Credits

Art Direction – Jimmy Wachtel
Engineer, Recorded By [Additional], Remix – Kerry McNabb
Mastered By – John Golden
Mastered By [Special Cooperation] – Kerry McNabb
Photography By [Cover] – Lorrie Sullivan
Photography By [Liner] – Bruce W. Talamon*
Producer – Orrin Keepnews
Sleeve Notes – Orrin Keepnews

Notes

Etched runouts with KENDUN stamp

Publishers:
- A1: Litha Music - ASCAP
- A2, A3: Litha - ASCAP
- A4: Good Morning Music - BMI
- B1: Ilza Music - BMI
- B2a: Parker Music / Necessity Music - BMI
- B2b: Mycenae Music - ASCAP
- B3, B4b: Parker / Necessity - BMI
- B4a: Addaf Publishing

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (A1 to A3, B2b): ASCAP
Rights Society (A4 to B2a, B3, B4b): BMI
Pressing Plant ID (Etched in run-outs): SXT
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): M-9065-A-1A SXT KENDUN-A A1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): M-9065-B-1C SXT KENDUN-A B

Other Versions (5 of 18)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Milestone (4)	MSM 9065	Italy	1976
Recently Edited	Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (LP, Album)	Milestone (4)	204.5024	Brazil	1976
New Submission	Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (Cassette, Album)	Milestone (4)	5161-9065 H	US	1976
Recently Edited	Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Milestone (4)	9102	France	1976
New Submission	Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (LP, Album)	Milestone (4)	2C 066-97461	France	1976

Reviews

leon328 Oct 17, 2020
can't stop playing over and over... all super musicians in one package and Flora at her best...
(lp from our local thrift store in mind condition, no cd needed!)
tranzyd Apr 11, 2020
Some top musicians from back in the day on this LP, glad this is preserved too with CD re-issues
smoothjazzaxe Dec 15, 2019
Flora Purim's vocalese is quite extraordinary. This album is proof of it