Herbie Hancock – Mr. Hands
Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano, electric piano [click here to see more vinyl featuring Herbie Hancock]
Bass – Byron Miller (A1), Ron Carter (A2), Freddie Washington (A3), Jaco Pastorius (B1), Paul Jackson (B2)
Drums – Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (A1), Tony Williams (A2), Alphonse Mouzon (A3), Harvey Mason (B1, B2))
Guitar – Wah Wah Watson (A3)
Percussion – Sheila Escovedo (A2, A3), Bill Summers (B1, B2)
Tenor Saxophone – Bennie Maupin (B2)
Written by H. Hancock (all tracks), F. Washington (A3), M. Ragin (A3), B. Maupin (B2), B. Summers (B2), H. Mason (B2), P. Jackson (B2)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Vinyl Me Please - Classics Series
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded in 1980 at The Automatt Studio, Filmways/Heider Studio, The Village Recorder Studio
Engineered by Bob Kovach, Fred Catero, Leslie Ann Jones
Mixed by David Rubinson
Produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc., Herbie Hancock
Photography by Bob Seidemann
Originally released in 1980
Reissued in 2020
Tracks :
Side A
- Spiraling Prism
- Calypso
- Just Around The Corner
Side B
- 4 AM
- Shiftless Shuffle
- Textures
Reviews :
« Herbie Hancock's lackluster string of electric albums around this period was enhanced by this one shining exception: an incorrigibly eclectic record that flits freely all over the spectrum. Using several different rhythm sections, Herbie Hancock is much more the imaginative hands-on player than at any time since the prime Headhunters period, overdubbing lots of parts from his ever-growing collection of keyboards. He has regained a good deal of his ability to ride in the groove. "Calypso" finds him playing synthesized steel drums and interacting with customary complexity and ebullience with V.S.O.P. mates Tony Williams and Ron Carter. Disco rears its head, but inventively this time on "Just Around the Corner," and in league with Jaco Pastorius' vibrating, interlacing bass, Hancock gets off some good, updated jazz-funk on "Spiraling Prism" and "4 AM." There is even a reunion of the original Headhunters on a rhythmically tangled remake of "Shiftless Shuffle"; drummer Harvey Mason sounds like a rhythm machine gone bonkers. Easily the outstanding track -- and one of Hancock's most haunting meditations -- is "Textures," where he plays all of the instruments himself. This would be the last outcropping of electronic delicacy from Hancock for some time, and it was mostly -- and unjustly -- overlooked when it came out. » AllMusic Review by Richard S. Ginell
Ratings:
AllMusic : 4/5 , Discogs : 4.48 / 5