Planet End

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Planet End
Larry Coryell Planet End.jpg
Studio album by
Released1975
Recorded1969/1974
StudioVanguard's 23rd Street Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz, jazz fusion
Length34:06
Label Vanguard
Producer Daniel Weiss
Larry Coryell chronology
The Restful Mind
(1975)
Planet End
(1975)
Aspects
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Planet End is an album by jazz guitarist Larry Coryell that was released in 1975 by Vanguard Records. The album was produced by Daniel Weiss and engineered by David Baker. It was the final recording for Vanguard [1] and reached number 39 on the 1976 Jazz Albums chart. [4] The album consists of tracks recorded in 1974 by the then-current line-up of Coryell's band The Eleventh House (before Danny Trifan was replaced by John Lee on bass); plus two outtakes from the March 1969 sessions that produced the 1970 album, Spaces .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cover Girl" Alphonse Mouzon 5:37
2."Tyrone" Larry Young 11:35
3."Rocks" Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker 4:48
4."The Eyes of Love"Larry Coryell3:21
5."Planet End"Coryell8:45

Personnel

1974 tracks

The Eleventh House

Larry Coryell solo

1969 tracks

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Jazz Albums [4] 39

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