David Axelrod Songs Of Experience

Audiophile reissue, lacquered directly from Axelrod’s original EQ’ed master
tapes at Capitol Records by Ron McMaster, housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket
“Songs of Experience was supposed to have a different feel than Song of Innocence. You see,
music is a great outlet. And regardless of what the titles say, and as close as I wanted it to be to
William Blake, what was going on in my life took precedence.” – David Axelrod
Songs of Experience is visionary composer/arranger/producer David Axelrod’s second album; it was
recorded after the death of his beloved son Scott. Experience is an ominous affair, an album concerned with
mortality and spirituality – the solitary, pastoral musings of William Blake set to the urban bombast of a full
Los Angeles orchestra, with Wrecking Crew vets grounding the proceedings with dark funk.
This is the next Now-Again issue in a series of reissues centered around Axelrod’s Capitol Trilogy – Song of
Innocence, Songs of Experience and Earth Rot – which will see release through 2018. Contains oversized,
28 page booklet that delves into Axelrod’s incredible life and music, replete with never before published
photos and an interview with Axelrod by Eothen Alapatt and Wax Poetics’ Brian Digenti.
“There are very few people who see the Grand Picture of the Universe and understand the
Nothingness that it all comes from. There are even fewer who can express these ideas through
music - David could do it all.” – T-Ray