A Possible Projection of the Future / Childhood's End

A Possible Projection of the Future / Childhood's End is Al Kooper's fifth album, recorded for and released by Columbia Records in 1972.

Begun with a vague storyline that failed to survive beyond the two title tracks, the album was recorded in London, England at George Martin's AIR Studios with one outtake from New York City (You're A Woman). Six original tracks were surrounded were covers by Bob Dylan ("The Man in Me", which Kooper had originally produced), Smokey Robinson ("Swept For You Baby") and even Jimmy Cliff ("Please Tell Me Why").

The album cover showed Kooper as an eighty-year-old man, bespectacled and clutching a Fender Jaguar guitar.

Tracks

All tracks composed by Al Kooper; except where indicated

1. "A Possible Projection of the Future" – 6:29
2. "The Man in Me" (Bob Dylan) – 3:42
3. "Fly On" – 3:15
4. "Please Tell Me Why" (Gully Bright, Jimmy Cliff) – 4:40
5. "The Monkey Time" (Curtis Mayfield) – 3:20
6. "Let Your Love Shine" – 4:04
7. "Swept For You Baby" (Smokey Robinson) – 3:32
8. "Bended Knees (Please Don't Leave Me Now)" – 3:40
9. "Love Trap" – 4:04
10. "Childhood's End" – 3:33

Personnel

• Al Kooper: acoustic and electric pianos, organ, guitars, ARP, VCS3 and Moog synthesizers, Mellotron, tambourine, vocals

With

• Herbie Flowers: electric bass
• Barry Morgan: drums
• Alan Parker: acoustic guitar
• Claudia Lennear, Linda Lewis, Mike Gately and Robert John: backing vocals
• Bobby West: electric bass (on "Swept For You Baby" only)
• Paul Humphries: drums (on "Swept For You Baby" only)
• Bobbye Hall Porter: percussion (on "Swept For You Baby" only)
• Clydie King, Vanetta Fields, Oma Drake and Edna Wright: backing vocals (on "Swept For You Baby" only)

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