Profile [Import, Original recording remastered]

Jan Akkerman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B00004TYQI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,196 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fresh Air: Must Be My Land/Wrestling to Get Out/Back Again/The Fight

2. Kemp's Jig

3. Etude

4. Blue Boy

5. Andante Sostenuto

6. Maybe Just a Dream

7. Minstrel/Farmers Dance

8. Stick

Editorial Reviews

Remastered reissue of the acclaimed guitarist from Focus' 1973 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scary, but exhilarating, January 7, 2003

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Rob Ainsley (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Profile (Audio CD)

Side 2 is for fans only, but Side 1 is one of the most extraordinary tracks I've heard: the 20-minute improvisation of 'Fresh Air'. Manic, raw, unfettered, full of unexpected melodic and harmonic twists, and thankfully not "cleaned up" or "improved" by producers, it's an exhilaratingly scary type of music from a forgotten era. For those who find Akkerman's guitar work on the excellent Focus albums not quite exploratory or challenging enough, this is just the thing. And it's not all wild - the anguished, heartfelt lyricism of 'Blue Notes for Listening' definitely stands up to the best of Akkerman or Focus. One of my all-time top 20 albums.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'd give it an extra star, January 9, 2001

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R. O'Brien (Anchorage, Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Profile (Audio CD)

Too bad the limit is 5 stars. This is the album which convinced multitudes that Jan was the World's Greatest Guitarist in the early 70's. Only previously available in degraded recorded quality on the Talent's Profile double-CD, this features Fresh Air a progressive fusion rock magnum opus, as well as the minor gem Blue Boy. Jan noodles on the lute for much of the rest, exhibiting his strictly music-based ambitions. The sound quality is impressive. This CD sounds magnificent on a great stereo system!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Definite Gem!, August 23, 2009

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Walrus (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Profile (Audio CD)

Jan Akkerman is one of the most talented guitarists ever and this album is one of his best. I have a hard picking a favorite album as all of his music is exceptional. Best known for his work with the band Focus, which was an extraordinary band, he left and never looked back. His solo work has shown his versatility as an artist as Jan experiments with every genre of music including jazz, rock, fusion, progressive, classical, and blues. He crosses all the boundaries of music and blends it all together to make a masterpiece. I can listen to this album over and over and get lost in its different flavors. It's sad and melancholic in some songs, happy and joyful in others. I love the contrast that Jan relates in his music. There are few artists that I have to have everything they've ever recorded, but Jan Akkerman is one of those artists.