Indeed, we played it so often that we had to buy another copy before week’s end, though whether that was due to wear and tear or someone stepping on it is a long forgotten detail. I don’t remember if it was the first album we listened to upon our return, but once it hit the turntable, we didn’t listen to much else for the rest of the week. 50 Franklin Street, which retained the elegance of its original incarnation as the Bancroft Hotel, was around the corner from Arnold’s Music, and once Arnold’s opened on Tuesday morning (arrival day for new releases), a small party of us headed over to buy a handful of albums including Swiss Movement. One of our number’s extended family lived in a spacious apartment in downtown Worcester and he had the run of the place for a week, so we were there to pursue the kinds of cultural alternatives that helped us rationalize truancy. I was with a group of friends, mostly high school classmates, and we were skipping school. I remember just where I was when I first heard Swiss Movement, the concert album by Les McCann and Eddie Harris recorded at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival.
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