Beautiful Young Generation / Various Beautiful Young Generation / Various CD

CD edition includes bonus tracks. Based on original 1967 BYG sampler. Digitally mastered from original BYG tapes by Nick Robbins at Soundmastering Ltd. Also available as limited edition white vinyl LP in deluxe, reverse-board gatefold sleeve plus streaming formats. Track-by-track notes by author, journalist, and BYG-authority Kevin Le Gendre. Introduction by surviving BYG co-founder Jean-Luc Young. BYG were a pioneering independent record company, one of the first labels to actively promote diversity and support black AfricanAmerican musicians and multi-cultural artists worldwide during the 1960's and 1970's. Beginning in October 2021, BYG will reissue their now rare and collectable original albums as a deluxe facsimile editions. Newly remastered from the original tapes, each BYG album will be released on LP, CD and streaming formats with exclusive sleeve notes by Kevin Le Gendre. "BYG were passionate in supporting diversity, against prejudice and narrow-mindedness so I am proud we fought for all our artists and their music, no matter what they were, who they were or where they were from.

1. Alice - Le Nouveau Monde 2 2. Areski ; Brigitte Fontaine - Ragilia 3. Gong - Change the World 4. Aynsley Dunbar - Willing to Fight 5. Coeur Magique - Le Cocotier (Part 2) 6. Daevid Allen - Time of Your Life 7. Freedom - Enchanted Wood 8. Ame Son - Seventh Time Key 9. Sun Ra and His Solar-Myth Arkestra - Ancient Ethiopia 10. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Dexterity 11. Don Cherry - Terrestrial Beings 12. Archie Shepp - Blas? 13. Paul Bley - Ramblin' 14. Clifford Thornton - Pan African Festival 15. Jacques Coursil Unit - Duke Legendary 1960's French