1982 Original In Shrink Wrap. Glossy, Unplayed Condition. “Black Rock Was James Blood Ulmer's Second Columbia Album, A Follow-Up To The Previous Year's Free Lancing. This Was Also Blood's First Attempt To Take The Harmolodic Jazz Of Ornette Coleman And Marry It Directly To Rock's Visceral Appearance And Funk's In-The-Pocket Groove. Certainly All His Records From Captain Black On Displayed This Penchant In Varying Degrees, But All Were Linked To The Deep Exploration Of Harmolodic's Scalular Heights And Unknown Territories. Black Rock Is An In-Your-Face Amalgam Of Hard Rock And Punk Funk, Full Of Angular Riffs And Smokin' Rhythms And Popped Basslines Courtesy Of A Band That Included Drummers Grant Calvin Weston And Cornell Rochester; Rhythm Guitarist Ronnie Drayton, Who Freed Blood Up To Turn Riffs Inside Out And Solo At The Same Time -- Something He Does Live To This Day; Bassist Amin Ali; And Contributions From Sam Sanders On Saxes And Flutes And Vocals By Irene Datcher On One Cut……. Black Rock Is Among Blood's Strongest Records. As Tough As Are You Glad To Be In America And The Music Revelation Ensemble's No Wave, Yet More Accessible Than Either. This Is A Fitting Introduction To Blood Ulmer's Unique, Knotty, And Truly Original Guitar And Composition Style. Black Rock Is All Funk, Rock, Jazz, And Punk, Indivisible And Under A One World Groove.” Thom Jurek, AMG.