A Possible Projection of the Future / Childhood's End

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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 by covers of 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, decrepit and clutching a Fender Jaguar guitar.

Track listing

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" (Guilly 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, sitar, vocals

With

• Harvey Brooks: electric bass tracks recorded in America
• Herbie Flowers: electric bass tracks recorded in England
• Barry Morgan: drums
• Alan Parker: acoustic guitar
• Claudia Lennear, Linda Lewis, Michael Gately and Robert John: backing vocals
• Bobby West: electric bass on "Swept For You Baby"
• Paul Humphrey: drums on "Swept For You Baby"
• Bobbye Hall Porter: percussion on "Swept For You Baby"
• Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Oma Drake and Edna Wright: backing vocals on "Swept For You Baby"
• John Punter - spoken introduction on "A Possible Projection of the Future", engineer