Terry Callier: Occasional Rain Vinyl LP

"There are records that belong to a moment, and there are records that somehow create a world of their own. Terry Callier's 1972 masterpiece Occasional Rain is one of the latter. Recorded in Chicago and produced by the legendary Charles Stepney, Occasional Rain was the beginning of Callier's extraordinary run of albums for Cadet Records. Callier arrived with a voice and musical language that refused easy classification: part folk storyteller, part jazz musician, part soul singer, with gospel, blues and psychedelia moving through everything he did. Stepney-the visionary arranger and producer whose work helped define some of the most adventurous music to emerge from Chicago-gave those songs an equally expansive setting. And then there are the voices. Behind Callier are Minnie Riperton, Kitty Haywood and Shirley Wahls, their harmonies becoming an essential part of the album's atmosphere...Slow Down Sounds is proud to bring Occasional Rain back to vinyl as an all-analog pressing sourced from the original analog tape, with lacquers cut by Kevin Gray and pressing by Record Technology, Inc. Those production details are especially meaningful for an album whose sound-the space around Callier's voice, Stepney's keyboards, the backing vocals and the texture of the ensemble-is such an important part of the experience. More than fifty years after it was recorded, Occasional Rain remains what it always was: a singular Chicago record, a Charles Stepney production at the height of his powers, and one of Terry Callier's defining works." - Slow Down Sounds

• black vinyl pressing (please note: actual pressing color and packaging may differ from mock-up photo)
• limited edition
• original release year: 1972
• music label: Slow Down Sounds 2026