Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith Samiyam and whilst new single "Wild

and whilst new single "Wild Guess" opens with one of the band's most 'traditional' introductions

and all they can still become in the future

But reducing ILION to a list of reference points would be missing the point—specifically

announce their debut album

Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith Samiyam and whilst new single "WildReleased in 1967 with personnel including Lonnie Liston Smith (piano), Ronnie Boykins (bass), and Grady Tate (drums), Now Please Dont You Cry marked the beginning of Roland Kirks groovier explorations that would eventually lead him to record Blacknuss (1971). Its vintage Kirk in a pared down setting and is considered an essential Kirk album. Verves Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180 gram vinyl in deluxe