Earth Rot is a 1970 album by David Axelrod

David Axelrod (musician)

David Axelrod is an American composer, arranger and producer, working in several musical genres.-Biography:...

. The tracks on side 1, "The Signs", include lyrics adapted from the Book of Isaiah

Book of Isaiah

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, while songs on side 2 include lyrics adapted from "Song Of The Earth Spirit", a Navajo

Navajo people

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 creation legend.

Track listing

All music composed by David Axelrod; "lyrics adapted by Michael T. Axelrod from The Book of Isaiah, The Old Testament and adapted from Song of the Earth Spirit, a Navajo origin legend."
Side 1

1. "Warning Talk Part 1" – 2:50
2. "Warning Talk Part 2" – 4:25
3. "Warning Talk Part 3" – 4:41
4. "Warning Talk Part 4" – 3:05

Side 2

1. "The Signs Part 1" – 3:46
2. "The Signs Part 2" – 3:44
3. "The Signs Part 3" – 5:44

Personnel

• Dennis Budimir, Louis Morell - guitar
• Robert West, Arthur Wright - bass
• Don Randi
  Don Randi
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  - piano
• Earl Palmer
  Earl Palmer
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  - drums
• Gary Coleman, Sonny Anderson - percussion
• Ernie Watt, Jack Kelso, William E. Green - saxophone
• Richard Hyde, Richard Leith - trombone
• Allen De Rienzo, Frederick Hill - trumpet
• Clark Eran Gassman, Diana Lee, Gerri Engemann, Jacqueline Mae Ellen, Janice Gassman, Jerry Whitman, Jon Joyce, Lewis E. Moreford, Tom Bahler - chorus