The New York Times reviewer Robert Palmer reported that the call-and-response horn motifs are "handed down from generation to generation", noting that the "drumming rhythms are definitely African", and paraphrased Gysin as connecting the musical origins to Spain, "from the Moorish courts of Cordova and Seville". The cover illustration on the 1971 album was originally a painting by Mohamed Hamri depicting the master musicians with Brian Jones in the center.
The New York Times reviewer Robert Palmer reported that the call-and-response horn motifs are "passed down through generations", noting that the "drumming rhythms are undoubtedly African", and paraphrased Gysin as linking the musical origins to Spain, "from the Moorish courts of Cordova and Seville". The cover illustration on the 1971 album was originally a painting by Mohamed Hamri depicting the master musicians with Brian Jones in the center.