Vala, or The Four Zoas the histories of the Druids and of the Christians along with adding various locations connected to them. In both editions of the poem, Blake changed his mythological system in the "Book of Urizen" from a dualistic struggle between two divine powers to a struggle of four aspects split from Eternity. These aspects are Blake's Four Zoas, which represent four aspects of the Almighty God and "Vala" is the first work to mention them. In particular, Blake's God/Man union is broken down into the bodily components of Urizen (head), Urthona (loins), Luvah (heart), and Tharmas (unity of the body) with paired
Three or Four Shades of Blues Dannie Richmond. In a contemporary review for "The Village Voice", Robert Christgau said the second side on "Three or Four Shades of Blue" was "the best composed bebop" he had heard in 1977, partly because Coryell and Fortune gave their most impressive performances in some time. "The New Yorker" found the record "subtle and funny and full of Mingus's peculiar and unmistakable authority". AllMusic's Stuart Kremsky was less enthusiastic in a retrospective review, writing that it was not Mingus's "best work, but not without merit". He felt the title track was one of his most successful attempts at longer compositions,