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Артист: Traffic Альбом: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys 1971, Жанр: Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Jazz-Rock Формат файла: eac-log-cue-flac-scans-rar Ссылка: CD 86 clicks Нахождение: eDonkey/Kademlia

из последних запасов "золотого руна"

Biography by William Ruhlmann
Though it ultimately must be considered an interim vehicle for singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist Steve Winwood, Traffic was a successful group that followed its own individual course through the rock music scene of the late '60s and early '70s. Beginning in the psychedelic year of 1967 and influenced by the Beatles, the band early on turned out eclectic pop singles in its native Great Britain, though by the end of its first year of existence it had developed a pop-rock hybrid tied to its unusual instrumentation: At a time when electric guitars ruled rock, Traffic emphasized Winwood's organ and the reed instruments played by Chris Wood, especially flute. After Dave Mason, who had provided the band with an alternate folk-pop sound, departed for good, Traffic leaned toward extended songs that gave its players room to improvise in a jazz-like manner, even as the rhythms maintained a rock structure. ...Read More...
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Traffic - 1971 The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
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Review by William Ruhlmann
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys marked the commercial and artistic apex of the second coming of Traffic, which had commenced in 1970 with John Barleycorn Must Die. The trio that made that album had been augmented by three others (Ric Grech, Jim Gordon, and "Reebop" Kwaku Baah) in the interim, though apparently the Low Spark sessions featured varying combinations of these musicians, plus some guests. But where their previous album had grown out of sessions for a Steve Winwood solo album and retained that focus, Low Spark pointedly contained changes of pace from his usual contributions of midtempo, introspective jam tunes. "Rock & Roll Stew" was an uptempo treatise on life on the road, while Jim Capaldi's "Light up or Leave Me Alone" was another more aggressive number with an unusually emphatic Capaldi vocal that perked things up on side two. The other four tracks were Winwood/Capaldi compositions more in the band's familiar style. "Hidden Treasure" and "Rainmaker" bookended the disc with acoustic treatments of nature themes that were particularly concerned with water, and "Many a Mile to Freedom" also employed water imagery. But the standout was the 12-minute title track, with its distinctive piano riff and its lyrics of weary disillusionment with the music business. The band had only just fulfilled a contractual commitment by releasing the live album Welcome to the Canteen, and they had in their past the embarrassing Last Exit album thrown together as a commercial stopgap during a temporary breakup in 1969. But that anger had proven inspirational, and "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" was one of Traffic's greatest songs as well as its longest so far. The result was an album that quickly went gold (and eventually platinum) in the U.S., where the group toured frequently.

наконец-то! спасибо

чия бы мычала!

ниче, скоро SBB выложу

Спасибо.

нее, ну в смысле из имеющихся у нас
а пока, может, у человека проблемы какие, но они ж пройдут!

Runo скорее жив, чем мертв - просто работу ищу, блин, нормальную!
А золотишко-то еще имеется!
Ну вот например LEON RUSSEL - Leon Russel (DCC GZS-1049)!
А тама играют - George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Klaus Voorman, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Charlie Watts, Delanie & Bonnie Bramlet и т.д.!!!
Так шо, хоронить "золотой запас" рановато!

Отлично, спасибо!

перед лицом общественности ставлю вопрос в десятый раз!

а и хде картинки к товаришке Джоплин?