Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Spencer Davis Group - Taking Out Time Complete Recordings 1967-1969 [2016] (3 x CD's)





SPENCER DAVIS GROUP

Spencer Davis Group - Taking Out Time Complete Recordings 1967-1969 [2016] (3 x CD's)


"Taking Out Time" picks up after original lead vocalist and keyboardist Steve Windwood left the band to form Traffic and his brother Muff Winwood pursued a musical career behind the scenes. Disc One features their 1967 singles recorded with the Winwoods replacements Phil Sawyer and Eddie Hardin, including the pop sike classics 'Time Seller' and 'Mr Second Class'. Also their recordings used in the film soundtrack Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush. The second half of Disc One comprises their 1968 single and album recorded with Sawyer's replacement Ray Fenwick, who brought with him the excellent 'After Tea' (co-written with Dutch Tee Set pop master Hans Van Eijck). The album With Their New Face On is a mix of jazzy R&B and pop psychedelia. The standout R&B track is 'Don't Want You No More', which was later covered by The Allman Brothers. Disc Two boasts their rare, Germany-only single, and the US only LP Funky recorded in 1969 by Fenwick and Davis plus Nigel Olsson and Dee Murray (just before they joined Elton John). Also included is the theme to the TV show Magpie, originally recorded in 1968, and the groovy, heavy psych single 'Short Change'. RPM is pleased to finally be able to serve up previously unreleased BBC Sessions, recorded through 1968 around the promotion of With Their New Face On. These are coupled on Disc Three with live tracks and other rarities for which tapes have been archived, plus interesting alternative versions discovered down the years. This clamshell packaged box set is crammed full of fascinating details in booklet notes from Andy Neill, photos from various archives, and input from original members Ray Fenwick, Pete York and Spencer Davis.

Great remastered sound with many rarities. I've been waiting for years for an improvement on the sound of With Their New Face On- I can't tell you how much money I wasted on CD's with lousy sound for this album. The "Time Seller" single is brilliant, amazing sound and should have been #1 on the charts. I can't stop raving how great the audio is on this set. The singles, outakes, etc. sound great. This is really a phenomenal set of tunes by the post-Winwood Spencer Davis Group. This is really a fantastic set and the BBC Sessions are fantastic and the alternate versions are truly great. (Amazon)


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Track lists

CD1


  01. Time Seller
  02. Don't Want You No More
  03. Taking Out Time
  04. Every Little Thing
  05. Virginals Dream
  06. Looking Back
  07. Picture of Her
  08. Just Like Me
  09. Possession
  10. Mr. Second Class
  11. Sanity Inspector
  12. After Tea
  13. Moonshine
  14. With His New Face on
  15. Mr Second Class
  16. Alec in Transitland
  17. Sanity Inspector
  18. Feel Your Way
  19. Morning Sun
  20. Moonshine
  21. Don't Want You No More
  22. Time Seller
  23. Stop Me, I'm Falling
  24. After Tea

CD2

  01. (Aquarius) Der Wassermann
  02. Let the Sunshine in
  03. Short Change
  04. Picture of Heaven
  05. I Met a Woman
  06. Letters from Edith
  07. Raintree River
  08. What a Way to Die
  09. Firefly (Alias Funky)
  10. Magical Day
  11. I Guess I'm Wasting My
  12. Time
  13. Misguided (Alias Poor
  14. Misguided Woman)
  15. And the Gods Came Down
  16. New Jersey Turnpike
  17. Magpie (The Murgatroyd Band)
  18. Twice a Week (The Murgatroyd Band)
  19. I'm Lost
  20. Pools Winner
  21. Groove Extra
  22. The Girls Song
  23. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine in (Demo)

CD3


  01. Feel Your Way (Backing Track)
  02. Feel Your Way
  03. Morning Sun
  04. Taking Out Time
  05. Picture of Her
  06. Just Like Me
  07. Possession
  08. Don't Want You No More (18.12.67)
  09. Interview (18.12.67)
  10. Mr Second Class (18.12.67)
  11. Time Seller (18.12.67)
  12. Feel Your Way (17.1.68)
  13. Taking Out Time (17.1.68)
  14. Time Seller (17.1.68)
  15. Moonshine (11.3.68)
  16. Interview (11.3.68)
  17. After Tea (11.3.68)
  18. Feel Your Way (11.3.68)
  19. Dust My Blues (24.6.68)
  20. Interview (24.6.68)
  21. With His New Face on (24.6.68)
  22. Mr Second Class (24.6.68)
  23. Dust My Blues

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