28-04-2011, 11:32
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THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP "the best of..." vinyl,cd.
my mum was a "mod" back in the day, had all the Mod records...kinks, small faces, who, georgie fame along with these guys etc...., and i spent a lot of my early teenage days listening to them, when i left home i had to buy all of the above as she wouldnt let me take them with me!!!!!! i got this one on vinyl and in 1992 i got the cd release of it...it sounds better on vinyl as the cd pressing wasnt remastered.
anyway,
SD had several hits in the UK and a couple in the US between 65-67. the group were fronted by a young 16 year old Stevie (steve) winwood who had a voice rich in the blues and R&B way beyond his years, along with Small Faces, they used the Hammond Organ to give them a unique sound on record, and as my mum says, they both really only enjoyed a 'cult following' of hard core Mods, Winwood left the band in 1967 to form Traffic then went on to have a reasonably successful yet spazmodic solo career, i much prefer these songs to anything he released later on. Spencer Davis still tours the band around Europe, allbeit with non original members.
one of their lesser known hits is my pick of the bunch here, the haunting piano ballad "every little bit hurts".
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
worst track: waltz for lumumba
best track: every little bit hurts
tracks:
1. im a man** #9 UK, #10 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzN0mMx-sJg live
2. gimme some lovin'*** #2 UK, #7 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFaT69CyyKU live
3. every little bit hurts*** #41 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWcxBJ2aQrw audio
4. this hammer**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YLJmdq8qrs audio
5. back into my life again**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biOe3hEGzBU audio
6. waltz for lumumba*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWHTXaWKS2o audio
7. together till the end of time*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKq3Pc7L4lQ live
8. keep on running*** #1 UK, #76 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAdottB7UU8 live
9. trampoline**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXoXeQP5J7k audio
10.when i come home** #12 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38UCU7SeT38 video
11.strong love** #44 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbDcxkbtAfI audio
12.somebody help me*** #1 UK, #47 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SLJbBjhQg0 live
13.she put the hurt on me***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exZ-KoBaBV4 audio
14.goodbye stevie**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upjzwaxGVKI audio
3s=5
2s=7
1s=2
rating: 2.3
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.