UUSI Traffic The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (1971) CD - Ilmainen Toimitus

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys mark-

ed the commercial and artistic apex of the

second coming of Traffic, which had com-

menced in 1970 with John Barleycorn Must

Die. The trio that made that album had be-

en augmented by three others (Ric Grech,

Jim Gordon, and "Reebop" Kwaku Baah) in

the interim, though apparently the Low

Spark sessions featured varying combinati-

ons 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 intro-

spective 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 num-

ber with an unusually emphatic Capaldi vo-

cal 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 treatme-

nts 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 re-

leasing the live album Welcome to the

Canteen and they had in their past the

embarrassing Last Exit album thrown to-

gether as a commercial stopgap during a

temporary breakup in 69. 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 lon-

gest so far.The result was an album that

quickly went gold (and eventually platin-

um) in the U.S., where the group toured

frequently.

Alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi: 1971

Digitaalinen remasterointi: 2002

Genre:

Classic rock, prog-rock, album rock

01. Hidden Treasure 4:11

02. The Low Spark Of

High-Heeled Boys 11:41

03. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone 4:47

04. Rock & Roll Stew 4:22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBXNNB5L01g

05. Many A Mile To Freedom 7:15

06. Rainmaker 7:51

Bonus TrÄck:

07. Rock & Roll Stew Parts 1 & 2 6:07

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