Quaco wrote:and that's when things like "Roll Right Stones" truly blossom. It is one of my very favorites now.
Do you have to be high, or something?
("Evening Blue" is nice.)
Quaco wrote:and that's when things like "Roll Right Stones" truly blossom. It is one of my very favorites now.
mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
C wrote:No love for this then fellow prog goons...?
Did Steve ever sing better and what a guitar solo [full of emotion on both counts].....?
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Footy wrote:
The Who / Jimi Hendrix Experience Saville Theatre, London Jan '67
. Got Jimi's autograph after the show and went on to see him several times that year
trans-chigley express wrote:elegant chaos (reprise) wrote:I only got around to getting this a year or so back. Found it to be much better than reviews had led me to expect (possibly why my purchase of it lagged 30+yrs behind that of most of the band's others), and I wish I'd bought it years ago.
Especially as I found it reminded me strongly in places of Steve Winwood's first solo release which came out 3 years later in 1977 (and my favourite of his solo works). Particularly "Walking In The Wind", the title track, "Something New", "Graveyard People" and "Dream Gerrard".
Steve Winwood, 1977, Island Records
A gem of a record. On reflection it might be appropriate to flip my comparison around and describe this as his solo release that is most reminiscent of his work with Traffic. Worth checking out if you aren't familiar with it.
The sublime "Vacant Chair" from SW's 1977 debut and "Dream Gerrard" were both co-writes with Vivian Stanshall.
It was the Steve Winwood debut solo album that I only got round to buying a year or so back, and I found that to be much better than I was expecting. He adds a bit of funkiness to his sound which I like a lot.
C wrote:No love for this then fellow prog goons...?
Did Steve ever sing better and what a guitar solo [full of emotion on both counts].....?
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frimley_greener wrote:Bit late to the party with this one....bought it on the day of release,and was pretty "ho-hum" about it...it got occasional airings over the years,but never became a "go to" Traffic cut,until fairly recently when I have been able to enjoy my records on a pretty good(imho) system,and pulled "When The Eagle flies" again....and was quite taken aback by how much more was revealed by said: not a "brag",but the details and layers revealed have made me view this album in a completely different light.
mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
Walk In My Shadow wrote:
And what about this one?
robertff wrote:Walk In My Shadow wrote:
And what about this one?
It took a while but I really like it and it contains one of their very best tracks.
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Walk In My Shadow wrote:
And what about this one?
robertff wrote:Walk In My Shadow wrote:
And what about this one?
It took a while but I really like it and it contains one of their very best tracks.
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elegant chaos (reprise) wrote:robertff wrote:Walk In My Shadow wrote:
And what about this one?
It took a while but I really like it and it contains one of their very best tracks.
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I like it.
I'm just listening to it again for the first time in years. I played it frequently for a year or two after it first came out, and I really shouldn't have left it so long.
I find it a little more Steve Winwood solo-80's than 70's-Traffic in feel and sound, but I'm not sure where I'd draw the dividing line : the title track ("Far From Home") would perhaps be more on the Traffic side, whereas "Here Comes A Man", "Some Kinda Woman", "Every Night Every Day" and others sound reminiscent of SW's solo LPs.
"Mozambique", the instrumental that closes the LP, sounds as much like Santana as it does Traffic!
If I was to rate one track as a stand-out, I'd go for "Holy Ground" - the collaboration and co-write with Davy Spillane, who also plays uilleann pipes. Lovely track.
Thanks for prompting me to dig it out for a play. I don't think there is one track I didn't enjoy hearing again, and one or two I'd forgotten about altogether (like the rather gentle, tuneful and (err...) graceful "State Of Grace").
I wouldn't nominate it as my favourite Traffic LP, but it's a pretty decent effort some 20 years after the previous "Where The Eagle Flies". I think Jim Capaldi's involvement, particularly with the songwriting, lifts the LP some way above the level of contemporary SW solo releases.
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mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
C wrote:elegant chaos (reprise) wrote:robertff wrote:
It took a while but I really like it and it contains one of their very best tracks.
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I like it.
I'm just listening to it again for the first time in years. I played it frequently for a year or two after it first came out, and I really shouldn't have left it so long.
I find it a little more Steve Winwood solo-80's than 70's-Traffic in feel and sound, but I'm not sure where I'd draw the dividing line : the title track ("Far From Home") would perhaps be more on the Traffic side, whereas "Here Comes A Man", "Some Kinda Woman", "Every Night Every Day" and others sound reminiscent of SW's solo LPs.
"Mozambique", the instrumental that closes the LP, sounds as much like Santana as it does Traffic!
If I was to rate one track as a stand-out, I'd go for "Holy Ground" - the collaboration and co-write with Davy Spillane, who also plays uilleann pipes. Lovely track.
Thanks for prompting me to dig it out for a play. I don't think there is one track I didn't enjoy hearing again, and one or two I'd forgotten about altogether (like the rather gentle, tuneful and (err...) graceful "State Of Grace").
I wouldn't nominate it as my favourite Traffic LP, but it's a pretty decent effort some 20 years after the previous "Where The Eagle Flies". I think Jim Capaldi's involvement, particularly with the songwriting, lifts the LP some way above the level of contemporary SW solo releases.
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A good resume
I must dig it out - it's at least 10 years since I've played it.
I remember Spillane's pipes wel
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Neige wrote:Well I must say I enjoyed Far From Home a lot more than I tought I would - and not just the one with Davy Spillane.
robertff wrote:Neige wrote:Well I must say I enjoyed Far From Home a lot more than I tought I would - and not just the one with Davy Spillane.
It is a very good album, just rather different to what came before.
This is a great starting point for anyone wanting to sample Traffic.
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