The Strawbs...Strawbs(1969)remastered(2008)seeders: 10
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The Strawbs...Strawbs(1969)remastered(2008) (Size: 116.22 MB)
Description Une regrettable erreur de n'avoir pas encore posté un Strawbs. Un groupe de musique progressive comme on disait à l'époque qui inspirera Curved Air, Fotheringay ou encore Fairport Convention. Le duo Dave Cousins/Tony Hooper cherchent une maison de disques en 1969 en Angleterre. Ils proposent des enregistrements faits au Danemark avec Sandy Denny au chant et signent chez A&M qui vient juste d'ouvrir un bureau à Londres. Sandy Denny les quitte pour aller chez Fairport Convention et c'est un trio qui laisse tomber les bandes originelles pour enregistrer de toutes nouvelles compositions. John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins, un groupe arabe rencontré dans un bar, des cordes viendront enrichir de magnifiques compositions. Le label A&M pique une crise cardiaque en entendant cela, eux qui croyaient avoir signé un groupe à tendance psychedelic. Le groupe reviendra en studio pour rajouter quelques morceaux plus ... pop comme "The Battle". J'ai un petit faible pour la premère chanson "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" avec des paroles simples et magnifiques qui nous laissent sur une drôle d'impression. Ces années là, on rencontrait pas mal de gens bizarres. Ce disque remastered en 2008 est tout simplement un petit bijou. Quelques démos ont été rajoutés. On sent que Steve Winwood a écouté ce disque lorsqu'il a composé "John Barleycorn Must Die" en 1970. Les bandes danoises avec Sandy Denny sortiront plus tard en 1972. A cette époque le groupe se sera nettement électrifié avec des musiciens comme Rick Wakeman en guest star. Dave Cousins (vcls, gtrs) Tony Hooper (vcls, gtrs) Ron Chesterman (dbl bs) 1.The Man Who Called Himself Jesus (Cousins) 2.That Which Once Was Mine (Cousins) 3.All The Little Ladies (Cousins/Hooper) 4.Pieces Of 79 And 15 (Cousins/Hooper) 5.Tell Me What You See In Me (Cousins) 6.Oh How She Changed (Cousins/Hooper) 7.Or Am I Dreaming (Cousins) 8.Where Is This Dream Of Your Youth (Cousins) 9.Poor Jimmy Wilson (Cousins) 10.Where Am I/I'll Show You Where To Sleep (Cousins) 11.The Battle (Cousins) BONUS TRACKS - UNIVERSAL REISSUES 2008 12.Interview/That Which Once Was Mine(Cousins) 13. Poor Jimmy Wilson(Cousins) 14.The Battle(Cousins) Bonus tracks originally recorded for John Peel's 'Top Gear' BBC Radio One Show, 12th January 1969 The Man Who Called Himself Jesus He came into the shop and looked me straight between the eyes And said "You know I'm Jesus", and I must have looked surprised Because he said "Please don't be hasty, no-one understands But I've got a way to prove it" and he lifted up his hands. He was the man who called himself Jesus. For a minute I was speechless, then I looked into his face With sufficient lines of sadness for the total human race And I said "You must be joking" but he slowly shook his head And said "That's what they all say, I might as well be dead". He asked me if I knew a place where he could start to preach I said "Well try a church or maybe Brighton beach" And I was trying to be serious but he didn't seem impressed He said "You think I'm crazy, you're just like all the rest". I was really quite embarrassed, he was looking so sincere So I said "I close the shop soon, won't you come and have a beer" Then he asked me if I meant it and he smiled a funny smile And he said he'd rather like that and he hung arounds a while. On the way he stopped to pat little children's heads And he taught them one line prayers to say as they went off to their beds But mostly they were frightened and they looked at him wide eyed And when he said his name was Jesus, one girl even cried. In the pub I asked him if he'd tried to see the Pope And he said although he'd thought about it there was really not a hope Then he said he thought he'd better go, he had some work to do He said he'd come and see me in about a week or two. Well after he had gone I thought of what he'd said And all his funny actions they kept running through my head And when I felt my mind was drowning in a sea of mud It seemed his pint of beer had turned into a pint of blood.  Related Torrents
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