Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
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Artist: TrafficEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-03-19
Music Label: Island
Soundtracks:
- Hidden Treasure
- Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
- Light Up or Leave Me Alone
- Rock and Roll Stew
- Many a Mile to Freedom
- Rainmaker
- Rock and Roll Stew, Pts. 1 & 2 [Single Version][*]
Music reviews of Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Music Review: Traffic's Masterpiece
Rating: 5 Stars
This is Traffic's masterpiece, filled out, mature, focused. There are only 2 things missing from this offering: Dave Mason's influence & the second disc. This should have been 2 disc offering to give the band the necessary breathing room to complete (lovingly, I might add) what is created on this disc, alone. Unfortunately, at the time, Island Records was not into producing/promoting 2 LP sets. So, we're destined to only dream what would have happened had the boys been allowed to expand on the theme on this one disc set. THANKS to who ever brought about the re-master. The original release on CD was sad and disgusting. It made me rethink buying anything further on CD and forced me to listen to my vinyl (at least of this classic) for many years waiting for a re-master/re-issue worth putting in my CD player. I cannot add anything more to any of the other reviews on here except to say, this is on my top 200 list of must haves for any collector of this genre.
Description of Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Despite not even charting in the band's native England, this album became a platinum-selling American hit on the basis of three enduring FM radio staples--the expansive, jazzy impressionism of the near-12 minute title track, and the more straightforward funk of the R&B charmers "Light Up or Leave Me Alone" and "Rock & Roll Stew." Those disparate tracks perfectly underscore Traffic's rich musical appeal and its restless, sometimes problematic creative and interpersonal relationships. With now thrice-departed Dave Mason out of the mix and percussionists Jim Gordon and Reebop Kwaku Baah participating in the studio for the first time, the band's innate musicality truly takes wing. Winwood's familiar vocal phrasings nearly take a backseat to his fluid, dramatic guitar work on "Rock & Roll Stew Roll" and "Many a Mile to Freedom," while the Tull-ish, folk-madrigal sensibilities of "Hidden Treasure" and "Rainmaker" are further punctuated by Chris Wood's deft flute and woodwind flourishes. Compared with the more organic John Barleycorn album, the contrast is all the more remarkable. While many contemporary bands were experimenting with various attempts at fusion, few achieved this collection's rock-jazz-folk-R&B range or level of often subtle sophistication. Digitally remastered, this edition also contains the six-minute-plus U.S. single version of "Rock & Roll Stew, Parts 1 & 2" as a bonus track. --Jerry McCulleyGeneral CDs
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