Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs (1969/2013)
Жанр: Pop/Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul
Год издания: 1969/2013
Издатель: Audio Fidelity
Номер по каталогу: AFZ 168
Аудиокодек: DSD64 2.0
Тип рипа: image (iso)
Продолжительность: 00:44:49
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
Образ снят с помощью: Sony PlayStation 3 и утилиты sacd-ripper version 0.21
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Треклист:
01.I’m Easy 03:03
02.I’ll Be Long Gone 04:03
03.Another Day (Another Letter) 03:14
04.Now You’re Gone 03:52
05.Finding Her 04:12
06.Look What I Got 04:16
07.Waiting For A Train 02:41
08.Loan Me A Dime 13:04
09.Sweet Release 06:24
Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs is the second album by Boz Scaggs; it was released in 1969. After two years with the Steve Miller Band, Scaggs once again set out on his own, recording at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. The other musicians on the album include Duane Allman, Eddie Hinton, Jimmy Johnson, Barry Beckett, David Hood, Roger Hawkins and Al Lester. It was produced by Rolling Stone founder and editor Jann Wenner, Scaggs, and Marlin Greene.
The album (SD-8239) sold slowly despite positive reviews. Originally mixed by Stax Records’ engineer Terry Manning, it remained in the catalog for a number of years and was deleted around 1974 or 1975.
In a 2012 updated list, the album listed at #496 on the Rolling Stone’s The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
All Music Review
Departing from the Steve Miller Band after a two-album stint, Boz Scaggs found himself on his own but not without support. Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, his friend, helped him sign with Atlantic Records and the label had him set up shop in Muscle Shoals, recording his debut album with that legendary set of studio musicians, known for their down-and-dirty backing work for Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett, among many other Southern soul legends. The Muscle Shoals rhythm section, occasionally augmented by guitarist Duane Allman, gives this music genuine grit, but this isn’t necessarily a straight-up blue-eyed soul record, even if the opening “I’m Easy” and “I’ll Be Long Gone” are certainly as deeply soulful as anything cut at Muscle Shoals. Even at this early stage Scaggs wasn’t content to stay in one place, and he crafted a kind of Americana fantasia here, also dabbling in country and blues along with the soul and R&B that grounds this record. If the country shuffle “Now You’re Gone” sounds just slightly a shade bit too vaudeville for its own good, it only stands out because the rest of the record is pitch-perfect, from the Jimmie Rodgers cover “Waiting for a Train” and the folky “Look What I Got!” to the extended 11-minute blues workout “Loan Me a Dime,” which functions as much as a showcase for a blazing Duane Allman as it does for Boz. But even with that show-stealing turn, and even with the Muscle Shoals musicians giving this album its muscle and part of its soul, this album is still thoroughly a showcase for Boz Scaggs’ musical vision, which even at this stage is wide and deep. It would grow smoother and more assured over the years, but the slight bit of raggedness suits the funky, down-home performances and helps make this not only a great debut, but also an enduring blue-eyed soul masterpiece.
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发表于 2020-12-8 16:01:44
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