UUSI TRAFFIC THE LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS CD (2002)

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 ly-
rics of weary disillusionment with the music
business. The band had only just fulfilled a
contractual commitment by releasing the li-
ve album Welcome to the Canteen and they
had in their past the embarrassing Last Exit
album thrown together 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
longest so far.The result was an album that
quickly went gold (and eventually platinum)
in the U.S., where the group toured frequ-
ently.

Alkuperäinen julkaisu:  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

Levy-yhtiö:  Island

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