Humble Pie - Town And Country (1969) {2006, Japanese Limited Edition, K2HD Mastering}
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Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock | Victor #VICP-63558
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 338 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 125 Mb
Scans Included | 00:46:43 | RAR 5% Recovery
Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock | Victor #VICP-63558
Anyone who thinks of Humble Pie solely in terms of their latter-day boogie rock will be greatly surprised with this, the band's second release, for it is almost entirely acoustic. There is a gently rocking cover of Buddy Holly's "Heartbeat," and a couple of electrified Steve Marriott numbers, but the overall feel is definitely more of the country than the town or city. "The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake" is a typical Marriott country ditty, similar to those he would include almost as a token on each of the subsequent studio albums, and "Every Mother's Son" is structured as a folk tale. On "The Light of Love," Marriott even plays sitar. Peter Frampton's contributions here foreshadow the acoustic-based music he would make as a solo artist a few years later. As a whole, this is a crisp, cleanly recorded, attractive-sounding album, totally atypical of the Humble Pie catalog, but well worth a listen.