Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 4683-WY
Style: Rock
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 51:24
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 334 Mb
Founded 1963 in Birmingham, England, the Spencer Davis Group were one
of the finest bands to emerge from the fertile British music community.
The quartet featured Steve Winwood on lead vocals, guitar and
keyboards, his brother Muff Winwood on bass, Spencer Davis on guitar and
Pete York on drums.
The Spencer Davis Group’s greatest commercial success occurred in 1966-67, when soul-slanted rock songs like “Keep On Running,” “Somebody Help Me,” “Gimme Some Lovin'” and “I’m a Man” clasped the charts.
Steve Winwood resigned at the height of the Spencer Davis Group’s fame and quickly put together Traffic, while Muff simultaneously staged his exit to work as an A&R agent at Island Records. Determined to keep the band going, Spencer and Pete brought guitarist Phil Sawyer (soon to be replaced by Ray Fenwick) and vocalist and keyboardist Eddie Hardin on board to cement the revised outfit.
In 1968, the revamped Spencer Davis Group issued an album, With Their New Face On prior experiencing a further alteration in the personnel department. Eddie and Pete fled the fold, coupling as a duo aptly dubbed Hardin and York. Bassist Dee Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson – who both later played in Elton John’s band – then joined the Spencer Davis Group for the Funky album in 1969, which was also when the crew called it a day.
However, in 1973, Spencer resurrected the group. Ray, Eddie and Pete returned to the show, while ex-Taste bassist Charlie McCracken completed the configuration.
The Spencer Davis Group’s following album, Gluggo (Vertigo Records) received little fanfare. Sales were flat and the majority of reviews were less than flattering. Yet in retrospect, Gluggo stands as a fun and energetic collection of meat-and-potatoes rock and roll. Perhaps at this point, the band’s original audience had moved on, and critics may have expected something a bit more inventive, resulting in the dismissal of the album.
(somethingelsereviews.com/2018/12/07/spencer-davis-group-gluggo/)
The Spencer Davis Group’s greatest commercial success occurred in 1966-67, when soul-slanted rock songs like “Keep On Running,” “Somebody Help Me,” “Gimme Some Lovin'” and “I’m a Man” clasped the charts.
Steve Winwood resigned at the height of the Spencer Davis Group’s fame and quickly put together Traffic, while Muff simultaneously staged his exit to work as an A&R agent at Island Records. Determined to keep the band going, Spencer and Pete brought guitarist Phil Sawyer (soon to be replaced by Ray Fenwick) and vocalist and keyboardist Eddie Hardin on board to cement the revised outfit.
In 1968, the revamped Spencer Davis Group issued an album, With Their New Face On prior experiencing a further alteration in the personnel department. Eddie and Pete fled the fold, coupling as a duo aptly dubbed Hardin and York. Bassist Dee Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson – who both later played in Elton John’s band – then joined the Spencer Davis Group for the Funky album in 1969, which was also when the crew called it a day.
However, in 1973, Spencer resurrected the group. Ray, Eddie and Pete returned to the show, while ex-Taste bassist Charlie McCracken completed the configuration.
The Spencer Davis Group’s following album, Gluggo (Vertigo Records) received little fanfare. Sales were flat and the majority of reviews were less than flattering. Yet in retrospect, Gluggo stands as a fun and energetic collection of meat-and-potatoes rock and roll. Perhaps at this point, the band’s original audience had moved on, and critics may have expected something a bit more inventive, resulting in the dismissal of the album.
(somethingelsereviews.com/2018/12/07/spencer-davis-group-gluggo/)
01. Catch You On The Rebop (03:18)
02. Don't You Let It Bring You Down (03:57)
03. Living In A Backstreet (03:25)
04. Today Gluggo, Tomorrow The World (03:45)
05. Feeling Rude (03:18)
06. Mr. Operator (03:38)
07. The Edge (02:23)
08. The Screw (03:47)
09. Tumble Down Tenement Row (03:11)
10. Alone (04:20)
11. Legal Eagle Shuffle (02:19)
12. Trouble In Mind (04:34)
13. Touching Cloth (02:55)
14. Mr. Operator (Rough Mix) (03:36)
15. Touching Cloth (Rough Mix) (02:53)
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