Label: Track Record (UK), 2407 007
Style: Rock
Country: Various
Time: 39:37
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 263 Mb
The
third in the Backtrack series collections of archetypal U.K. psych 45s,
all drawn from the Track Records archive, Backtrack 7 was released in
November 1970, just six weeks after the death of the label's biggest
name -- Jimi Hendrix, of course -- and well placed to soak up some of
the attendant grief. Three Hendrix numbers appear, the album cuts "The
Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice" and "Long Hot Summer Night,"
and the Curtis Knight collaboration "How Would You Feel," a skillful
rewrite of Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" that crept out as a Track 45
during 1967. The remainder of the set, too, seems intent on giving great
value for the money. No less than three of its tracks had been
summertime hit singles: the Who's "The Seeker" (present with its non-LP
B-side, "Here for More"), Thunderclap Newman's "Accidents" (shorn and
edited from the nine-minute drama that highlighted their album, but
nonetheless astonishing for all that), and Marsha Hunt's version of Paul
Simon's "Keep the Customer Satisfied." Less successful offerings from
Arthur Brown and the absurdly underrated Bent Frame join another cut by
Thunderclap Newman, while the collection wraps up by acknowledging Marc
Bolan's recent rise to fame and throwing in a little nugget for his fans
to drool over -- an (uncredited) appearance alongside Marsha Hunt on
her spellbinding version of his own "Hippy Gumbo."
(AllMusic Review by Dave Thompson)
01. A1 How Would You Feel (Jimi Hendrix and Curtis Knight) (03:16)
02. A2 Hippy Gumbo (Marsha Hunt) (03:00)
03. A3 It's Only Me (Bent Frame) (03:24)
04. A4 The Seeker (The Who) (03:16)
05. A5 I See It All (Thunderclap Newman) (02:49)
06. A6 Keep The Customer Satisfied (Marsha Hunt) (02:59)
07. B1 Summertime Blues (The Who) (03:25)
08. B2 What's Happening (The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown) (03:11)
09. B3 Long Hot Summer Night (Jimi Hendrix) (03:30)
10. B4 Accidents (Thunderclap Newman) (03:53)
11. B5 Here For More (The Who) (02:29)
12. B6 Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice (Jimi Hendrix) (04:19)
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