Label: Warner Bros. Records (Japan), 20P2-2602
Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 44:04
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 266 Mb
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I is unknow territory for casual Deep Purple listeners (and some fans).
But The Book of Taliesyn is the record that deserve the "the album
where all had started" advertising campaign.
1968/1969. The world was
conquered by the brits and their psychedelic and prog rock. The Beatles
were at their peek, delivering some huge tunes. Everyone were amazed by
Hendrix, Cream, The Who and other class acts. Some guys named Pink
Floyd had their wheels on motion. Yet, there were this guys, Blackmore,
Lord, Pace, Simper and Evans who were trying to hit harder.
Their
debut, Shades of Deep Purple went unnoticed in UK while in overseas they
made it big time, thanks to US?s smash hit "Hush". Tetragrammaton,
their US label, urged them to go back to Studio and record a second
album right away in order to strenghten the live set. So they did The
Book of Taliesyn. Is it any good?
While "Shades" was basically the
band trying to find their sound, their second effort showed inmense
improvement. Oh yes, they are still trying to find it, but this record
sounds a lot more cohesive, even if they are still experimenting
different styles. We still have covers, brit pop tunes, psychedelic
interludes and progresive rock feeling all around, but there is also one
element found here for the first time: hardness.
Again, comparing
this work to Purple?s debut, where we had glimpses of their future
signature sound (An The Adress, Mandrake Root), in The Book of Taliesyn
they discovered their thing: Hard Rock, hard guitar driven rock, fueled
by call and answer duels between Blackmore and Lord. As you probably
know by now, i?m writing about Wring that Neck (Hard Road), the standout
track. This is the track you casual Deep Purple listeners can relate
to, because it sounds like the band we all know. In fact, the harder
sound can be tasted from the very begining, listening to the opening
track Listen, Learn, Read On.
Kentucky Woman, the lead single, is a
great Neil Diamonds cover. It shows Lord/Blackmore skills with great
solos and a great band performance overall. Too bad it didn?t went well
in the charts back then.
Another highlight of the record is The
Shield, a direct progresive track. Evans best performance so far,
grooved by Simper/Pace infectious rhythm and brushes of great guitar and
keyboards work.
Like the previous effort, The Book is filled with
different styles. There is prog and almost psychedelic rock in "we can
work it out" interlude and cover River Deep, Mountain High, and pop rock
with a twist of classic music (Anthem, a great song).
As for the
members of the band, like mentioned before, this is the record where
Blackmore began to show his "guitar hero" potential, while Lord (then
the musical leader) also had great moments himself. Simper proves to be a
good progresive bass player, filling the sound with melodic bass lines
(not so suitable for hard rock direction though, that?s why he got fired
later), Evans improved a great deal and Pace, the only musician who
shined on the first record, showed absolutely great skills and earned
his place, not just in the band, but in every drummers list.
Good
album? More than good. Recommendable? I think so. Not near one of their
great works, but very enjoyable for both Deeper fans and casual
listeners. This one is the breaking point between 60?s wannabe band and
hard rock pioneers.
(sputnikmusic.com/review/63539/Deep-Purple-The-Book-Of-Taliesyn/)
01. Listen, Learn, Read On (04:06)
02. Hard Road (05:16)
03. Kentucky Woman (04:47)
04. (a) Exposition/(b) We Can Work It Out (07:03)
05. The Shield (06:07)
06. Anthem (06:32)
07. River Deep, Mountain High (10:10)
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