Label: Deram Records (Germany), 844 018-2
Style: Blues Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 46:18
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 288 Mb
After
1970's Looking In album, Peverett, Roger Earl, and Tony Stevens left to
form Foghat, leaving Kim Simmonds with yet another dilemma. But for
Simmonds, things went a little smoother than he might have imagined,
picking up piano player Paul Raymond, bassman Andy Silvester, and
drummer Dave Bidwell, all from Chicken Shack. He also hired singer Dave
Walker, who was the former frontman with the Idle Race, and together the
new lineup recorded Street Corner Talking, one of Savoy Brown's finest
moments. Gelling almost instantaneously, Walker's cozy yet fervent voice
countered with Simmonds' strong, sturdy guitar playing, and an
exuberant mixture of British blues and boogie rock prevailed. All of
Street Corner Talking's efforts are solid examples of the group's
blues-rock power, from the slick cover of Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang
Doodle" to the deep feel of "All I Can Do" to the subtle strength of
"Tell Mama," Walker's best-sung tune. The album's blend of sultry guitar
blues and upfront rock & roll flavor give it a multi-faceted
appeal, with every musician contributing his talents uniformly, which is
something that's rather difficult to achieve after there's been a
wholesale change to the personnel. Although they stayed together for the
Hellbound Train album, Silvester was replaced by Andy Pyle for 1972's
Lion's Share release, and a year after that Walker left to join
Fleetwood Mac.
(allmusic.com/album/street-corner-talking-mw0000269362)
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog.
D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The
second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the
format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
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