Savoy Brown - A Step Further [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1969)

Year: September 1969 (US/Canada), October 1969 (UK) (CD 27 Sep, 2017)
Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-78487
Style: Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 40:16
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 251 Mb

A Step Further is the fourth album by the band Savoy Brown. It was released by Decca in the United Kingdom and by Parrot in the United States in the fall of 1969. It is the last of the band's albums on which their long-time pianist Bob Hall played. The album track "Made Up My Mind" had first appeared as the B-side of the U.S. single release on Parrot Records 45-40039 (released June 1969), fronted by "Train to Nowhere", from their album Blue Matter. The track "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove" would later be released as the B-side of the U.K. single release on Decca F 13019 (released May 1970), of "A Hard Way To Go" from their album Raw Sienna.
Side two was recorded live at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, on Monday 12 May 1969.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Step_Further)

I really expected more from this group - they sound like they have potential, and had been around a while. But as a blues band - not a bad thing in itself - they rely way too much on the same song format.
Only frontman Chris Youlden brings something interesting to the table - the other band members lack any distinct sound. This is probably why most of the first side is masked with dated-sounding orchestral accompaniment, and is pretty derivative.
The real problem is the second side though, a live boogie montage that starts out as a good time then quickly deflates. I mean, 22 minutes of the same beat in the same key (A) is going to get tiring. Along the way they manage to disgrace not only "Purple Haze" but also "Hernando's Hideaway".
I don't really want to rate A Step Further because listening to the second side puts me to sleep every time.
(alltime-records.com/01-albums-0004/0004349.php)

01. Made Up My Mind (02:56)
02. Waiting In The Bamboo Grove (03:38)
03. Life's One Act Play (06:30)
04. I'm Tired-Where Am I (05:05)
05. Savoy Brown Boogie - Feel So Good - Whole Lotta Shakin' Go (22:06)

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