The Early Years - Mark Two par String Driven Thing - Uhune

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String Driven Thing was initially formed in Glasgow in 1967 by Chris Adams, his wife Pauline Adams, and old mate Jonathan Mannion. The following year, after a number of label suitors let them down, the band's debut album emerged, on the newly launched, and soon permanently grounded, Concord label. With promotion behind it, the self-titled album swiftly sank from sight, but SDT continued gigging, demo-ing, and expanding their lineup over the next few years, until 1972 when they finally inked a new deal, this time with Charisma. Their subsequent career has been disinterred in recent years, but the unearthing of SDT's previous recordings has preceded at a snail's pace until now. Across 26 tracks, Early Years (Mark Two) delves deep into the band's more distant past, and through their own tape collection, to bring fans this seminal set.
The compilation kicks off with selections from the String Driven Thing album, following that up with demos recorded even earlier in 1967. From there on out, the album is an archival delight, trawling through demos recorded both in the studio and in the rehearsal room. Strawbs' fans are in for a thrill with the inclusion of a quartet Dave Cousins oversaw in 1969. Intriguingly, the last for the four, "Lie Back and Let It Happen," is immediately followed by a drastically different version of the song recorded the next year, and featuring the band's newest member, guitar picker Colin Wilson, who turns the number into a swampy R&B-laced masterpiece. Amazingly, the quality of the home demos are equal to, and at times surpass, their studio counterparts, as songs like 1972's exquisitely moody "Argyle Street" and the introspective, almost ethereal "Winter Is Coming" illustrate.
The album ends with two numbers recorded live in 2001, which not surprisingly sound rather out of place, although nowhere near as out of time as one would expect. This insistence on bringing things bang up-to-date is an industry-wide miscalculation, but it in no way mutes the power of this fabulous collection. ~ Jo-Ann Greene

1. July Morning

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2. Say What You Like

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

3. Magic Garden

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

4. Wonderful Places

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

5. City Man

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

6. Another Night In This Old City

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

7. That's My Lady

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

8. No More You And I

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

9. Lie Back And Let It Happen

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

10. One Of The Lonely People

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

11. Someone Else's City

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

12. Sometimes I Wish

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

13. Waiting For The Sky To Fall

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

14. Magic Garden

par String Driven Thing

Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

15. No More You And I

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

16. Say What You Like

par String Driven Thing

Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

17. Lie Back And Let It Happen

par String Driven Thing

Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

18. Lie Back And Let It Happen

par String Driven Thing

Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

19. Let Me Down

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

20. Old Love New Love

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

21. Jack Diamond

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

22. Argyle Street

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

23. Winter Is Coming

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

24. Regent Street Incident

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

25. To See You

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

26. Circus

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Artiste Principal: String Driven Thing; Interprète principal

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ALBUM

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1 heure, 18 minutes et 53 secondes

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Genres

Pop/Rock, Folk

Label

Ozit

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IIP DDS

Pays

Royaume-Uni

Langue

Anglais (États-Unis)

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Date de sortie

31 déc. 2003

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