by Dave ThompsonOne of the first acts signed to the fledgling Harvest label in 1969, Bakerloo were very much a product of their time, a hard-hitting progressive blues band whose predilections ranged from a straightforward assimilation of Willie Dixon to some positively dazzling flashes of instrumental prowess. Guitarist Dave Clempson's "Big Bear Folly," the opening cut on th...(展开全部) by Dave ThompsonOne of the first acts signed to the fledgling Harvest label in 1969, Bakerloo were very much a product of their time, a hard-hitting progressive blues band whose predilections ranged from a straightforward assimilation of Willie Dixon to some positively dazzling flashes of instrumental prowess. Guitarist Dave Clempson's "Big Bear Folly," the opening cut on the band's first and only album, is a dazzling Ten Years After-style showcase, while a jazzy variation on a theme of Bach, the aptly titled "Driving Bachwards," proves that the band wasn't averse to messing with the classics, either. The quartet's virtuosity occasionally overwhelms the songs themselves, although there is no shortage of gripping atmosphere. Bassist Terry Poole unleashes an almost sepulchral vocal across the stygian "Last Blues," a seven-minute marathon that swiftly develops into a full-fledged heavy rocker, punctuated by mood shifts that amount to separate movements -- it's a magnificent piece, rendered with both musical precision and some of producer Gus Dudgeon's most inspired washes and effects. Impressive, too, is "Son of Moonshine," a distorted metal effort that clocks in at double that length and combines Clempson's intensive guitar soloing with a desperately driving blues rhythm. Period comparisons with Cream and early Led Zeppelin really weren't that far off the mark. Bakerloo were not long for this earth -- Clempson quit to join Colosseum shortly after the album's release; Poole reappeared alongside Graham Bond; drummer Keith Baker departed for Uriah Heep; and Bakerloo itself disappeared off the shelves fairly quickly. Since then, reissues on Repertoire in 1993 and Akarma a decade later have taken at least some of the edge off the collectors' market, with the latter adding two bonus tracks, an alternate take on the slow blues "This Worried Feeling" and the B-side-only "Once Upon a Time."
0 有用 ☮ 凝.白..ゅ 2008-06-25 04:32:38
狠有布鲁斯风格的硬摇阿:) 喜欢!~!
0 有用 肥皂打太极 2022-06-13 22:33:23
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0 有用 绫月 2024-06-19 01:32:51 四川
真的很爽。牛逼的。🤓👆
0 有用 Kumononaka 2017-07-24 22:07:27
好
0 有用 Oihr 2021-12-31 21:38:15
:-)
0 有用 👀 2023-03-30 00:12:49 山东
那是我初二逝去的青春,当时我和你在音乐是沙滩上迎着赤色热浪性感的奔跑
0 有用 尤加利刺蝟 2024-08-27 17:19:43 广东
好西部,下一秒就要对酌了。
0 有用 芥末卷 2023-01-27 19:17:17 湖南
质量有点层次不齐 不过放在上个世纪60年代 另一回事了
0 有用 肥皂打太极 2022-06-13 22:33:23
好吵
0 有用 Oihr 2021-12-31 21:38:15
:-)