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Track Listings
| 1. Hidden Treasure |
| 2. The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys |
| 3. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone |
| 4. Rock & Roll Stew |
| 5. Many A Mile To Freedom |
| 6. Rainmaker |
| 7. Bonus Track - Rock & Roll Stew (Single Version) |
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Despite not even charting in the band's native England, this album became a platinum-selling American hit on the basis of three enduring FM radio staples--the expansive, jazzy impressionism of the near-12 minute title track, and the more straightforward funk of the R&B charmers "Light Up or Leave Me Alone" and "Rock & Roll Stew." Those disparate tracks perfectly underscore Traffic's rich musical appeal and its restless, sometimes problematic creative and interpersonal relationships. With now thrice-departed Dave Mason out of the mix and percussionists Jim Gordon and Reebop Kwaku Baah participating in the studio for the first time, the band's innate musicality truly takes wing. Winwood's familiar vocal phrasings nearly take a backseat to his fluid, dramatic guitar work on "Rock & Roll Stew Roll" and "Many a Mile to Freedom," while the Tull-ish, folk-madrigal sensibilities of "Hidden Treasure" and "Rainmaker" are further punctuated by Chris Wood's deft flute and woodwind flourishes. Compared with the more organic John Barleycorn album, the contrast is all the more remarkable. While many contemporary bands were experimenting with various attempts at fusion, few achieved this collection's rock-jazz-folk-R&B range or level of often subtle sophistication. Digitally remastered, this edition also contains the six-minute-plus U.S. single version of "Rock & Roll Stew, Parts 1 & 2" as a bonus track. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Just Jamming,
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This review is from: Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (Audio CD)
This album was a real surprise to me. An avid listener to Guitar orientated rock albums, this really blew me away. Not that its anything like you'd expect, but a musical journey with out being over the top in extravagance. If you dont have any Traffic albums this is were to start. You will enjoy over and over again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The pinnacle of 70s progressive rock,
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This review is from: Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (Audio CD)
If you're over 30, you may remember the term "progressive rock". It was the term preferred by cool FM stations in the early days of FM radio as way of stating they were NOT interested in mainstream Top 40 songs. Radio stations that take chances, of course, are harder to find these days as radio becomes more corporate. This album, perhaps as much as any other, typifies the old FM progressive rock playlist, and always takes me back to that simpler time. The 12-minute title track of "Low Spark" may be a fairly standard tune heard now on classic rock stations, but was truly a progressive classic back then. Steve Winwood, of course, is about as talanted a musician as they come, and his keyboards on this album and particularly on the title track are astounding. Add the sax and flute of Chris Wood and Jim Capaldi's percussion, and there you go. It's a quiet album; won't wreck your speakers, but very listenable. And if you're tired of people being on your case all the time, "Light Up or Leave Me Alone" is your track on this album. Worth every penny.
5.0 out of 5 stars
bears repeated listening,
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This review is from: Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (Audio CD)
During 1972 and 1973 I worked in a 'hippy coffee house' in Chicago, which, for reasons that now elude me, played "Low Spark..", (as well Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue"), over and OVER during the hours when we were open but no customers were around. As insane as this made me at the time, I stil have good memories of those jams.
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