Blind Faith (Deluxe Edition)

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Artist: Blind Faith
Edition: Music CD
Format: Deluxe Edition, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-01-09
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Had to Cry Today
  2. Can't Find My Way Home
  3. Well All Right
  4. Presence of the Lord
  5. Sea of Joy
  6. Do What You Like
  7. Sleeping in the Ground [#][Mix]
  8. Can't Find My Way Home [Electric Version][#][Mix]
  9. Acoustic Jam [#]
  10. Time Winds [#]
  11. Sleeping in the Ground [Slow Blues Version][#]
Music CD 2
  1. Jam No. 1: "Very Long & Good Jam" [#]
  2. Jam No. 2: "Slow Jam #1" [#]
  3. Jam No. 3: " Change of Address Jam" [#]
  4. Jam No. 4: "Slow Jam #2" [#]

Free Music Notes for Blind Faith (Deluxe Edition)

Free Music Review: High Definition
Hit: 5 Stars

This is the only way to hear Blind Faith. The much finer seperation of vocals and instruments renders these discs indispensible to any respectable collection of psychedelic rock. Anyone who has enjoyed this classic collection of rock and roll's finest over the decades will instantly recognize new aural sensations on virtually every track. Let me offer a couple observations as examples: 1) On 'Well, Alright' the lyrics are much more discernible, and the piano runs seem to feature twice the notes than could be distinguished on the previous releases; 2) During the sound FX segment at the end of 'Do What You Like', what sounds like an impression of Edward G. Robinson saying, "Yeah... Yeah..." in his distinctive tongue becomes readily listenable. It's experiences like this that make the disc seem almost new again.

In addition to the tangible sound quality gains, we have bonus tracks and a bonus disc. There is nothing invaluable here, but there is nothing you wouldn't want to hear, at least once. Among the bonus tracks, the highlight would have to be the electric version of 'Can't Find My Way Home'. Although the more delicate acoustic version remains superior, as an alternate take this version is like acquiring an addition to the original vinyl... it's that different. While the other bonus tracks are interesting, they really don't fit in with the psychedelic-rock feel of the original 'Blind Faith'. Two versions of the Sam Myers blues track, 'Sleeping In the Ground' bookend the bonus selections. I prefer the first, but the second, "slow blues version" features some inspired pickin' from the blues man himself, Eric Clapton. 'Time Winds' is a pop instrumental, featuring fine iterplay between Clapton's lead guitar and Steve Winwood's organ. 'Acoustic Jam', all 15:50 of it, is the only jam track to feature the full Blind Faith line-up. It's slow-paced jazz-fusion featuring acoustic guitar and piano leads. As with all the jam tracks, there is nothing extrordinary here except who the performers are, and when they were performing.

The bonus disc offers four expendable jam tracks, reminicent of the jam disc George Harrison offered in the 'All Things Must Pass' box set. Although the first jam is titled 'Very Long and Good Jam', there is only one jam that is shorter. It is probably the most coherant of the jams, starting out tame but gradually building intensity. 'Slow Jam #1 is next. It opens with about four minutes of fine guitar from Clapton, then goes through a couple breakdowns and rebuilds of the basic theme. 'Change of Address Jam' brings Winwood's organ to the fore, while Clapton plays the same riff over and over for what seems like an eternity. 'Slow Jam #2' is the longest and weakest jam, returning to the semi-jazz formula of 'Acoustic Jam', and featuring an undistinguished one-minute drum solo from Ginger Baker. Blind Faith bassist Rich Grech is not featured on the bonus disc.

This Deluxe Edition of Blind Faith comes nicely packaged and illustrated. There are numerous photographs from the sessions offered, along with detailed information on the tracks themselves, and informative liner notes courtesy of John McDermott. The digipak syling is enveloped in a plastic slipcase, which seems to address the controversial cover image of the nude girl with a strategically placed white 'veil'! I guess we're not as liberal as we use to be! All in all, a worthy purchase, most notably for the improved, remastered sound. Anything and everything else was bound to be icing on the cake, and it is.
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Blind Faith (Deluxe Edition) Poster

Short-lived classic-rock supergroup Blind Faith's sole album (1969) has aged remarkably well. Blind Faith fused the psychedelic blues of Eric Clapton and the soulful vocals and keyboards of Steve Winwood with the polyrhythmic, Afrocentric leanings of drummer Ginger Baker. "Can't Find My Way Home" is easily one of the hippie era's most lyrically poignant, sonically subtle tunes. The record has a lot of surprises; "Presence of the Lord" is rousing and melancholy at the same time, while the way the bass and guitar double-team on the introductory melodic line to "Had to Cry Today" makes a hard-rock cliché fresh again. The 10-minute drum solo on "Do What You Like" is pretty good as 10-minute drum solos go; Blind Faith is not a purchase for the jam-shy, especially in its present, bloated form, which adds almost an hour and a half of unreleased jams and mixes. And while surely there are levitational moments within the five 12-to-16-minute improv sections included here, the excess (and lack of great material; remember that this band was only together a few months) grows tiresome. One notable exception is the "Change of Address Jam," excerpts from which were pressed up as a record label change-of-address announcement back in the day. It's got a pleasant, near-swinging, Graham Bond/Booker T on Quaaludes vibe, with Winwood's keyboards rollicking nicely in a manner recalling his work on Electric Ladyland. The rest of disc two is for wank aficionados and completists only. --Mike McGonigal

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