Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
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Artist: TrafficEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-03-19
Music Label: Island
Soundtracks:
- Hidden Treasure
- The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
- Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
- Rock & Roll Stew
- Many A Mile To Freedom
- Rainmaker
- Bonus Track - Rock & Roll Stew (Single Version)
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Traffic-The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys ****
Traffics The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys is a jazz/rock classic. It is both progressive and yet very basic simultaneously. Combining elements of prog with jazz and basic rock n' roll elements. Featuring such Traffic classics as the twelve minute title track `The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys' the blunt (not pun intended) `Light Up Or Leave Me Alone' which features a killer wah-wah guitar solo, something that Traffic became known for, and perhaps the greatest song Traffic ever recorded with the exception of `Mr. Fantasy' is the brilliant `Rock & Roll Stew.' All three went on to become rock classics and seem to still get regular air play despite their time length.
The musicianship on the album is amazing as well. The guitar playing and percussion especially. Steve Winwood of course being the master mind behind the whole thing. The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys is Traffics strongest album and one that at the very least deserves at least one spin in everyone's stereo.
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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 McCulleyJazz Music CDs
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