Humble Pie – Town and Country (1969) 24-bit/96kHz
Rock, Folk-Rock | 1969 UK LP | Immediate IMSP 027 *New Rip*
Anyone who thinks of Humble Pie solely in terms of their latter-day boogie rock will be greatly surprised with this, the band's second release, for it is almost entirely acoustic. There is a gently rocking cover of Buddy Holly's "Heartbeat," and a couple of electrified Steve Marriott numbers, but the overall feel is definitely more of the country than the town or city. "The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake" is a typical Marriott country ditty, similar to those he would include almost as a token on each of the subsequent studio albums, and "Every Mother's Son" is structured as a folk tale. On "The Light of Love," Marriott even plays sitar. Peter Frampton's contributions here foreshadow the acoustic-based music he would make as a solo artist a few years later. As a whole, this is a crisp, cleanly recorded, attractive-sounding album, totally atypical of the Humble Pie catalogue, but well worth a listen. Jim Newsom, Allmusic.
Track listing:
01. Take Me Back
02. The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake
03. The Light of Love
04. Cold Lady
05. Down Home Again
06. Ollie Ollie
07. Every Mothers Son
08. Heartbeat
09. Only You Can See
10. Silver Tongue
11. Home and Away
Bonus tracks:
From Immediate mono single IM 082 (1969)
12. Natural Born Bugie
13. Wrist Job
Personnel:
Steve Marriott: guitar, vocals, sitar, percussion, Wurlitzer piano, drums
Peter Frampton: guitar, vocals, bass, drums, Wurlitzer piano, plastic cup
Greg Ridley: bass, vocals, guitar, tambourine
Jerry Shirley: drums, percussion saw, tambourine, tablas, maracas, Wurlitzer piano
Arranged by Humble Pie
Produced by Andy Johns
Recorded at Olympic Studios, London.
Technicals:
Knosti RCM.
Michell GyroDec full version.
Funk Firm FXR II Tonearm.
Audio Technica AT33PTG/II MC Cartridge.
Harman Kardon HK990 Integrated Amplifier.
Gold Interconnects. E-MU 0204 Audio Interface.
Recording, split and manual de-click with Adobe Audition 3.0.1
Click Repair 3.9.1
Vinyl transfer by son-of-albion, June 2014.