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The Spencer Davis Group

Taking Out Time 1967-1969

Taking Out Time 1967-1969

UPC: 5013929553309

Format: CD (3 disc)

Release Date: Aug 19, 2016

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With the loss of Stevie Winwood, the Spencer Davis Group were just another rock band. But that didn't keep them from marching onwards until the end of the decade, with a few more personnel changes. This compilation of 20 previously unreleased tracks is taken from radio/TV broadcasts and studio outtakes, as well as their near-complete unreleased 1969 album, Letters From Edith. The 1967-1968 cuts are middling pop-flavored psychedelia that's heavy on the organ-guitar combination, with the odd slice of above-average material ("With Their New Face On") and strange stylistic detour (a couple of Jimmy Webb songs). Guitarist Ray Fenwick comes to the fore as songwriter on the Letters From Edith sessions. This finds them groping for a style -- some country-rock here, a bit of jazzy funk there, and some lowest-common-denominator psych-prog as well -- without much success, though the jazz-soul instrumental organ showcase "Firefly" isn't bad. ~ Richie Unterberger

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1 - Time Seller
2 - Don't Want You No More
3 - Taking Out Time
4 - Every Little Thing
5 - Virginals Dream
6 - Looking Back
7 - Picture Of Her
8 - Just Like Me
9 - Possession
10 - Mr Second Class
11 - Sanity Inspector
12 - After Tea
13 - Moonshine
14 - With His New Face On
15 - Mr Second Class
16 - Alec in Transitland
17 - Sanity Inspector
18 - Feel Your Way
19 - Morning Sun
20 - Moonshine
21 - Don't Want You No More
22 - Time Seller
23 - Stop Me, I'm Falling
24 - After Tea [Stereo]
Disc 2:
1 - (Aquarius) Der Wassermann
2 - Let the Sunshine In
3 - Short Change
4 - Picture Of Heaven
5 - I Met a Woman
6 - Letters From Edith
7 - Raintree Fever
8 - What a Way to Die
9 - Firefly (Funky)
10 - Magical Day
11 - I Guess I'm Wasting My Time
12 - Misguided (Poor Misguided Woman)
13 - And the Gods Came Down
14 - New Jersey Turnpike
15 - Magpie (The Murgatroyd Band)
16 - Twice a Week (Murgatroyd Band)
17 - I'm Lost
18 - Pools Winner
19 - Groove Extra
20 - Girls' Song
21 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In [Demo]
22 - Feel Your Way [Backing Track]
Disc 3:
1 - Feel Your Way
2 - Morning Sun
3 - Taking Out Time
4 - Picture of Her
5 - Just Like Me
6 - Possession
7 - Don't Want You No More [BBC Radio Session 18.12.1967]
8 - Interview [BBC Radio Session 18.12.1967]
9 - Mr Second Class [BBC Radio Session 18.12.1967]
10 - Time Seller [BBC Radio Session 18.12.1967]
11 - Feel Your Way [BBC Radio Session 17.1.1968]
12 - Taking Out Time [BBC Radio Session 17.1.1968]
13 - Time Seller [BBC Radio Session 1701.1968]
14 - Moonshine [BBC Radio Session 11.3.1968]
15 - Interview [BBC Radio Session 11.3.1968]
16 - After Tea [BBC Radio Session 11.3.1968]
17 - Feel Your Way [BBC Radio Session 11.3.1968]
18 - Dust My Blues [BBC Radio Session 24.6.1968]
19 - Interview [BBC Radio Session 24.6.1968]
20 - With His New Face On [BBC Radio Session 24.6.1968]
21 - Mr Second Class [BBC Radio Session 24.6.1968]
22 - Dust My Blues [Live: Empire Pool, Wembley 24.3.1968]