JACK BRUCE
''SPIRIT: LIVE AT THE BBC 1971-1978, DISC THREE''
2008
216:25
DISC ONE (76:02)
1 You Burned The Tables On Me 04:35
2 Smiles And Grins 06:13
3 Folk Song 05:03
4 A Letter Of Thanks 04:01
5 We're Going Wrong 04:22
6 The Clearout 06:28
7 Have You Ever Loved A Woman 05:51
8 Powerhouse Sod 14:52
9 You Sure Look Good To Me 07:13
10 Jack's Gone 04:00
11 Clearway 05:29
12 Powerhouse Sod 07:49
DISC TWO (69:16)
1 Can You Follow 02:17
2 Morning Story 05:16
3 Keep It Down 05:26
4 Pieces Of Mind 06:03
5 One 06:35
6 Spirit 07:33
7 Without A Word 08:56
8 Smiles And Grins 12:24
9 Fifteen Minutes past Three 07:09
10 Ten To Four 07:31
DISC THREE (71:07)
1 Madhouse 05:35
2 Without A Word 06:17
3 Times 05:09
4 Baby Jane 02:47
5 Born Under A Bad Sign 05:00
6 Lost Inside A Song 04:52
7 Something To Live For 05:27
8 How's Tricks 05:20
9 Spirit 07:17
10 Out Into The Fields 06:45
11 You Burned The Tables On Me 04:24
12 Twenty Past Four 12:11
REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
This three-disc set compiles two previously released Jack Bruce concerts with sessions that haven't been heard before, at least not officially. It should be noted that these are not his complete BBC sessions; ardent fans will more than likely quibble and argue about what is not here, though they will more than likely agree on what is. A contribution to the latter argument is the exclusion of the killer Sounds of the 70s session with guitarist Chris Spedding and drummer John Marshall, who played on Bruce's Harmony Row album. Protest duly noted. Tracks one through nine on disc one feature most of the BBC in Concert set from 1971 with Spedding, organist Graham Bond, and Marshall. This version contains a superior stereo mix and does not sound like the often bootlegged and hissy mono tape that was issued previously on Windsong. The other three cuts -- all excellent -- come from an incomplete Jazz in Britain session with saxophonist John Surman and Jon Hiseman on drums. Disc two is a reissue of the bassist's performance on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975, with Carla Bley, Mick Taylor, Ronnie Leahy, and Bruce Gary. This is in mono since the show was broadcast that way, but the sound is exemplary. A bonus is that it restores the entirety of the original broadcast, and contains "Without a Word," which was left off the Strange Fruit release. There's a schizophrenic aspect to the last two cuts on disc two -- and the final cut on three -- in that they comprise an entire Jazz in Britain session by Surman, Bruce, and Hiseman, seven years after the aforementioned 1971 date on the program (hence the "1978" in this set's title). The rest of disc three is devoted to the 1977 In Concert Live at the Paris Theater with drummer Simon Phillips, guitarist Hugh Burns, and keyboardist Tony Hymas. The band was supporting Bruce's How's Tricks? album. The sound is fantastic, perhaps because it was originally mixed in quad then remastered for stereo. Burns is no Spedding or Taylor, but the bassist and drummer lock on, and their interplay is incendiary. Whether or not this is Bruce at his very best is -- and always will be -- debatable among fans. That said, when culled, what this collection reveals is how awe-inspiring his playing and leadership could be; it's a quality that makes this collection well worth the investment.
BIOGRAPHY WIKIPEDIA
''SPIRIT: LIVE AT THE BBC 1971-1978, DISC THREE''
2008
216:25
DISC ONE (76:02)
1 You Burned The Tables On Me 04:35
2 Smiles And Grins 06:13
3 Folk Song 05:03
4 A Letter Of Thanks 04:01
5 We're Going Wrong 04:22
6 The Clearout 06:28
7 Have You Ever Loved A Woman 05:51
8 Powerhouse Sod 14:52
9 You Sure Look Good To Me 07:13
10 Jack's Gone 04:00
11 Clearway 05:29
12 Powerhouse Sod 07:49
DISC TWO (69:16)
1 Can You Follow 02:17
2 Morning Story 05:16
3 Keep It Down 05:26
4 Pieces Of Mind 06:03
5 One 06:35
6 Spirit 07:33
7 Without A Word 08:56
8 Smiles And Grins 12:24
9 Fifteen Minutes past Three 07:09
10 Ten To Four 07:31
DISC THREE (71:07)
1 Madhouse 05:35
2 Without A Word 06:17
3 Times 05:09
4 Baby Jane 02:47
5 Born Under A Bad Sign 05:00
6 Lost Inside A Song 04:52
7 Something To Live For 05:27
8 How's Tricks 05:20
9 Spirit 07:17
10 Out Into The Fields 06:45
11 You Burned The Tables On Me 04:24
12 Twenty Past Four 12:11
REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
This three-disc set compiles two previously released Jack Bruce concerts with sessions that haven't been heard before, at least not officially. It should be noted that these are not his complete BBC sessions; ardent fans will more than likely quibble and argue about what is not here, though they will more than likely agree on what is. A contribution to the latter argument is the exclusion of the killer Sounds of the 70s session with guitarist Chris Spedding and drummer John Marshall, who played on Bruce's Harmony Row album. Protest duly noted. Tracks one through nine on disc one feature most of the BBC in Concert set from 1971 with Spedding, organist Graham Bond, and Marshall. This version contains a superior stereo mix and does not sound like the often bootlegged and hissy mono tape that was issued previously on Windsong. The other three cuts -- all excellent -- come from an incomplete Jazz in Britain session with saxophonist John Surman and Jon Hiseman on drums. Disc two is a reissue of the bassist's performance on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975, with Carla Bley, Mick Taylor, Ronnie Leahy, and Bruce Gary. This is in mono since the show was broadcast that way, but the sound is exemplary. A bonus is that it restores the entirety of the original broadcast, and contains "Without a Word," which was left off the Strange Fruit release. There's a schizophrenic aspect to the last two cuts on disc two -- and the final cut on three -- in that they comprise an entire Jazz in Britain session by Surman, Bruce, and Hiseman, seven years after the aforementioned 1971 date on the program (hence the "1978" in this set's title). The rest of disc three is devoted to the 1977 In Concert Live at the Paris Theater with drummer Simon Phillips, guitarist Hugh Burns, and keyboardist Tony Hymas. The band was supporting Bruce's How's Tricks? album. The sound is fantastic, perhaps because it was originally mixed in quad then remastered for stereo. Burns is no Spedding or Taylor, but the bassist and drummer lock on, and their interplay is incendiary. Whether or not this is Bruce at his very best is -- and always will be -- debatable among fans. That said, when culled, what this collection reveals is how awe-inspiring his playing and leadership could be; it's a quality that makes this collection well worth the investment.
BIOGRAPHY WIKIPEDIA
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