Chris Spedding - Enemy Within - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

New Remastered Edition Of The 1970 Album By Chris Spedding. Remastered From The Original Master Tapes, With A Booklet With New Essay And Fully Restored Artwork. One of Britain's finest guitarists, Chris Spedding has enjoyed a long career as a solo artist in his own right, a member of many bands and a highly respected session musician. He initially came to public attention via his work on the Jack Bruce album 'Songs for a Tailor' and as a member of The Battered Ornaments (featuring Bruce's writing partner Pete Brown) then the jazz-rock group Nucleus. In late 1969 he recorded the album 'Songs Without Words' for on EMI's progressive rock tag Harvest with a band featuring Roger InchButchInch Potter (bass), John Marshall (drums), John Mitchell (keyboards) and Paul Rutherford (trombone). Although scheduled for a in the UK, the album only appeared in Japan in April 1971, in part due to Spedding's unhappiness with the musical direction and feel of the album. Despite this, 'Songs Without Words' has now become regarded as fine jazz rock record of the era by aficionados of the genre. This new Esoteric Recordings edition has been newly remastered and features a booklet with new essay. Album Tracks 1. Station Song 2. Plain Song 3. Song of the Deep 4. The Forest of Fables 5. New Song of Experience 6. I Thought I Heard Robert Johnson Say

Sadly, many will hear Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt's latest LP, Made Out of Sound, as 'not-jazz,' though it would be more aptly described as 'not-not-jazz.' In a better world, it would warrant above-the-fold reviews in Downbeat, or an appearance on David Sanborn's late-night show (if someone would only give it back to him). More likely, we can hope for a haiku review on Byron Coley's Twitter timeline to sufficiently connect the various improvised terrains trodden by this long-time duo-but if you've been able to listen past the overmodulated icepick fidelity of Harry Pussy, it should surprise you not an iota that Orcutt's style is rooted as much in the fractal melodies of Trane and Taylor as it is in Delta syrup or Tin Pan Alley glitz. As for Corsano, well, it may seem daft to call this particular record 'jazz' (because duh, it has a drummer), but to me Corsano is beyond jazz, almost beyond music, his ambidextrous, octopoid technique grappling many stylistic levers and spraying a torrent of light from every direction. Corsano's ferocity has elevated many 'mere' improv records to transcendence, but here he's crafted his polyrhythms within more narrative channels, bringing to mind his 'mannered' playing in the lamented Flower-Corsano duo. It's not 'groove' playing precisely, but it follows many grooves simultaneously, much like Orcutt's own melodic musings-which is why they're so naturally lock-in-key here. Which maybe makes it all the more surprising that Made Out of Sound was in fact recorded in different rooms on different coasts at different times, and stitched together by Orcutt on his desktop. Corsano recorded the drums in Ithaca, NY, and (as Orcutt states), 'I didn't edit them at all. I overdubbed two guitar tracks, panned left/right. I'd listen to the drums a couple times, pick a tuning, then improvise a part, thinking of the first track as backing and the second

The guitar wizard's only LP of the 1990's shows him in fine form, covering luminaries like Mose Allison, the Demics and his own original material. Spedding's CV reads like a who's who of rock royalty he has played for Elton John, John Cale, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Pete Townshend, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Waits, Paul McCartney, Willie DeVille, Robert Gordon and more. This reissue includes 6 bonus tracks, including a duet with Pretender's Chrissie Hynde, 'Hey Little Girl'. Album Tracks 1. Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots 2. Catch 22 3. New York City 4. Smoke My Cigarette 5. Cafe Days 6. Hey Little Boy (Little Girl) 7. Girl in the Video 8. 99 LBS 9. Pseudo Blues 10. Lousianne 11. Portobello 12. Hostage 13. Parchman Farm 14. Flirt 15. Put It on Hold 16. Save a Life 17. Call of the Wild