Street Corner Talking

Arrived safely and quickly and very pleased with this selection of music.

Well worth purchase price

I never really got into Savoy Brown until a couple of years ago. I knew of them but didn't know much about them because you rarely hear them on the radio. I saw them live and fortunately a knowledgeable and longtime Savoy Brown fan was sitting next to me. I asked him which Savoy Brown album to pick up and he recommended Street Corner Talking. Well, he was spot on. This is killer. Everything here is very good and superb more often than not. "Tell Mama" opens the album with one of their most memorable tracks with its great chorus and Kim Simmonds' riveting slide guitar playing and the breakdown mid-song is a nice touch. "Let It Rock" keeps the momentum going with another catchy chorus and Paul Raymond's memorable piano lines. The band's version of "I Can't Get Next To You" may not be as definitive as the Temptations' version but they still do a great job with their slower and harder take. The title track is another winner with a killer guitar riff while "Time Does Tell" is another mid-tempo scorcher that works very well and features more of Simmonds' slow and tasty guitar work. The album ends with the two longest tracks and both are top notch as "All I Can Do" never feels like a near 11-minute track between Dave Walker's great vocals and the strong interplay during its jam while the band kill it on the Willie Dixon chestnut "Wang Dang Doodle". All told, between seeing the band live and this album, I am now a new Savoy Brown fan who is discovering more of their music. Thank you, Randall, for your guidance and expertise.

I was excited to find that they combined the two albums by Savoy Brown that I wanted to own; so the choice was self-explanatory. Street Corner Talking, one of their more commercially successful albums, was great for me. It was Hellbound Train that was the issue; and NOT the music itself, but the recording process, it seems like. I might've been about 3/4ths of the way into it, and all of a sudden, it just stopped, like it was the end of the album. Couldn't hear the rest of Hellbound Train. Don't know if this has only happened to me but be mindful of this. But still, despite this, not really disappointed.

Do you remember when an album had only 25 - 40 minutes of playing time but every song was good? This is a CD with two albums on it. All the songs are good or better. The CD comes in a standard, clear jewel case (not the slim ones which make it hard to find in a CD library) and then a cardboard sleeve that has the same graphics as the CD slips over the jewel case for protection. I like it and I will keep it on the case. It arrived with an unbroken jewel case. This ships from the UK and it took 13 days to arrive here. Both of the albums are very good: well-written, great rock/blues, and it has very good sound quality. You will get a heavy dose of the keyboards by Paul Raymonds on both these albums. This is a departure from the album Savoy Brown released the year prior to "Street Corner Talking" titled "Looking In", which is my favorite Savoy Brown album. I was disappointed that the song, Hellbound Train, the last song on the second album and the last song on the CD, just stops abruptly instead of fading away. I deducted half a point for that but added half a point to the packaging for this review. Overall, I highly recommend this CD. Five stars!

These two Savoy Brown albums are among my favorites from the band Kim Simmonds lead (and still does lead )when Dave Walker was the vocalist. He was a good successor to Chris Youlden, who was the best vocalist of the early years of the band.

The album is very good and has two of Savoy Brown's best albums. The only thing disappointing, is there was not enough room for the last song "Hellbound Train" so it stops abruptly with out fading out, trivial but annoying.

Bought because of Street Corner Talking...already had Hellbound Train, but there is no fade out on Hellbound Train...bingo

Nice sound quality and case in perfect condition

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Nonostante l'ennesimo cambio di componenti nella band questo disco a mio avviso rimane uno dei più belli. Immancabile per gli amanti del rock blues alla vecchia maniera. Spedizione puntualissima come sempre.

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サヴォイ・ブラウンは、60年代に三大ブリティッシュ・ブルーズ・バンドと称された存在。本作は、71年と72年にそれぞれ発表された７thと８thを併せて収録したＣＤです。現在もリーダーであるキム・シモンズを中心に地道に活動していますが、やはり全盛期はデッカ・レーベルに在籍した70年代まででしょうか。本作は、メンバー・チェンジ（というか、前作発表後にシモンズ以外のメンバー全員が脱退）を経た新生サヴォイとしての二作品です。メンバーは、デイヴ・ビドウェル（ds）、アンディ・シルヴェスター（ｂ）、ポール・レイモンド（key､g､Vo）の元チキン・シャック（かつての三大ブルーズ・バンドの一角）の三人とオーディションを経て、加入した、元アイドル・レースのデイヴ・ウォーカー（Vo）、そしてシモンズです。７thの『ストリート・コーナー・トーキン』は、マイナー・ヒットを記録した「テル・ママ」（全米83位）で幕が開きます。シモンズのスライド・ギターの映える佳曲で、レイモンドのポップな作曲センスも生かされています（本作では三曲をシモンズと共作しています）。他には、バンドの真骨頂であるブルーズ・ロックを聴かせる７(ウィリー・ディクスン作)とタイトル曲の５、あと10分超の６が出色です。いずれもシモンズのギターが素晴らしく、またウォーカーのブルージーなボーカルとレイモンドのキーボードのサポートも良い味を出しています。８thアルバム（本CDでは８曲目から）は、バンドの全米での最大のヒット作（最高34位）です。１曲目の「ドゥイン・ファイン」は、軽目のアップ・テンポのＲ＆Ｒで、正直あまり印象に残りません。ただ、本作全体を通して、ブルーズに拘泥していない姿勢を見せているので意味ある選曲だと思います。事実バラードの４、ブギー調の５などバラエティに富んだ楽曲があり、その辺がチャートでの成功に繋がったように思えます。もちろんブルーズも健在で、２や３で、その変わらない魅力を発揮しています。しかし、特筆すべきは、タイトル曲の「ヘルバウンド・トレイン」で、物憂げなブルーズ・ロックから始まり、ウォーカーの歌唱が熱を帯びた後半に至るとキーボード・ソロの煽りが加わり、シモンズのギターが次第に加速して行きます。そして、それが絶頂にさしかかったであろう瞬間に、突然のカット・アウトでアルバムは終ります。恐らく多くのリスナーは一瞬唖然となる事必須です（笑）本CDで聴ける二作品は、いずれもバンドの全盛期の逸品です。オススメします