Blonde On Blonde - Rebirth (1970) UK 180g Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Blonde On Blonde - Rebirth
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: Ember Records/NR 5049 | Released: 1970 | This Issue: 2013 | Genre: Psychedelic-Rock
A1 Castles In The Sky
A2 Broken Hours
A3 Heart Without A Home
A4 Time Is Passing
A5 Circles
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B1 November
B2 Colour Questions
B3 You'll Never Know Me / Release
- Gareth Johnson / lead guitar, sitar, lute, electronic effects
- David Thomas / vocals, guitar, bass
- Richard Hopkins (aka Richard John) / bass, keyboards
- Les Hicks / drums, percussion
Notes
Gatefold reissue with exact reproduction for the cover and labels.
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Label: Ember Records/NR 5049 | Released: 1970 | This Issue: 2013 | Genre: Psychedelic-Rock
A1 Castles In The Sky
A2 Broken Hours
A3 Heart Without A Home
A4 Time Is Passing
A5 Circles
-
B1 November
B2 Colour Questions
B3 You'll Never Know Me / Release
- Gareth Johnson / lead guitar, sitar, lute, electronic effects
- David Thomas / vocals, guitar, bass
- Richard Hopkins (aka Richard John) / bass, keyboards
- Les Hicks / drums, percussion
Notes
Gatefold reissue with exact reproduction for the cover and labels.
Blonde On Blonde - Rebirth (1970) UK 180g Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Blonde On Blonde - Rebirth (1970) UK 180g Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
Blonde On Blonde - Rebirth (1970) UK 180g Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz
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Blonde on Blonde's second album, Rebirth, was a more focused body of music than their debut; it also constituted the recording debut of the group's second lineup: David Thomas (vocals, guitar, bass), Gareth Johnson (sitar, lead guitar, lute, electronic effects), Richard Hopkins (bass, keyboards), and Les Hicks (drums, percussion). Whether they're doing the spacy, airy, psychedelic pop of "Castles in the Sky" or the folky "Time Is Passing," the group attack their instruments as though they're performing live, and the effect is riveting throughout, even when the melodic content flags slightly.
Thomas' voice is powerful if a little over-dramatic at times, but when the band keeps things moving, there's enough richness of content to carry the album and then some; the band was probably really interesting in concert, too, based on the evidence here. And for once with a band like this, trying to encompass psychedelia, folk-rock, hard rock, and progressive rock between two covers, they don't over-reach on their magnum opus "Colour Questions," the record's 12-minute centerpiece. If the Yardbirds had stuck with psychedelic music and not strayed too far into mushy pop music (like into Mickie Most territory), they might have generated something like this piece, which never quite overstays it's welcome; and the number of voices and voicings that Johnson and Thomas come up with for their guitars offers a brace of surprises across 12 minutes. The group's prog rock impulses are also expressed on the album's original closer, "You'll Never Know Me/Release," which is a tour de force for Richard Hopkins' keyboard playing; unlike most of the competition, Blonde on Blonde seems not to have gravitated to the Moog synthesizer or the Mellotron, and the difference is refreshing, Hopkins' grand piano and organ speaking volumes in their own resonant language.allmusic.com
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