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Freight Train - Just The Beginning (1971)

Posted By: v3122

Date: 21 Jul 2013 09:31:16

Freight Train - Just The Beginning (1971)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & iPod M4A(Tracks) & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Rock / Psych Blues Rock | ~ 213 or 214 or 84 Mb | Scans Included

REALLY great blues rock covers, with impressive guitar, mildly reminiscent of Cream at times. Side 1 is mostly hard blues rock, while side 2 is primarily laid back mat'l, with a west coast vibe.

LP review by tymeshifter, rateyourmusic

The band, Freight Train, was formed by The Reds® founding member, Rick Shaffer, in 1968. The line-up went through many personnel changes before arriving at the one that appears on the 1971 album, "Just The Beginning," on Fly By Nite records, a subsidiary of the Lost-Nite and Crimson labels, owned by Philadelphia record man Jerry Greene. Greene released a catalog of doo wop and oldies hits in the 1960’s, most notably the hit record by The Soul Survivors, "Expressway To Your Heart," and today owns the compilation label, Collectibles, located in Narberth, PA.

The Freight Train albums’ line-up was Rick Shaffer on lead guitar and back-up vocals, Steve Martina on guitar and lead vocals, Jim Peters on bass, and Tommy Geddes on drums. The album is a collection of Chicago blues standards done in a aggressive Paul Butterfield/British blues style, that included some of the great master works of Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Boy Williamson and the great Magic Sam. It also contained a rare track, "Rollin Man," by British blues guitarist Peter Green. The album was engineered by Joel Fein, for his outstanding R&B style. Fein’s signature on the soundtrack, "The Buddy Holly Story," starring Gary Busey, is legendary.

The band played all the venues of the time period, from outdoor Festivals to University gigs, coffee houses, and as the opening act for other more established bands. Then, just prior to recording their next album, this time of original blues and R&B, Steve Martina decided to totally stop playing music. His departure created quite a hole in the line-up, especially since Martina was principle vocalist and writer of the new material that had a J Geils / Butterfield Blues sound approach. Nevertheless, Martina was replaced by guitarist/vocalist, John Rostkowski, a talented and distinctive vocalist/songwriter. The next, and final, upset for the band was changing management because of an unfulfilled promise to get the band off Fly By Nite, and on RCA. So, in 1973, Freight Train pulled into the station and disbanded.

Today, “Just The Beginning,” is recognized as a nugget of "Heavy Psych Blues" in the collectors market, and the "Acid Archives.” In 2011 the album resurfaced on CD on the Russian Federation label, Vitt. And, original 1971 copies of the album sell on the internet for whatever a collector will pay, sometimes as much as $225.

In 1977, Shaffer, Geddes, and Peters, got back together, added keyboardist, Bruce Cohen, and formed, The Reds®.

~ Tarock Music

Freight Train - Just The Beginning (1971):

Tracklist:

01. Papa Ain't Salty 03:27
02. Everything's Gonna Be Alright 02:43
03. So Many Roads 07:08
04. Unseen Eye 02:43
05. Built For Comfort 02:49
06. Same Old Blues 02:51
07. I Loved Another Woman 03:01
08. Baby What You Want Me 03:35
09. Rollin Man 02:22

EAC

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 12. May 2013, 16:14

Freight Train / Just The Beginning

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Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 12. May 2013, 16:14

Freight Train / Just The Beginning

Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7250H Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 896 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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foobar2000 1.2.4 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-07-21 11:17:53

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Analyzed: Freight Train / Just The Beginning
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.50 dB -13.21 dB 3:28 01-Papa Ain't Salty
DR11 -1.03 dB -13.06 dB 2:44 02-Everything's Gonna Be Alright
DR10 0.00 dB -13.30 dB 7:09 03-So Many Roads
DR10 -1.57 dB -12.65 dB 2:44 04-Unseen Eye
DR10 -0.98 dB -13.17 dB 2:49 05-Built For Comfort
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DR11 0.00 dB -14.09 dB 3:01 07-I Loved Another Woman
DR9 -0.87 dB -12.87 dB 3:35 08-Baby What You Want Me
DR10 -0.95 dB -13.10 dB 2:23 09-Rollin Man
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 888 kbps
Codec: FLAC

Musicians:

Rick Shaffer - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Steve Martina – Guitar, Lead Vocals
Jim Peters – Bass
Tommy Geddes - Drums

All thanks go to Larry

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