Iron Butterfly - Scorching Beauty & Sun And Steel (1974 & 1975)
Iron Butterfly - Scorching Beauty & Sun And Steel (1974 & 1975)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
BGO BGOCD821 | rem: 2008 | 540Mb
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
BGO BGOCD821 | rem: 2008 | 540Mb
2008 digitally remastered two albums from the 'Gadda Da Vida' boys on one disc: "Scorching Beauty' and 'Sun And Steel'.
Scorching Beauty: Most of the songs are uninspired, vaguely heavy and definitely on the hard-rocking side. Of course, you shouldn't expect any great stuff here. When I mentioned hard-rock, this album is playing in some kind of amateur third division league (but let's consider that there are already four professional ones before the first amateur one…).
Song writing is poor, and it leads to a pretty much forgettable effort. Pop rock People Of The World, this album really doesn't hold one song that could. But to have survived the listening of this track is quite remarkable. It is indeed a very poor song. A marvellous example of the press next syndrome.
I don't know how many of these albums the band have sold, but my guess is that in comparison with the thirty+ millions for In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida , this one had little to do with those numbers. What I mean, is that they would have been very much inspired NOT to have released this dreadful work even if the New York Dolls oriented Lonely Hearts is not a bad rock song. A little earlier on the album, the T. Rex oriented Am I Down was not too bad either.
The best number from this poor album is the good rocking Before You Go. Excellent guitar and fine drumming are the highlights of this song. But this is really one of the very few moment during which I could find a genuine pleasure while listening to it.
Sun And Steel: This last album from Iron Butterfly is actually better than what could have been expected. Ron Bushy (the only surviving founding member) and Erik Braun (an IB veteran) are the only ones from the heydays of the band to be featured on this album; while Phil Kramer already played on their weak Scorching Beauty released a year prior to this Sun & Steal.
The title and opening song is particularly well crafted: excellent vocals, fine melody with some superb instrumentation. Sun & Steal is one of their true prog track in all their career. A highlight!
This album as a whole though is more of a hard-rocking affair; something typical for the date of release. Some strong and powerful tracks (Lightnin) combined with some syrupy rock ballads like hard-rocking bands were keen to write (Beyond The Milky Way, Watch The World Going By).
A certain New York Dolls flavour is also noticeable during the rock'n'roll Free or Get It Out. But there will still be a heavy rock one for the nostalgic old fans (Scion).
The influence of the new keyboard player (Bill De Martinez) is clearly marked on the very good I'm Right, I'm Wrong: after a symphonic opening, he will develop a fine atmospheric play to get along with this traditional rock number. It is the second highlight from this enjoyable album.
The closing number is another fine song from this offering. A very performing rock ballad which holds a great guitar furry in the middle part. It is bizarrely called Scorching Beauty (title of their previous album).
Track listing
Scorching Beauty:
1 1975 Overture
2 Hard Miseree
3 High on a Mountain Top
4 Am I Down
5 People of the World
6 Searchin' Circles
7 Pearly Gates
8 Lonely Hearts
9 Before You Go
Sun And Steel:
10 Sun and Steel
11 Lightnin'
12 Beyond the Milky Way
13 Free
14 Scion
15 Get It Out
16 I'm Right, I'm Wrong
17 Watch the World Goin' By
18 Scorching Beauty
Personnel
- Erik Braunn / guitar, vocals
- Ron Bushy / drums, vocals
- Phil Kramer / bass, vocals
- Bill DeMartinez / keyboards, vocals
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 18. января 2012, 19:41
Iron Butterfly / Scorching Beauty/Sun & Steel
Дисковод: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Режим чтения : Достоверность
Использование точного потока : Да
Отключение кэша аудио : Да
Использование указателей C2 : Нет
Коррекция смещения при чтении : 48
Способность читать области Lead-in и Lead-out : Нет
Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Установленный внешний ASPI-интерфейс
Выходной формат : Внутренние WAV-операции
Формат сэмплов : 44.100 Гц; 16 бит; стерео
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