Leigh Stephens - And A Cast Of Thousands (1971) [Reissue 2005]
EAC Rip | FLAC: Tracks+Cue+Log | 236 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 75 Mb | Scans | 49 Mb | 32:18
Akarma | AK 094
Psychedelic Rock, Heavy Psych
EAC Rip | FLAC: Tracks+Cue+Log | 236 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 75 Mb | Scans | 49 Mb | 32:18
Akarma | AK 094
Psychedelic Rock, Heavy Psych
"And a Cast of Thousands" is the second solo album release from Blue Cheer frontman Leigh Stephens. Originally recorded and released in the U.K. in 1971 on the Charisma label, this album is dramatically different from his debut, Red Weather. Cast of Thousands journeys into more of a jazz, AOR style on most of its tracks. The overabundance of horns and female backup vocals makes it rather annoying at times, but Stephens' superb guitar work does manage to shine through in places. This CD has been re-released in a slightly oversize cardboard gatefold sleeve which reproduces the original albums' graphics. For hardcore Stephens fans or Blue Cheer completists only. ~ Review by Keith Pettipas
Track Listing
01. The World Famous Soul Transplant (3:30)
02. Medicine Man (3:46)
03. Simple Song (4:48)
04. Handful Of Friends (1:49)
05. Oh Lord (5:32)
06. Jumping Jack Flash (4:47)
07. Sweet Love Of Mine (2:42)
08. Chunk Of Funk (5:24)
Produced by Leigh Stephens
Personnel
• Leigh Stephens (ex: Blue Cheer) : acoustic, lead and slide guitar, organ, vocals
• Pete Sears : bass
• Kim Gardner & Glenn Cornick : bass
• Mick Waller, Kevin Westlake & Roy Dyke : drums
• Tony Ashton & Bob Andrews : piano
• Trevor Op & Paul Maintenance : acoustic guitar, vocals
• Aliki Ashman, Elizabeth Legworthy & Peter Ross : vocals
• Charlene Collins : lead vocals
• Jeff Peach, Dick Morrissey, Dave Quincey, Lyle Jenkins & Dave Jackson : sax
• Dave Caswell & Noel Norris : trumpet
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Leigh Stephens / And A Cast Of Thousands
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Track 2
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EAC extraction logfile from 24. March 2012, 8:34
Leigh Stephens / And A Cast Of Thousands
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GSA-H58N Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 102
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 : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Arquivos de programas\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -A tukey(0.25) -A gauss(0.1875) -b 4096 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s –sector-align
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 3:30.02 | 0 | 15751
2 | 3:30.02 | 3:46.00 | 15752 | 32701
3 | 7:16.02 | 4:48.15 | 32702 | 54316
4 | 12:04.17 | 1:49.10 | 54317 | 62501
5 | 13:53.27 | 5:32.38 | 62502 | 87439
6 | 19:25.65 | 4:47.00 | 87440 | 108964
7 | 24:12.65 | 2:42.60 | 108965 | 121174
8 | 26:55.50 | 5:24.45 | 121175 | 145519
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Many thanks to the original uploader: Nelson
SEE also:
Blue Cheer 1968 Vincebus Eruptum [Remastered 2003]
Leigh Stephens 1969 Red Weather [Reissue 2005]
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