Savoy Brown - 'Street Corner Talking' (1971) + 'Hellbound Train' (1972) 2 LP in 1 CD, Remastered 2006

Posted By: Designol

Date: 11 Feb 2022 14:26:33

Savoy Brown - 'Street Corner Talking' (1971) + 'Hellbound Train' (1972) 2 LP in 1 CD, Remastered 2006

2006 digitally re-mastered two-fer from the legendary Savoy Brown featuring two of their most popular albums (Street Corner Talking from 1971 and Hellbound Train from '72). The line-up on these albums feature the ever-present Kim Simmonds on guitar with Dave Walker (vocals), Andy Sylvester (bass), Paul Raymond (keyboards) and Dave Bidwell (drums), all of the formerly of Chicken Shack! Standard jewel box in a slipcase with extensive liner notes.

'Street Corner Talking' (1971):

After 1970's Looking In album, Peverett, Roger Earl, and Tony Stevens left to form Foghat, leaving Kim Simmonds with yet another dilemma. But for Simmonds, things went a little smoother than he might have imagined, picking up piano player Paul Raymond, bassman Andy Silvester, and drummer Dave Bidwell, all from Chicken Shack. He also hired singer Dave Walker, who was the former frontman with the Idle Race, and together the new lineup recorded Street Corner Talking, one of Savoy Brown's finest moments. Gelling almost instantaneously, Walker's cozy yet fervent voice countered with Simmonds' strong, sturdy guitar playing, and an exuberant mixture of British blues and boogie rock prevailed. All of Street Corner Talking's efforts are solid examples of the group's blues-rock power, from the slick cover of Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle" to the deep feel of "All I Can Do" to the subtle strength of "Tell Mama," Walker's best-sung tune. The album's blend of sultry guitar blues and upfront rock & roll flavor give it a multi-faceted appeal, with every musician contributing his talents uniformly, which is something that's rather difficult to achieve after there's been a wholesale change to the personnel. Although they stayed together for the Hellbound Train album, Silvester was replaced by Andy Pyle for 1972's Lion's Share release, and a year after that Walker left to join Fleetwood Mac.

Review by Mike DeGagne, Allmusic.com

'Hellbound Train' (1972):

Comprising the same lineup as Street Corner Talking, Savoy Brown released Hellbound Train a year later. For this effort, Kim Simmonds' guitar theatrics are toned down a bit and the rest of the band seems to be a little less vivid and passionate with their music. The songs are still draped with Savoy Brown's sleek, bluesy feel, but the deep-rooted blues essence that so easily emerged from their last album doesn't rise as high throughout Hellbound Train's tracks. The title cut is most definitely the strongest, with Dave Walker, Simmonds, and Paul Raymond sounding tighter than on any other song, and from a wider perspective, Andy Silvester's bass playing is easily Hellbound's most complimenting asset. On tracks like "Lost and Lonely Child," "Doin' Fine," and "If I Could See an End," the lifeblood of the band doesn't quite surge into the music as it did before, and the tracks become only average-sounding blues efforts. Because of Savoy Brown's depth of talent, this rather nonchalant approach doesn't make Hellbound Train a "bad" album by any means – it just fails to equal the potency of its predecessor. But there is a noticeable difference in the albums that followed this one, as the band and especially Simmonds himself was beginning to show signs of fatigue, and a significant decline in the group's overall sound was rapidly becoming apparent.

Review by Mike DeGagne, Allmusic.com

Savoy Brown at Allmusic
Savoy Brown Website
Savoy Brown at Wiki

Tracklist:

'Street Corner Talking' (1971):

01. Tell Mama (05:22)
02. Let It Rock (03:13)
03. I Can't Get Next To You (06:37)
04. Time Does Tell (05:27)
05. Street Corner Talking (04:04)
06. All I Can Do (10:56)
07. Wang Dang Doodle (07:18)

'Hellbound Train' (1972):

08. Doin' Fine (02:49)
09. Lost And Lonely Child (06:00)
10. I'll Make Everything Alright (03:21)
11. Troubled By These Days And Times (05:45)
12. If I Could See An End (02:57)
13. It'll Make You Happy (03:29)
14. Hellbound Train (09:13)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V1.1 from 23. June 2015

EAC extraction logfile from 24. March 2016, 22:06

Savoy Brown / Street Corner Talking/ Hellbound Train (BGOCD717)

Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-891SA Adapter: 1 ID: 0

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

Read offset correction : 6
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 : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Genre=%genre%" -T "Artist=%artist%" -T "Title=%title%" -T "Album=%albumtitle%" -T "Date=%year%" -T "Tracknumber=%tracknr%" -T "Comment=%comment%" %source%

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 5:22.47 | 0 | 24196
2 | 5:22.47 | 3:13.61 | 24197 | 38732
3 | 8:36.33 | 6:37.26 | 38733 | 68533
4 | 15:13.59 | 5:27.21 | 68534 | 93079
5 | 20:41.05 | 4:04.64 | 93080 | 111443
6 | 24:45.69 | 10:56.08 | 111444 | 160651
7 | 35:42.02 | 7:18.07 | 160652 | 193508
8 | 43:00.09 | 2:49.03 | 193509 | 206186
9 | 45:49.12 | 6:00.50 | 206187 | 233236
10 | 51:49.62 | 3:21.31 | 233237 | 248342
11 | 55:11.18 | 5:45.23 | 248343 | 274240
12 | 60:56.41 | 2:57.35 | 274241 | 287550
13 | 63:54.01 | 3:29.18 | 287551 | 303243
14 | 67:23.19 | 9:13.39 | 303244 | 344757

Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename H:\dafnaplus\Savoy Brown - Street Corner Talking - Hellbound Train\Savoy Brown - Street Corner Talking, Hellbound Train (BGOCD717).wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 8.6 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 4F995D5F
Copy CRC 4F995D5F
Copy OK

No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [0EA93DEE] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [1CEBFD26] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [696D2F73] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [8FE7FD46] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [9C0DB81B] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [5B8A9894] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [2E0D0383] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [430716E2] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [007B3F95] (AR v2)
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [DE422F4E] (AR v2)
Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [CED97A04] (AR v2)
Track 12 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [8ADA7814] (AR v2)
Track 13 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [185FADBD] (AR v2)
Track 14 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [A58D23E6] (AR v2)

All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report

–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6

[CTDB TOCID: nWFkziwtj5Lwnk8gahxQbf0FJW0-] found
Submit result: nWFkziwtj5Lwnk8gahxQbf0FJW0- has been confirmed
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
2 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
3 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
4 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
5 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
6 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
7 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
8 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
9 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
10 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
11 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
12 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
13 | (6/6) Accurately ripped
14 | (6/6) Accurately ripped

==== Log checksum 8042C676D080D4A17A906145B0CE49C1CE6D741364BFFCDB70E473C9470EB169 ====

DR log

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2016-12-02 22:04:59

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Savoy Brown / Street Corner Talking/ Hellbound Train (BGOCD717)
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR10 -0.50 dB -13.23 dB 5:23 01-Tell Mama
DR9 -1.00 dB -12.03 dB 3:14 02-Let It Rock
DR10 -0.50 dB -12.35 dB 6:37 03-I Can't Get Next To You
DR8 -1.50 dB -11.40 dB 5:27 04-Time Does Tell
DR10 -1.00 dB -12.78 dB 4:05 05-Street Corner Talking
DR12 0.00 dB -14.91 dB 10:56 06-All I Can Do
DR11 -0.50 dB -13.49 dB 7:18 07-Wang Dang Doodle
DR13 0.00 dB -13.64 dB 2:49 08-Doin' Fine
DR12 0.00 dB -14.38 dB 6:01 09-Lost And Lonely Child
DR13 0.00 dB -14.13 dB 3:21 10-I'll Make Everything Alright
DR11 0.00 dB -14.24 dB 5:45 11-Troubled By These Days And Times
DR12 0.00 dB -13.33 dB 2:57 12-If I Could See An End
DR11 -0.50 dB -12.80 dB 3:29 13-It'll Make You Happy
DR11 0.00 dB -13.54 dB 9:14 14-Hellbound Train
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 893 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================

All thanks to original releaser - dafnaplus

More interesting music in My Blog

Savoy Brown - Looking In (1970) Reissue 1990

2000s 70s Blues Blues-Rock British Blues Classic Rock Electric Blues Hard Rock Lossless Rock Savoy Brown CD-Rip + Scans FLAC MP3 Blues Rock