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Touch - Touch (1969) [2012, Esoteric Recordings, ECLEC 2310] Re-up

Posted By: v3122

Date: 6 Jan 2018 16:10:06

Touch - Touch (1969) [2012, Esoteric Recordings, ECLEC 2310] Re-up

Touch's only album briefly enjoyed legendary status during its recording and again shortly after its release, but all too rapidly entered the realm of the well-kept secret. It may or may not be the very first progressive rock album, but what is indisputable is that few bands engineered a more satisfying collision of rock, jazz, psychedelia, and classical music during the genre's heyday. Much of the album's effectiveness stems from the soaring imagination of the band's leader, keyboard player, and principal composer, Don Gallucci, incredibly just 19 years old. Throughout, he plays only piano, clavinet, and what sounds like a cheesy old theater organ – no Mellotron, no synths – yet he does so with a virtuosity tempered by the kind of restraint that would become all too rare among bands like ELP, Yes, and other behemoths of the prog era. Opener "We Feel Fine" demonstrates that this is a band that can rock, too – an impression confirmed by the band's single "Miss Teach." But it's "Friendly Birds" that confirms that Touch could do a lot more than kick ass. Essentially a trio for piano, guitar, and bass – with a brief vocal introduction – its dynamic range alone makes it remarkable. Over the course of just four minutes, it swoops and soars as piano and guitar trade phrases in a manner more typical of chamber music than rock. More remarkable yet is Gallucci's ability to weave melodies and riffs together without ever resorting to mere rhetoric. "Friendly Birds" finally soars into the distance after a series of shattering climaxes all the more impressive for the fact that no drums are involved. "Down at Circe's Place" is, in its way, equally extraordinary, effectively fusing a link between the psychedelia of the late '60s and the more expansive styles to come. Its climactic two minutes, best likened to the sound of Santana on a really bad trip, has to be one of the most satisfyingly cacophonous noises in all of rock, despite the total absence of electric guitars. The album also contains two epic tracks in "The Spiritual Death of Howard Greer" and "Seventy Five," only one of which really comes off. But while the former drinks deep from the well of hippie pretension, with its tale of some straight who's, like, spiritually dead but doesn't know it (and throws in everything from Gregorian chant to good-time boogie), the latter is a genuine tour de force. Here it's not just Gallucci's organ playing that shines. Vocalist Jeff Hawks gets to demonstrate a truly formidable vocal technique – one moment up close and breathy, the next shrieking up a storm – while guitarist Joey Newman also turns in a genuinely thrilling solo, featuring a curiously harsh, lo-fi tone that was entirely his own to round off the album. Both CD reissues feature extra tracks that never come close to matching the original album, but the Eclectic version benefits from vastly improved sound quality.

by Christopher Evans, AMG

Touch - Touch (1969):

Tracklist:

01. We Feel Fine 04:40
02. Friendly Birds 04:53
03. Miss Teach 03:29
04. The Spiritual Death Of Howard Greer 08:52
05. Down At Circ's Place 04:00
06. Alesha And Others 03:05
07. Seventy Five 11:12

Bonus Tracks:

08. We Finally Met Today 03:43
09. Alesha And Others 03:17
10. Blue Feeling 11:46
11. The Spiritual Death Of Howard Greer 08:07
12. The Second Coming Of Suzanne 12:20

EAC Log

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

EAC extraction logfile from 22. October 2013, 21:38

Touch / Touch

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Make use of C2 pointers : No

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Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%

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12 | 67:10.04 | 12:20.13 | 302254 | 357766

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Extraction speed 4.6 X
Range quality 100.0 %
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AccurateRip summary

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DR Log

foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-10-27 10:06:31

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Analyzed: Touch / Touch
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.05 dB -8.55 dB 4:41 01-We Feel Fine
DR8 -0.05 dB -13.12 dB 4:54 02-Friendly Birds
DR8 -0.12 dB -10.82 dB 3:30 03-Miss Teach
DR8 -0.05 dB -11.84 dB 8:53 04-The Spiritual Death Of Howard Greer
DR7 -0.05 dB -9.47 dB 4:01 05-Down At Circe's Place
DR13 -1.62 dB -17.99 dB 3:06 06-Alesha And Others
DR6 -0.05 dB -8.78 dB 11:12 07-Seventy Five
DR9 -0.05 dB -11.08 dB 3:43 08-We Finally Met Today (Bonus Track)
DR11 -1.06 dB -14.91 dB 3:18 09-Alesha and Others (Bonus Track)
DR11 -0.05 dB -16.01 dB 11:47 10-Blue Feeling (Bonus Track)
DR9 -0.05 dB -11.14 dB 8:07 11-The Spiritual Death Of Howard Greer (Bonus Track)
DR9 -0.05 dB -13.57 dB 12:20 12-The Second Coming Of Suzanne (Bonus Track)
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR9

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 758 kbps
Codec: FLAC

Musicians:

John Bordonaro - drums
Don Gallucci - keyboards
Bruce Hauser - bass
Jeff Hawks - vocals
Joey Newman - guitars

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