Keef Hartley Band - Halfbreed (1969) {Esoteric Recordings ECLEC2050 rel 2008}
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© 1969, 2008 Deram / Decca / Esoteric Recordings | ECLEC 2050
Rock / Blues Rock / Jazz Rock / British Blues
This album by the excellent Keef Hartley Band, one the best Blues / Rock / Jazz ensembles ever, founded by drummer Keef Hartley following his stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. The band featured a nucleus consisting of singer / guitarist Miller Anderson, guitarist Spit James, keyboardist Peter Dines, bassist Gary Thain and Hartley on drums. In addition a horn section was added to expand the band's sound, which on this album consisted of the best horn players in Britain: trumpeters Henry Lowther and Harry Becket and saxophonists Lynn Dobson and Chris Mercer. Together this nine-piece band had a tremendous power and considering the quality of its members it was simply the best "little Big Band" around at the time.
Hartley's sensitive drumming drives the music through a set of fantastically well written and superbly arranged tunes, which are Blues based but extend often into Rock and Jazz. The guitar work is stunning, the brass arrangement just right on the money, in short heaven on earth for any Blues fan, but basically early Jazz-Rock Fusion enthusiasts will find here everything they need to make them happy. Definitely a classic of the genre and an essential piece of music if ever there was one!
Personnel:
Miller Anderson – vocals, guitar
Peter Dines – organ, harpsichord
"Spit James" (real name: Ian Cruickshank) – guitar
Gary Thain – bass guitar
Keef Hartley – drums
Henry Lowther – trumpet, violin, brass arrangements
Harry Beckett – trumpet
Lyn Dobson – tenor saxophone, flute
Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone
John Mayall – voice
Tracklist:
01 Confusion Theme , The Halfbreed
02 Born To Die
03 Sinnin' For You
04 Leavin' Trunk
05 Just To Cry
06 Too Much Thinking
07 Too Much To Take
08 Leave It 'Til The Morning
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EAC extraction logfile from 1. February 2020, 21:09
Keef Hartley Band / Halfbreed
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVDRAM GH24NSD1 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
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 7:56.66 | 0 | 35765
2 | 7:56.66 | 10:01.66 | 35766 | 80906
3 | 17:58.57 | 5:53.56 | 80907 | 107437
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6 | 36:11.28 | 5:32.43 | 162853 | 187795
7 | 41:43.71 | 5:37.53 | 187796 | 213123
8 | 47:21.49 | 3:27.05 | 213124 | 228653
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