Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - Part Of My Past [2CDs]

Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - Part Of My Past [2CDs]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks), No CUE, LOG | 2004 | Scans Included | Time: 77:45 + 73:27 | 987MB | 5% Recovery
Genre: Rock

This is an amazing CD reissue, three times over -- for psychedelic music buffs, British R&B and soul enthusiasts, and fans of the progressive rock band Gentle Giant (which evolved out of Simon Dupree & the Big Sound). And it's also incredibly long overdue. Best-known for their Oriental ersatz pop-psychedelic classic "Kites," Simon Dupree & the Big Sound actually started out as a blues and R&B-based outfit, not too different from the Spencer Davis Group. This double-CD set covers their complete EMI output, most of which has never been reissued, and almost all of which is very impressive (and even manages to intersect obliquely with Apple Records' orbit).

The group's early soul-oriented sides are killers, exciting, totally convincing pieces of British-made R&B that, in the case of "Love" and "Medley: 60 Minutes of Your Love/A Lot of Love," should have placed them head-to-head with the likes of Steve Winwood and the Spencer Davis Group. Even when they move into a slightly trippier sound, on "There's a Little Picture Playhouse," the group still utilizes a basic soul backing. And "Kites," coming along in the middle of the first disc, is such a radical departure from everything before it, that it's astonishing to hear in this context, even knowing the song well -- the rest of the CD is made up of trippy psychedelic ballads with Mellotron accompaniment, often with punchy acoustic rhythm guitars. It's all very pretty and inventive in a pop context, and rivals or surpasses the psychedelic sides of Rainbow Ffolly and most other EMI artists of the era this side of the Beatles and maybe the Move. The highlight of the group's post-"Kites" output was the single "Part of My Past," which was recorded during sessions for what was to have been their second album, Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friend. That entire unreleased album is here, as the first 16 tracks on Disc Two, and they are a wonder -- the best parts include a gorgeous pop-psych ballad called "What in This World" that doesn't even have a songwriting credit; "Wha Cha Gonna Do," with its "Strawberry Fields Forever" opening and impassioned vocals; the almost-lewd "Don't Make It So Hard (On Me Baby)," with a vocal that was a holdover from the group's soul era; the bouncy, vaguely Bee Gees-like "Kindness"; and the trippy, spacey "Castle in the Sky," one of the finest pieces of psychedelic pop/rock ever to come out of EMI (or, more properly, never to come out from EMI -- until now). The latter should have been another "King Midas in Reverse," but thanks to the failure of "Part of My Past," the whole LP was shelved. The rest of the second disc is comprised of a short string of disappointing pop/rock singles -- vaguely reminiscent of the late-'60s Hollies -- imposed upon the group by their management, concluding with their extrovert rendition of the James Taylor-authored "Something in the Way She Moves Me," backed with a progressive-sounding, organ-heavy B-side, "I'm Going Home," authored by Reginald Dwight in the period before he became Elton John. This is followed by the complete contents of the group's only released LP, Without Reservations, which repeats the same R&B-era singles and B-sides (i.e., their pre-"Kites" work) from Disc One, only in their punchier mono mixes. The remastering is impeccable, the packaging beautifully illustrated with period photos of the band, and thorough annotation by David Wells.

Tracklist:
CD1
01 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - I See The Light *
02 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - It Is Finished
03 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Reservations *
04 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - You Need A Man
05 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Day Time, Night Time *
06 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - I've Seen It All Before
07 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Medley: a) 60 Minutes Of Your Love b) A Lot Of Love *
08 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Love *
09 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Get Off My Bach *
10 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - There's A Little Picture Playhouse *
11 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - What Is Soul *
12 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Teacher, Teacher *
13 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Amen *
14 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Who Cares *
15 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Kites *
16 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Like The Sun Like The Fire *
17 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - For Whom The Bell Tolls *
18 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Sleep *
19 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Part Of My Past *
20 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - This Story Never Ends *
21 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Thinking About My Life
22 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Velvet And Lace
23 - The Moles - We Are The Moles (Part 1) *
24 - The Moles - We Are The Moles (Part 2)
25 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Broken Hearted Pirates
26 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - She Gave Me The Sun
27 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - The Eagle Flies Tonight
28 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Give It All Back *

CD2
01 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Stained Glass Window *
02 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Please Come Back
03 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Light On Dark Water
04 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - What In This World
05 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - What Cha Gonna Do
06 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Don't Make It So Hard (On Me Baby)
07 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Kindness
08 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Castle In The Sky
09 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Loneliness Is Just A State Of Mind *
10 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Laughing Boy From Nowhere
11 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - You
12 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Can't You See *
13 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Now *
14 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Rain *
15 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Something In The Way She Moves *
16 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - I'm Going Home
Without Reservations LP
17 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Medley: a) 60 Minutes Of Your Love b) A Lot Of Love
18 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Love
19 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Get Off My Bach
20 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - There's A Little Picture Playhouse
21 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Day Time, Night Time
22 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - I See The Light
23 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - What Is Soul
24 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Teacher, Teacher
25 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Amen
26 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Who Cares
27 - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Reservations


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