HUMBLE PIE As Safe As Yesterday Is LP IMMEDIATE 1969 UKorig+inner STEVE MARRIOTT
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HUMBLE PIE
British hard rock supergroup with a turbocharged version of the blues
that proved influential to many rock and metal bands.
A showcase for former Small Faces' frontman Steve Marriott and one-time Herd guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton,
the hard rock outfit Humble Pie formed in Essex, England in 1969. Also featuring ex-Spooky Tooth
bassist Greg Ridley along with drummer Jerry Shirley, the fledgling group spent the first several months
of its existence locked away in Marriott's Essex cottage, maintaining a relentless practice schedule.
Signed to the Immediate label, Humble Pie soon issued their debut single "Natural Born Boogie,"
which hit the British Top Ten and paved the way for the group's premiere LP, As Safe as Yesterday Is
"AS SAFE AS YESTERDAY IS"
1969 LP IMMEDIATE RECORDS STEREO IMSP 025
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
UNLAMINATED SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
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LABEL: IMMEDIATE - PINKLABEL w/LOGO ON TOP - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) IMSP 025
Catalog on labels: IMSP 025 (IMSP 025 1Y) / IMSP 025 (IMSP 025 2Y)
Matrix / Runout (Side A): IMSP0-25-1Y-2 DC
Matrix / Runout (Side B): IMSP0-25-2Y-2 DC
On labels: rim text reads "All Rights.......Prohibited"
STEREO
? 1969
On Inner Sleeve: Credits & Lyrics
PATENT No. 1,125,555 Made in Great Britain
On Back Cover: Arranged: Humble Pie
A Joint Production for Beatrice Nokes
Immediate Record Co Ltd
III Gloucester Place, London W.1.
tracklisting
Side A: DESPERATION - STICK SHIFT - BUTTERMILK BOY
GROWING CLOSER - AS SAFE AS YESTERDAY
Side B: BANG - ALABAMA '69 - I'LL GO ALONE
A NIFTY LITTLE NUMBER LIKE YOU - WHAT YOU WILL
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RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Humble Pie, known as boogie hammerheads, at least once achieved American popularity in the mid-'70s.
Its origins were quite different, however, and its debut album, As Safe as Yesterday Is, is a visionary blend
of hard blues, crushing rock, pastoral folk, and post-mod pop. It would be even more impressive if the group
had written songs to support its sound, but it seemed to have overlooked that element of the equation.
Still, there's no denying that the sound of the band isn't just good, it's quite engaging, as the band bring disparate
elements together, letting them bump up against each other, forming a wildly rich blend of hippie folk
and deeply sexy blues. Musically, this set a template for a lot of bands that followed later
-- Led Zeppelin seemed to directly lift parts of this, and Paul Weller would later rely heavily on this
for his '90s comeback - and it's very intriguing, even rewarding, on that level....(AllMusic)
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