ROAD Road LP NATURAL RESOURCES 1972 US orig+foc NR 105L NOEL REDDING-RARE EARTH
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ROAD
Former Jimi Hendrix Experience bass player Noel Redding led this Los Angeles-based trio. The line-up was completed by Leslie Sampson (drums) and lead guitarist Rod Richards. Road is largely undistinguished, relying on power rather than the melody of Redding’s previous venture Fat Mattress. When the unit folded the bass player continued his career while Richards joined Motown guitar band Rare Earth. Sampson meanwhile moved to San Francisco where he became a member of Eggs Over Easy.
"ROAD"
Produced by Tom Wilson and Road
tracklisting
Side A: I'M TRYING - GOING DOWN TO THE COUNTRY
MUSHROOM MAN - MAN DRESSED IN RED
Side B: SPACESHIP EARTH - FRIENDS - ROAD
1972 LP NATURAL RESOURCES RECORDS NR 105L
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
GATEFOLD COVER (Unipak style)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
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LABEL: NATURAL RESOURCES - WHITE LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK/BROWN TEXT
Catalog on cover: NR 105L
Catalog on labels: NR 105L (HS-1961) B5RS-2967 / NR 105L (HS-1962) B5RS-2968
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): HS 1961 - RE NR 105L (Stamped): B5RS 2967 H
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): HS 1962 - RE NR 105L (Stamped): B5RS 2968 H
On labels: top rim text reads "Natural Sounds For Natural People"
bottom rim text reads "A Trademark of Motown Record Corporation"
? 1972 Motown Record Corp.
Produced by Tom Wilson & "Road"
On inside left panel & inside spine: All lyrics above from compositions published by Jobete Music Company, Inc. (ASCAP), ©1972 Jobete Music Company, Inc.
UNIPAK U.S. PATENT NO. 3,426,960 PRINTED IN U.S.A.
On Back Cover: Credits
©1972, Motown Record Corp.
NATURAL RESOURCES A Division of Motown
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Road was sort of a B-list supergroup, pairing Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience) with guitarist Rod Richards (formerly of Rare Earth) and drummer Leslie Sampson. The group's self-titled album ends up being little more than warmed-up post-Hendrix hard rock, heavy on the wah pedal. Richards actually turns in some fine, if not particularly original, performances on guitar, and Redding proves he couldn't write good songs if his career depended on it (clearly "She's So Fine" and "Little Miss Strange" were his high points). In true '70s hard rock form, the album drags a bit on side two during the obligatory drum solo on "Friends" and especially during Redding's ham-fisted bass "solo" on the unnecessarily epic "Road." Almost redeemed by Richards' guitar work, check this out if you have a serious jones for '70s hard rock and/or wah-wah excess...(AllMusic)
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