UNDERESTIMATED 1969 ORIG - 1st SOLO Cream JACK BRUCE = Pete Brown Spedding PROG

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CLEAN 1969 FIRST PRESSING!                     

      UNDERESTIMATED 1st SOLO + SONG LYRICS INSERT!!      

                                   JACK BRUCE

           Songs For A Tailor

                           USA - ATCO Records - SD 33 306

MINTY KEEPER COPY!

Includes the scarce lyrics insert and original printed inner sleeve

Original 1969 first pressing issued right after "Goodbye" Cream just as CREAM imploded ... Still very under-estimated, this album, with help from song writer Peter Brown (who wrote for Cream), is a classic and only gets better with each spin of the disc...

SONGS FOR A TAILOR is a reference to a young American designer named Jeannie Franklyn (Genie the Tailor), who used to make clothes for Cream. Jeannie was a cousin of Phil Ochs, and was guitarist Richard Thompson's girlfriend from 1968 onwards. She was in the Fairport Convention van after a show when it crashed on a motorway at night. The FC roadie who was driving fell asleep, killing the young drummer of FC and Jeannie. She died on 12 May 1969 in England. Jeannie used to enjoy the way Jack sang the "high" notes.

The 1969 FIRST JACK BRUCE solo LP is worthy of the oft-used 'classic album' tag. It's a long way from the bluesy bluster of uber-trio Cream, though the bassist's aggression and authority shines through just as strongly here. The words are provided by Pete Brown, whose writing partnership with the bassist provided Cream's most substantial material. His slightly surreal prose is a great fit with Bruce's vocal delivery, which ranges from bruised, fragile white soul to bluesy belting. Bruce's intricate but powerful settings concoct a fusion of rock, jazz and proggy psychedelia, given both punch and focus by Felix Pappalardi's spacious production. While there's a superficial resemblance to the early jazz/rock fusions of Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears, this is much more adventurous, elegant fare. From sweaty R'n'B (''Ministry of Bag'') to psychedelic jazz improv (''Boston Ball Game 1967''), Procol Harum-esque melancholia (''Theme for an Imaginary Western'') to the intricate songforms of ''Ropeladder to the Moon'', Songs covers all the bases but never sounds thin or overstretched.Unsurprisingly, the bass is up close and in your face throughout all this genre hopping. Bruce's melodic invention and (let's not put too fine a point on it) balls inspired a generation of potential bassists in ways few had done before; gone were the days when four string duties were handed out to the worst guitarist in the average rock band (though they do seem to be back now).

Support comes from Colosseum's Jon Hiseman and Dick Heckstall-Smith, plus the wondrous Chris Spedding (melting a few frets at the Boston Ball Game) Jack Bruce: Vocals and bass (all tracks), piano (1-6, 8, 10), organ (2-4, 10), cellos (5), guitar (5, 7, 9) George Harrison: Guitar (1) Chris Spedding: Guitar (2-4, 5, 9-10) Jon Hiseman: Drums (1-4, 5, 8-10) John Marshall: Drums (5, 7) Felix Pappalardi: Vocals (5, 9), guitar (9), percussion (7) Dick Heckstall-Smith & Art Themen: Tenor & soprano saxes (1, 6, 8) and Produced by Felix Pappalardi..

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• Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune
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• Theme For An Imaginary Western
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• Tickets To Water Falls
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• Weird Of Hermiston
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• Rope Ladder To The Moon
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• B:
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• The Ministry Of Bag
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• He The Richmond
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• Boston Ball Game, 1967
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• To Isengard
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• The Clearout
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CONDITION: The cover: a dark cover that is prone to shelf wear, here is a clean collection copy rated M- TOP COPY despite delete saw mark at lower spine (it's minor - see photo) stiff and solid all over...no split seams, no bends, no writing ...Fresh original colors,

The vinyl: all clean and clear over both sides, rated TOP M- looks and plays fabulous ...both ATCO labels are clean

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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