On 09-05-96  10:47, shipwrecked and comatose, Kenneth Newman said:
 KN> On 09-02-96 DOUG FARROW wrote to KENNETH NEWMAN... 
 
 DF> In a similar vein, Blood Sweat & Tears first album _Child is Father to 
 DF> the Man_ is equally commendable albeit in a slightly jazzier vein. 
 KN> 
 KN> With selective editing one could put together a really 
 KN> killer compilation by chosing cuts from the first few 
 KN> BS&T albums, IMO. On the other hand, everything on 
 KN> _Chicago Transit Authority_ works. In fact, the singles 
 KN> sound a lot better in the context of that album than they 
 KN> do on their own, IMO. For example, "Does Anybody Know 
 KN> What Time it Is?" really means something when it comes 
 KN> after the really heavy section which precedes it. But 
 KN> isolatied on a single it sounds fluffier. _CTA_ really 
 KN> holds together as one long fully realised conception. Too 
 KN> bad he didn't realise it was loaded. 
Speaking of Chicago, do you know what album that "Only The Beginning"
(I think that's the title) is on?  I was channel flipping when I heard
it playing on, of all places, the Democratic National Convention.
Anyway, I sat there a while and watched just to listen to that song...
As regards to CTA, I have heard the whole thing once or twice, but not
in ages.  Is the song "Free Form Guitar" as bad as I remember?  Yikes!
The rest of the album is good, in any case...  I'll have to buy it
someday.  Does anyone know if the one disk set has any songs edited
out?
        Frank
now playing:  "D/FW" --The Vaughan Brothers
... Heaven is waiting and waiting is Hell.
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