2234 - TERRY REID - Superlungs (2005)

TERRY REID
''SUPERLUNGS''
SEP 6 2005
68:23

1/Superlungs My Supergirl/2:43
2/Loving Time
Terry Reid/3:42
3/July
Terry Reid/3:33
4/I've Got News for You
Ray Alfred/5:34
5/Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
Terry Reid/4:26
6/Stay with Me Baby
Jerry Ragovoy / Donna Weiss/4:12
7/Without Expression
Terry Reid/4:47
8/Silver White Light
Terry Reid/2:54
9/Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan/4:27
10/Penny
Terry Reid/6:04
11/Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Sonny Bono/4:16
12/May Fly
Terry Reid/3:42
13/Tinker Taylor
Terry Reid/2:55
14/Sweater
Terry Reid/2:06
15/Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
Roger Greenaway/5:02
16/Marking Time
Terry Reid/3:47
17/Rich Kid Blues
Terry Reid/4:13

REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
The Astralwerks version of Terry Reid's Superlungs is a single-disc set that includes early recordings form his first two albums and some bonus material. Many of the classics are here from Donovan's "Superlungs My Supergirl," and "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace," to "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down,)," "Tinker Taylor," "Rich Kid Blues," and many others. There are brand new mixes -- well, from 2003 anyway -- of Reid's version of "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Without Expression." (It's too bad "Season of the Witch" isn't here.) There are two "unreleased" bonus tracks, which means they were unreleased at the time of the original recording but have since appeared on 2004's Superlungs: The Complete Studio Recordings from EMI: "Penny" and "I've Got News for You." In all, this is a fine introduction to one of the greatest rock & roll singers in history. Reid's soul and R&B-drenched voice is unlike any other from the era, and he's had many imitators. For those who didn't already know, he turned down Jimmy Page to be the vocalist in Led Zeppelin. There is nothing here that collectors and diehards don't have, so it is superfluous, but that's not who this collection is designed for.

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2233 - TERRY REID - The Driver (1992)

TERRY REID
''THE DRIVER''
APR 21 1992
45:20

1 - Fifth Of July/5:07
2 - There's Nothing Wrong/5:03
3 - Right To The End/4:53
4 - The Whole Of The Moon/4:06
5 - Hand Of Dimes/3:01
6 - The Driver (Part 1)/0:43
7 - If You Let Her/4:26
8 - Turn Around/3:44
9 - Gimme Some Lovin'/4:14
10 - Laugh At Life/4:45
11 - The Driver (Part 2)/4:33

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2232 - TERRY REID - Rogue Waves (1978)

TERRY REID
''ROGUE WAVES''
1979
42:08

1/Ain't No Shadow
Terry Reid/3:41
2/Baby I Love You
Jeff Barry / Ellie Greenwich / Phil Spector/3:53
3/Stop and Think It Over
Terry Reid/3:40
4/Rogue Wave
Terry Reid/5:43
5/Walk Away Renee
Michael Brown / Bob Calilli / Tony Sansone/4:17
6/Believe in the Magic
Terry Reid/6:32
7/Then I Kissed Her
Jeff Barry / Ellie Greenwich / Phil Spector/4:44
8/Bowangi
Terry Reid/4:15
9/All I Have to Do Is Dream
Boudleaux Bryant / Felice Bryant/5:23

Dyanne Chandler /Vocals (Background)
Terrence James /String Arrangements
Lee Miles /Bass
Terry Reid /Guitar, Producer, Vocals
Douglas Rodriguez /Guitar
John Siomos /Drums, Percussion
Sterling Smith /Organ
Maxine Willard Waters /Vocals (Background)
Dennis Williams /Vocals (Background)

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2231 - TERRY REID - River (1973)

TERRY REID
''RIVER''
1973
36:16

1/Dean
Terry Reid/4:45
2/Avenue
John Abercrombie / Terry Reid/5:08
3/Things to Try
Terry Reid/4:25
4/Live Life
Ray Davies / Terry Reid/5:11
5/River
Joni Mitchell / Terry Reid/5:45
6/Dream
Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Terry Reid/5:20
7/Milestones
Miles Davis / Terry Reid/5:52

Willie Bobo /Percussion
Tom Dowd /Producer
Conrad Isadore /Drums
David Lindley /Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel), Slide Guitar, Violin
Lee Miles /Bass
Eddy Offord /Producer
Terry Reid /Guitar, Vocals

REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
River was a looser and rootsier affair than Terry Reid's first records, taken from a sprawl of sessions in London and California that generated enough material for several albums. The very looseness that gives the effort some charm is the same quality, however, that keeps it from being a major work. The songs mostly sound unfinished, as if they're friendly jams in which Reid and the musicians (including, most notably, David Lindley on half the album and percussionist Willie Bobo on the title track) are working out some song ideas or twisting around some riffs. It often brings to mind those parts of songs where the likes of Van Morrison, Tim Buckley, or Robert Plant sing-scat improvised-sounding vocal passages. The difference is that, for the most part, those singers used such sections to embellish solid songs. On River, the quasi-stream-of-consciousness vocal ramblings are the songs. The first four of the seven songs are very much in a funky, laid-back blues-rock groove, prominently featuring Lindley on steel, slide, and electric guitars. Reid, and the album itself, really begin to find more of an individual voice on "River," where beguiling Latin-Brazilian elements are introduced in the guitar, melody, and rhythm. The final two cuts, "Dream" and "Milestones," back Reid's vocals only with acoustic guitar, and have a romantic melancholy that likewise makes them highlights of this highly personal but uneven record.

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2230 - TERRY REID - Silver White Light: Live At The Isle Of Wight, 1970 (2004)

TERRY REID
''SILVER WHITE LIGHT: LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970''
APR 20 2004
49:41

1/Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
Terry Reid/6:24
2/Things to Try
Terry Reid/5:45
3/C'mon Mary
David Lindley/3:07
4/Silver White Light
Terry Reid/5:05
5/July
Terry Reid/4:23
6/Without Expression
Terry Reid/6:20
7/Dean
Terry Reid/6:10
8/No Good Situation
L.A. Reid/4:27
9/Rich Kid Blues/To Be Alone With You
Bob Dylan / Terry Reid/8:00

Michael Giles /Drums
David Lindley /Banjo, Guest Artist, Guitar, Slide Guitar, Violin
Lee Miles /Bass
Terry Reid /Guitar, Vocals

REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
It's better to have some early live Terry Reid than none at all, but this recording of his spot at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival leaves much to be desired. The fault lies not in Reid's own performance, which is pretty good, but in the subpar quality of both the sound and the backing band. As for the sometimes ragged accompaniment, that was due more to circumstances than to the talents of the musicians. The drummer in Reid's band of the time, Alan White, was unable to make the show due to a recording commitment with John Lennon; his sub was Michael Giles, who'd recently departed from the first lineup of King Crimson. It sounds intriguing, particularly as the group also included David Lindley, but it sounds as if there wasn't enough time for Giles to become familiar with the material. What's worse and more serious, though, is that the fidelity is thin and brittle, affecting Giles the worst, as the drumming thuds along without much presence. As for the set list, most of it comes from Reid's first three albums; it's interesting to hear versions of "Things to Try" and "Dean" from The River, which wouldn't come out until 1973, though the recording for that album was already underway. Also of note is "C'mon Mary," a country-rockish Lindley song that Reid didn't put on his studio albums, though the group jam "No Good Situation" is a fairly faceless blues-rock tune. Reid acquits himself best, however, on the drumless "July," which gives his folkier and more melodic side a chance to air out.

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2229 - TERRY REID (1969)

TERRY REID
''TERRY REID''
1969
48:45

1/Superlungs My Supergirl
Donovan/2:42
2/Silver White Light
T. Oliver Reid/2:55
3/July
T. Oliver Reid/3:33
4/Marking Time
T. Oliver Reid/3:47
5/Stay With Me Baby
Donna Weiss/4:12
6/Highway 61 Revisited/Friends
Bob Dylan/8:00
7/May Fly
T. Oliver Reid/3:43
8/Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
T. Oliver Reid/4:25
9/Rich Kid Blues
T. Oliver Reid/4:15
10/The Hand Don't Fit the Glove/2:57
11/This Time
Terry Reid/1:52
12/Better by Far
MacLeod / Tony Macaulay/3:30
13/Fire's Alive
T. Oliver Reid/2:54

REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
Reid's initial pair of albums are very similar, and it's really a toss-up as to which one is better. If either rates a slight edge, it would be Terry Reid, as it finds his songwriting skills slightly more developed. The Donovan influence is again apparent on the cover of the Scotsman's "Superlungs My Supergirl," and "Stay with Me Baby" is another well-done blue-eyed soul showcase. As a songwriter, Reid still had a way to go, sounding better on the gentler, folkier numbers than the all-out power trio numbers. Such unfulfilled promise was understandable to a degree, as Reid was not yet 20 when this was released; unfortunately, he would never significantly expand on the promise of his first two LPs. The CD reissue on BGO adds four bonus cuts from the two rare non-LP singles he recorded in 1967 and 1968, prior to the issue of Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid.

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2228 - TERRY REID - Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid (1968)

TERRY REID
''BANG, BANG YOU'RE TERRY REID''
1968

1/Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Sonny Bono/4:12
2/Tinker Taylor
Terry Reid/2:53
3/Erica
Terry Reid/3:48
4/Without Expression
Terry Reid/4:47
5/Sweater
Terry Reid/2:03
6/Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
Roger Cook / Roger Greenaway/4:56
7/Season of the Witch
Donovan/10:09
8/Writing on the Wall/Summertime Blues
Eddie Cochran / Terry Reid/10:14
9/When I Get Home
Terry Reid/3:38
10/Loving Time/3:40

Eric Leese /Keyboards
Mickie Most /Producer
Terry Reid /Guitar, Vocals
Keith Webb /Drums

REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
Bang, Bang introduced a hard rocker whose eclecticism was both impressive and unnervingly inconsistent. The covers of "Season of the Witch" and "Summertime Blues" are overlong and dated, but the frenetic version of Cher's "Bang, Bang" is inspired, and the rendition of Gene Pitney's "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" shows his poppier roots. Over half of the material was penned by Reid, and while these compositions are sometimes generic, late-'60s hard rockers, he also shows a facility for Donavonesque folk-rock "("Sweater"") and impressive soul-rock vocalizing ("When I Get Home"). Originally not released in the U.K., it's ironically only available now as a U.K. import.

BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
A minor but interesting late-'60s British rock singer, Terry Reid could have been a lot more famous if he had been able to accept the slot of lead singer for the New Yardbirds in 1968. That slot, of course, went to Robert Plant, and the New Yardbirds became Led Zeppelin. Unlike Plant, Reid was also a guitarist, and the opportunity to head his own group no doubt played a part in his decision to gun for a solo career. Leading a guitar-organ-drums power trio, he recorded a couple of respectable, though erratic, hard rock albums while still a teenager in the late '60s. Some bad breaks and creative stagnation combined to virtually bring his career to a halt, and he never cashed in on the momentum of his promising start.
A teen prodigy of sorts, Reid had turned professional at the age of 15 to join Peter Jay & the Jaywalkers. His first couple of singles as a headliner found him singing in a sort of poppy blue-eyed soul vein. But by the time of his 1968 debut Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid, produced by Mickie Most, he'd switched to more of a hard rock approach. Most was also handling Donovan and the Jeff Beck Group at the time, and similarities to both of those acts can be heard in Terry Reid's first two albums -- proto-hard rock on the louder tunes, sweeter folk-rock on the mellow ones (Reid in fact covered a couple of Donovan compositions, although he wrote most of his own material). Reid's high voice was reminiscent of Robert Plant's, though not nearly as shrill, and his folky numbers especially are reminiscent of Led Zeppelin's most acoustic early cuts.
Reid, oddly, was considerably more well-known in the U.S. than the U.K. His first album, very oddly, was not even issued in Britain, although it made the American Top 200. It's been reported that he at least in part declined Jimmy Page's offer to join Led Zeppelin owing to his contractual commitments to record for Mickie Most as a solo artist, and to perform as an opening solo artist on the Rolling Stones' late-'60s U.S. tour. He did influence Led Zeppelin's history in a big way by recommending Plant and drummer John Bonham as suitable candidates for the group's lineup, after Plant and Bonham's pre-Led Zep outfit (the Band of Joy) played support at one of Reid's early gigs. Reid felt confident enough in his solo prospects to also turn down an offer to join Deep Purple (Ian Gillan was recruited instead).
An opening spot on the Rolling Stones' famous 1969 tour of America seemed to augur even brighter prospects for the future, but this is precisely where Reid's career stalled, at the age of 20. First he became embroiled in litigation with Mickey Most, which curtailed his studio activities in the early '70s. After a couple of personnel changes, he disbanded his original trio, leading a group for a while that included David Lindley and ex-King Crimson drummer Michael Giles (this quartet, however, didn't release any records). He moved to California in 1971 and signed to Atlantic, but his long-delayed third album didn't appear until 1973. Reid would release albums for other labels in 1976 and 1979, but none of his '70s recordings were well-received, critically or commercially (though 1976's Seed of Memory did briefly chart). He's barely recorded since, though he did play some sessions, and The Driver appeared in 1991.

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1678 - TERRY REID - Seed Of Memory (1976)

TERRY REID
''SEED OF MEMORY''
1976
42:43
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1 / Faith To Arise/4:38
2 / Seed Of Memory/5:25
3 / Brave Awakening/6:28
4 / To Be Reated Rite/5:55
5 / Ooh Baby/3:52
6 / The Way You Walk/4:43
7 / The Frame/4:34
8 / Fooling You/7:14
All Tracks By Terry Reid

Joel Bernstein /Guitar (Acoustic)
Jesse Ehrlich /Cello
James Gadson /Drums
Plas Johnson /Saxophone
Ben Keith /Pedal Steel
David Lindley /Guitar (Acoustic), Slide Guitar, Violin
Lee Miles /Bass
Blue Mitchell /Horn
Graham Nash /Producer, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
Al Perkins /Pedal Steel
Terry Reid /Guitar, Vocals
Soko Richardson /Drums
Clifford Solomon /Horn
Al Viola /Balalaika
Tim Weisberg /Flute
Fred Wesley /Horn

REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
Terry Reid moved to California in the mid-'70s, befriending a number of musicians from those parts and broadening his sound in the process. One result was this album, produced by Graham Nash and featuring David Lindley on acoustic and slide guitars. Seed of Memory isn't as heavy as his earlier work, and not remotely the bold, strident virtuoso rock production of his first LP -- most of it, apart from the vaguely Led Zeppelin-ish "The Way You Walk," is fairly laid-back by Reid's standards. "Ooh Baby" tries for a kind of meld of funk and British blues. But several numbers, like "Brave Awakening," with its relaxed beat, high harmonies, and understated backing orchestration, or the ominous acoustic-textured "To Be Treated Rite," seem more like outtakes from Nash's Songs for Beginners or his subsequent albums, or one of Neil Young's mid-'70s albums, than they do like the work of one of England's most promising '60s bluesmen. The album ends on a disjointed note, with the ambitious but not wholly successful "Fooling You," which makes extensive use of the saxophone. It all just might not be what fans look for in Reid's work, and lacks some of the excitement of his other albums.