Album
The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
1971 · Rock
64 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys is a Rock album by Traffic, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 209 pressings tracked, owned by 64 collectors.
About
Traffic’s fifth album shows the band at the peak of its powers. The songwriting is superlative, the jams are soaring, and the band’s two constituent modes were never better fused. For the most part <i>The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys</i> is more hushed and relaxed than Traffic had been in the past. “Hidden Treasure” and “Many a Mile to Freedom” find Steve Winwood toning down his earthy holler to sing in a low whisper, atop grooves best defined by the latter song’s lyrics: “Then together we flow like the river / Then together we melt like the snow.” Ironically, it's usually silent drummer Jim Capaldi who shows off his formidable pipes on the heavy funk-rock of “Rock ‘n’ Roll Stew” and “Light up Or Leave Me Alone.” The album’s title track is probably Traffic’s greatest moment. “The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” is something actor Michael J. Pollard wrote to Jim Capaldi while both were traveling in Morocco. Traffic interpreted it to refer to the grassroots power of the counterculture, and the song’s anthemic jam resounds as a mysterious tribute to the Woodstock generation.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Hidden Treasure4:16
- A2The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys12:10
- A3Light Up Or Leave Me Alone5:00
Side B
- B1Rock 'N' Roll Stew4:29
- B2Many A Mile To Freedom7:30
- B3Rainmaker7:39
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Psych Rock
- layered
- brooding
- psychedelic
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Original UK release in fully laminated die-cut cover with Traffic logo printed on labels on the right hand side on both sides (see images).
Matching printed thick paper graphic inner sleeve.
Recorded at Island Studios, London.
Ⓟ 1971
The tracklist on the back cover does not match the actual one listed above. However, it appears correctly on the labels.
Month of release from Record Collector Magazine Sept 1994 p.112
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chris WoodSAXOPHONE , FLUTE SAXOPHONE, FLUTE SAXOPHONE, HORNS
- Jim CapaldiDRUMS, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS GUITAR, PERCUSSION, VOCALS VOCALS
- Jim GordonDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Rebop Kwaku BaahPERCUSSION
- Rick GrechBASS BASS , VIOLIN BASS, VIOLIN
- Steve WinwoodGUITAR, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS KEYBOARDS, VOCALS, GUITAR VOCALS , GUITAR , PIANO , ORGAN
- Mike KellieDRUMS
64 collectors on Gatefold own this · 209 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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