10-12-2011, 03:38
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HUMBLE PIE "natural born bugie-the immediate anthology" cd,2000.
got this one some time ago as i didnt have any Humble Pie...even asked Tiggi his opinion of these guys but said his knowledge was not as good as it should be so he couldnt offer advice...
anyway,
Humble Pie were a so-called late sixties supergroup made up of Small Faces ex-vocalsit Steve Marriott and The Herd's Peter Frampton.
as with most supergroups, the hype of the members far outweighed the chart success of the acts(cream are a classic example).
this is a double cd set containing 34 tracks from both Humble Pie studio albums from 1969, plus outtakes,unreleased and live tracks....
although only gaining 'cult' status in the UK and US, Humble Pie did pave the way for fellow UK blues rockers Led Zepplin to crack the US market, in the early 1970s, they were pretty much 'equals' in terms of audiences on US/UK tours.
interestingly enough, Steve Marriott turned down Jimmy Page's offer to front Led Zepplin in favour of Humble Pie,thus Plant got the Zep gig!
this album does contain a few good solos from guitarist Frampton, but the overall sound is pretty much in line with Marriott's vision for what he wanted the Small Faces to be,unfortunately for him they didnt have the same vision and Marriott departed ways with them, they then became The Faces with Rod Stewart on vocal duties.
not much outstanding on here, but at the same time nothing so bad it would warrant only "*"...so this set comes out at a flatlined "2.0"
links from the album for a taster of what Humble Pie were all about:
natural born bugie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAZlf_9ObLg live
alabama '69
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8SbKAC_6AY live
the sad bag of shaky jake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeKW4oFg-KA live
growing closer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYn4f0YL0S4 audio
desperation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUnOgg-A3MU live audio
as safe as yesterday is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmtTJJ2muU audio
buttermilk boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE41PzpKFYo live audio
every mothers son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLehj2qzLnQ audio
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.

