Spooky Two [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
Repertoire reissue of the band's 2nd album from 1969. Includes 4 bonus tracks 'That Was Only Yesterday'-monosingle version, 'Oh! Pretty Woman', 'Waiting For The Wind'-mono single version & 'Feelin' Bad'-mono single version. Packaged in a digipak. 2005.

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Spooky Two [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Average customer rating: a truly great album One of the finest recordings of its era. "For complete blues freaks only...."-Circus Magazine They've improved on perfection. New life breathed into a timeless classic

Spooky Two Spooky Tooth Manufacturer: Repertoire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Last Puff It's All About Witness You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw Humble Pie ASIN: B0009270HU Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

1. Waitin' for the Wind
2. Feelin' Bad
3. I've Got Enough Heartaches
4. Evil Woman
5. Lost in My Dream
6. That Was Only Yesterday
7. Better by You, Better Than Me
8. Hangman Hang My Shell on a Tree
9. That Was Only Yesterday [Mono-Single Version][*]
10. Oh! Pretty Woman [*]
11. Waiting for the Wind [Mono-Single Version][*]
12. Feelin' Bad [Mono-Single Version][*]

Album Description

Repertoire reissue of the band's 2nd album from 1969. Includes 4 bonus tracks 'That Was Only Yesterday'-monosingle version, 'Oh! Pretty Woman', 'Waiting For The Wind'-mono single version & 'Feelin' Bad'-mono single version. Packaged in a digipak. 2005.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered and Expanded Edtion of the Hard Rockin Band's Second Album. The Lineup Included Gary Wright ("Dreamweaver") on Keyboards, Greg Ridley (Later of Humble Pie) on Bass and Luther Grosvenor (Aka Ariel Bender of Mott the Hoople), Mike Kellie (Later in the Only Ones) with Mike Harrison on Vocals. This Disc Adds Three Mono Single Versions of "That was Only Yesterday", "Waiting for the Wind", "Feelin' Bad" and a Cover of Roy Orbison's "oh Pretty Woman".

Customer Reviews:

a truly great album.......2007-02-14

If this album were to be released today it would surely be Grammy material. Back in the late 60s and early 70s it was not unusual to have albums where virtually every song was a keeper, now its unheard of! This was one of my all time favs (I wore out 2 vinyls because at one point I required hearing it at minimum once a day). It has aged very well. Heard Evil Woman on XM the other day and realized how much I missed the album. I would have to say it would be in my Top 10 all time.

One of the finest recordings of its era........2007-01-29

Great songs, great singing, great playing, great arranging. The band included a future Humble Pie, Mott The Hoople, Only Ones, and Gary Wright and Mike Harrison as solo acts. If that doesn't tell you how much talent was in this band then sit down and listen. You won't regret a single moment. And some of the extra tracks are actually worth having!

"For complete blues freaks only...."-Circus Magazine.......2006-02-26

One day I was reading through the album reviews in the latest copy of Circus Magazine and I read this review about this band I had never heard of called Spooky Tooth. The reviewer declared that this album was for total blues freaks only and only someone totally into that genre would be truly able to appreciate it. Since I considered myself to be in that category I went down to the local 5 & 10 cent store and special ordered it the very next day.To this day I think this album is unequalled in the hard rock blues category.Lead guitarist Luther Grosvenor lays it down in a hard an unrelenting drive on "Evil Woman" while in other songs the vocals are almost like gospel.I've never heard an album that I felt from the mind,soul,gut and groin the way this one does.Luther Grosvenor went on to play with Mott the Hoople under the handle Ariel Bender and later with Widowmaker but never achieved the greatness he had with Spooky Tooth. Quite a shame.

They've improved on perfection........2006-01-03

In a previous review of this recording, I called it one of the masterpieces of rock. While that is still how I feel, this new edition has improved the sound, as well as adding a previously unreleased recording of "Oh Pretty Woman" that is fantastic. I didn't think that it could be done but this is an improved edition of the great "Spooky Two".

New life breathed into a timeless classic.......2005-06-14

In 1969, the British/American band Spooky Tooth released what would become one of the classic rock albums of all time. Featuring vocalist Mike Harrison, keyboardist/vocalist (and American) Gary Wright, guitarist Luther Grosvenor, the late Greg Ridley on bass and Mike Kellie on drums, this second release solidified their reputation as one of the truly unique and innovative groups on the scene. Simply put, there is not one weak moment on this album, and it stands the test of time. While the group took a near-fatal dive with their ill-fated third release, the nearly unlistenable electronic mess titled `Ceremony', `Spooky Two' hit the bulls-eye. With their ominous organ sound, wailing guitar, solid rhythm section and the dual vocal attack of Harrison and Wright, this album remains my single favorite rock album of all time. If I were stuck on the proverbial desert island with ten CDs, this would be number one on the list!

While this album has long been available as a domestic release, the newly released, remastered version just put out on the superb Repertoire label (import) occasions this review. Never have the songs sounded better; with enhanced separation and more depth, such songs as `Waitin' For the Wind', `Feeling Bad', `Evil Woman' and `That Was Only Yesterday' sound fresh and potent. As an added treat, this release features four additional tracks (three merely mono radio versions of album cuts), with one (Oh! Pretty Woman) previously only available on a bootleg titled `First Tooth' (and it was a poor sounding live version at that). In addition, Repertoire has replicated the original album design, making it a gatefold CD. There is a fascinating six-page booklet included, with commentary by Mike Harrison, containing lots of interesting trivia (Steve Winwood played piano on `I've Got Enough Heartaches', for example).

With so many well-hyped contemporary rock albums amounting to little more than third-rate dreck, it is a real treat to be able to hear music of this caliber sounding better than ever. If you were a fan of this album, this is a must-have replacement for the mediocre-sounding domestic release. If you are unfamiliar with this band, there is no better way to become acquainted than by grabbing this superlative Repertoire release. You will not be disappointed!

Average customer rating: POCO ORIGINAL... OTRO RIO QUE LLEGA AL MAR.... Great Blues Rock With a Heavy Delivery... this is the only one like this there is no other smooth acid trip diving into warm southern pond with magnoila leaves A 6 star mystery... A little gem, lost in the stars. Excellent tracks!

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Tracks:

1. Waitin' For The Wind
2. Feelin' Bad
3. I've Got Enough Heartaches
4. Evil Woman
5. Lost In My Dream
6. That Was Only Yesterday
7. Better By You, Better Than Me
8. Hangman Hang My Shell On A Tree

Customer Reviews:

POCO ORIGINAL... OTRO RIO QUE LLEGA AL MAR...........2007-04-17

DE LA PROLIFERACION DE BANDAS ANGLOPARLANTES DE LOS '70,NO ENCUENTRO MOTIVOS PARA DESTACAR ESTA PLACA....UNA MAS Y NADA MAS UE ESO..DESPUES DE TODO, ES MI HUMILDE OPINION....HUMM..HUMBLE PIE, DESCANSA TRANQUILO....

Great Blues Rock With a Heavy Delivery..........2006-11-30

My introduction to Spooky Tooth was through a local cover band in the early seventies that performed Waitin' For The Wind. I was completely enthralled with it and picked up the album expecting more like it. As it turned out, that particular song is somewhat of an anomaly compared to the rest of the album (Evil Woman being the only other heavy hitter). I was pleased nonetheless as it introduced me to their unique brand of music, and it has maintained its place over the years as one of my favorite albums. Its appeal has a lot to do with their ability to integrate obvious influences into a signature sound. What made them special rather than derivative involves subtle qualities that are hard to articulate. They had the advantage of distinctive vocals, which always helps, but their music also had a unique quality that separated them from similar bands. I would attribute that to a functional collaboration, a willingness of the stronger talent to accommodate the weaker, which made their music very engaging and varied. If that's the case, it was also a double edged sword. Over time they became their own worst enemy with experimental ambitions that kept fans guessing and ultimately frustrated. Regardless, Spooky Two represents the best of what they hoped to become, an inspired effort that belongs in any respectable rock music collection.

this is the only one like this there is no other smooth acid trip diving into warm southern pond with magnoila leaves.......2006-07-30

then later slopping around at at william faulkner's grandsons house that is if you don't drive into NO LA or have a fight over kentucky fried gone cold

The evil woman song is the sweet best of evil smooching in the lilacs all night long or was it magnolia anyway magnolia leaves hats off! to all those who tried harder to describe the indescribable then i did I was 16 then not knowing i was waiting for jeffrey's good old gun club sex beat (which by the way is impossible to find) You may copy my old memorex tape if you are real real careful! and the wipers highway to hell are on the other side Indiana Daze

A 6 star mystery..........2006-01-24

This album is as good as any album of the late 60s to mid 70s and beyond rock albums, but just never really got the attention. I'll never fully understand why...maybe because there were so many established groups about at the time this was released and Spooky Tooth had no big names? I bought the album based on the name and the fact that I had heard "Evil Woman" played on an 'underground' FM rock station back at the time this album was released. Based on that one song, I figured this album would be worth the $4.99 (yep, that's what the vinyl cost in 1969) if only for that song...boy, was I totally surprised to hear that "Evil Woman" was about the 3rd or 4th best cut on the album! Add to the mystery that this was basically their only above average album--so, if you didn't get this album first, you'd probably not want to buy anything else Spooky Tooth released including this album! Anyway, this is without question a 60's rock album that everyone who loves that genre of music must have! Kind of the "perfect storm" of rock albums (without question, Tooth's perfect storm!); it has all the necessary elements for unique greatness. To be honest, this album was so good that somebody actually stoled it from me! So, as soon as the CD was available, I grabbed it. If you are reading these reviews and have enough interest in this album to even consider buying it JUST BUY IT! You'll never ever regret it. My only regret is that I didn't wait for the remastered version...but who knows, I may spring for that version too in time.

A little gem, lost in the stars. Excellent tracks!.......2005-07-14

`Spooky Two' is, of course, the second album by `second British invasion band' Spooky Tooth who came to us with Traffic, Procol Harum, Yes, The Moody Blues, and King Crimson, just at the time when the great first wave bands such as the Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Kinks were peaking. With all this going on at the same time as the American rock Renaissance, it is easy to see how Spooky Tooth can be lost in the shuffle.

I would probably have never noticed them at all if it were not for their final album, `A Genuine Tong Funeral' which I sincerely believe is the second greatest Rock idiom composition in a traditional genre, after the Who's `Tommy'.

But getting back to `Spooky Two', it is a very good album which has the misfortune of coming out among dozens of other very good albums which sound very much alike. One hallmark of the `second British invasion' may be `fusion', with the most obvious landmark work being Procol Harum's `A Whiter Shade of Pale' based on a work by Johan Sebastian Bach. One of my other favorite examples is Rod Stewart's performance of `Ol' Man River' on Jeff Beck's first solo album, `Truth'.

Spooky Tooth has its share of fusion elements on this album, but they borrow more heavily from choral music, most especially gospel influenced choral music than from the Yes/King Crimson/Procol Harum/Emerson, Lake, and Palmer borrowings from symphonic works.

Most of the tracks on this CD reissue of the 1969 LP are written or co-written by Gary Wright who went on to a modestly successful solo career after the `Tong Funeral' LP (which, the last time I looked, is, unfortunately not available on CD).

If you happen to be making a collection of major 1960's performers' recordings, I recommend this one and their last conventional album, `The Last Puff'.

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