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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Incense by the Anglos has been released on CD as part of the Spencer Davis Group The Singles on BR. All the SDG and Traffic singles are included on this great CD, + the above mentioned Anglos single. A must buy for all Stevie Winwood fans.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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If you first heard these tracks in the 60s or 70s and thought they were great at the time, then buy this CD. If you've never heard them before but appreciate great music played by expert musicians you won't be disappointed. These seldom played tracks are for the most part timeless in their appeal. I bought the cd essentially for one track "Incense". I never knew before who the Anglos were, and at the time believed them to be a Black soul band. I loved the single, and today it sounds even better, some 40 years later. The sound quality throughout this CD is excellent and with this number of tracks is truly value for money. Highly recommended
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Although a Dutch release, this gives you all the SDG's UK single titles, except for the very last, Short Change. I'd never even heard of this - anorak prize awarded to anyone who has heard it - but it's a pity it's missing. I assume it wasn't released in Holland.
The early singles demonstrate what a good R&B outfit the original SDG were. They have lasted better than the corresponding R&B efforts of many of their equally illustrious contemporaries.
There are a few UK B sides, plus both sides of a Dutch single Georgia On My Mind/Nobody knows you when you're down and out, with Winwood at the zenith of his "Young Ray Charles" phase. As this is a Dutch label, I assume these two tracks are included with the Dutch market in mind.
The compilation of course includes their four biggest hits - Keep on running, Somebody help me, Gimme some lovin and I'm a man. Listening to the last two of these, their last singles before Winwood left, you have to wonder whether they are SDG efforts or really try-outs for the embryonic Traffic. The version of Gimme some lovin is the "enriched" US version, which reputedly had contributions by members of Traffic. (I prefer the simpler UK version, which is seldom heard these days, but this is an issue of personal choice.)
The post-Winwood SDG clearly missed its inspirational wunderkind. Time Seller and Mr Second Class are passable, but After Tea sounds like a pale imitation of early Traffic, both musically and lyrically.
The CD also includes six of Traffic's best-known tracks, which is a bonus if you haven't got them. Actually the sleeve notes say it includes a seventh, "Empty Faces from 1970", but it doesn't. I assume this title is in error for "Empty Pages". This is a double whammy - misquote a title and then leave the track off the CD. Groups like the SDG and Traffic deserve better attention than this; it's not rocket science. (It appears there was a track called "Empty Faces" by a later Dutch band produced by Jim Capaldi, but I suspect this is pure coincidence, and it doesn't let the sleeve note writer off the hook.)
The last track is Incense, by the Anglos. The jury is out on whether this has any real connection with the SDG; the track is competent but forgettable.
Five stars for value, but I have to subtract one for the sloppy editorial/compilation job. As well as the "Empty Faces" fiasco, the sleeve note writer says that When I come home was a UK Top 5 hit, though the CD's table of chart positions correctly says it got only to #12. He also mentions Traffic's split in 1968, but gives no hint to the uninitiated that they later re-formed with further success. It's better to have no sleeve notes at all rather than second-rate ones.
The early singles demonstrate what a good R&B outfit the original SDG were. They have lasted better than the corresponding R&B efforts of many of their equally illustrious contemporaries.
There are a few UK B sides, plus both sides of a Dutch single Georgia On My Mind/Nobody knows you when you're down and out, with Winwood at the zenith of his "Young Ray Charles" phase. As this is a Dutch label, I assume these two tracks are included with the Dutch market in mind.
The compilation of course includes their four biggest hits - Keep on running, Somebody help me, Gimme some lovin and I'm a man. Listening to the last two of these, their last singles before Winwood left, you have to wonder whether they are SDG efforts or really try-outs for the embryonic Traffic. The version of Gimme some lovin is the "enriched" US version, which reputedly had contributions by members of Traffic. (I prefer the simpler UK version, which is seldom heard these days, but this is an issue of personal choice.)
The post-Winwood SDG clearly missed its inspirational wunderkind. Time Seller and Mr Second Class are passable, but After Tea sounds like a pale imitation of early Traffic, both musically and lyrically.
The CD also includes six of Traffic's best-known tracks, which is a bonus if you haven't got them. Actually the sleeve notes say it includes a seventh, "Empty Faces from 1970", but it doesn't. I assume this title is in error for "Empty Pages". This is a double whammy - misquote a title and then leave the track off the CD. Groups like the SDG and Traffic deserve better attention than this; it's not rocket science. (It appears there was a track called "Empty Faces" by a later Dutch band produced by Jim Capaldi, but I suspect this is pure coincidence, and it doesn't let the sleeve note writer off the hook.)
The last track is Incense, by the Anglos. The jury is out on whether this has any real connection with the SDG; the track is competent but forgettable.
Five stars for value, but I have to subtract one for the sloppy editorial/compilation job. As well as the "Empty Faces" fiasco, the sleeve note writer says that When I come home was a UK Top 5 hit, though the CD's table of chart positions correctly says it got only to #12. He also mentions Traffic's split in 1968, but gives no hint to the uninitiated that they later re-formed with further success. It's better to have no sleeve notes at all rather than second-rate ones.
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Not A Singles Replacement CD
1) The Gimme Some Lovin cut is the messy US release, not the much superior UK mix.
2) Most of the best of the SDG B sides are missing from this compilation, elbowed off... Read more
2) Most of the best of the SDG B sides are missing from this compilation, elbowed off... Read more
Published on 5 April 2009 by AlanMusicMan
Incenced!
Some great songs and great performances.The only problem is the fact that "Incence" by the Anglos is nothing to do with The Spencer Davis Group. Read more
Published on 15 July 2008 by Mr. T. R. Bailey
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