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1970 RECORDING ON POLYDOR USA CD
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a must-have album - no drums, but you do not even notice. Great songs, great musicians and just a fantastic laid back feel. Possibly one of Harvey Mandels greatest albums also.
I first heard it on vinyl when i was 14 or so, and now at 50 years old, I still love it and have it on my mp3 player.
Oh, and love the violin also. The late Sugar Cane Harris - sadly missed.
I first heard it on vinyl when i was 14 or so, and now at 50 years old, I still love it and have it on my mp3 player.
Oh, and love the violin also. The late Sugar Cane Harris - sadly missed.
Format:Audio CD
This album is noteworthy in JM's huge catalogue because of the brilliant fiddle playing by Don "Sugarcane" Harris, the solid bass of Larry Taylor and the inspired guitar work of Harvey Mandel (the latter two stalwarts of Canned Heat at its height). It is also notable for not having a drummer - a great relief given that recordings today tend to put the drums so far up in the mix that they become the dominant instrument.
Most of the songs on the album are love songs and range from the bass driven upbeat "You must be crazy" to the slow whining "Crying" - an outstanding blues track with Sugarcane squeezing every drop of emotion out of his electric fiddle. But, for me, the stand out track was (and still is) the opening number "Nature's Disappearing". When I heard that track it was the first time in my life I had heard of the dangers of pollution and the other environmental issues raised and it influenced my thinking on the issues ever after. Of course the ideas expressed in the song are no longer fresh, but what is so depressing is that 40 years on the appeal to do something about the state we are getting the planet into is more needed than ever. Amongst blues and rock fans, "Nature's Disappearing" may have recruited more people to Greenpeace than the voyages of Rainbow Warrior.
Without a single dud track, USA Union is one of the best albums in JM's long and celebrated career.
Most of the songs on the album are love songs and range from the bass driven upbeat "You must be crazy" to the slow whining "Crying" - an outstanding blues track with Sugarcane squeezing every drop of emotion out of his electric fiddle. But, for me, the stand out track was (and still is) the opening number "Nature's Disappearing". When I heard that track it was the first time in my life I had heard of the dangers of pollution and the other environmental issues raised and it influenced my thinking on the issues ever after. Of course the ideas expressed in the song are no longer fresh, but what is so depressing is that 40 years on the appeal to do something about the state we are getting the planet into is more needed than ever. Amongst blues and rock fans, "Nature's Disappearing" may have recruited more people to Greenpeace than the voyages of Rainbow Warrior.
Without a single dud track, USA Union is one of the best albums in JM's long and celebrated career.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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when I first heard it on vinyl I loved the fact mayall hadnt used any drums, which gave the sound such a soft edge, the lyrics are so intelligent and JM has a beautuful canned heatish type of voice which I think is bute!!
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