A ROBBY'S RELEASE
JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER AND THE TRINITY - STREETNOISE (1969)
One of those records that thrills from the very start. It was recorded in London in the late sixties, and probably, that is one of the reasons why it brings that feeling of loss and sadness in most of its songs ("Czechoslovakia", "When I Was Young" "In Search Of The Sun", "Vauxhall To Lambeth Bridge") but, at the same time, of hope ("Take me to the water" and Laura Nyro's "Save the country" would be examples).
Julie Driscoll's voice is just breathtaking, powerful, determinant and yet suggestive (one of the best british female singers of her generation), in songs like "A word about color" and "When I was a Young Girl" she provides more emotion and intensity in one line than most of the average female singers in the boring world of pop music these days.
The record contains covers to songs like the classic "Light My fire" (wrongly quoted as a Jim Morrison's composition on the credits) leaving nothing to be desired in comparison to the original, in fact, it becomes a new entity on its own, overlapping with the classic "Indian Rope Man", furthermore, among all the covers of the album, there is the classic song "Flesh failures" from the (by then) musical HAIR.
There are a couple of instrumental songs also, showing the incredible skills of Mr. Auger at the ivories. We can also listen to him singing in superb compositions like "Looking in the eye of the world".
This is one of these records with a very special atmosphere, a must-have, not for only fans of the genre, but for every true music lover.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Tropic of capricorn
- Czechoslovakia
- Take me to the water
- Light My fire
- Indian Rope man
- When I was a young girl
- Looking in the eye of the world
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JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER AND THE TRINITY - STREETNOISE (1969)
Este es uno de esos discos que destila intensidad por todos lados, grabado en Londres a finales de los sesenta, el disco transmite una sensación tanto de tristeza y obscuridad ("Czechoslovakia", "When I Was Young" "In Search Of The Sun", "Vauxhall To Lambeth Bridge") como de esperanza ("Take me to the water" , sería un ejemplo, así como la versión del "Save the Country" de Laura Nyro).
La voz de Julie Driscoll, en muchas ocasiones, estremeze. Poderosa, determinante y al mismo tiempo sugerente (una de las mejores cantantes británicas de la época), en "Word about color" y "Vauxhall To Lambeth Bridge" transmite más "feeling" e intensidad en una sola línea que muchas de las cantantes actuales que pululan por el aburrido panorama musical actual.
El disco contiene rendiciones al clásico "Light My Fire" (atribuido erróneamente a Jim Morrison en los créditos) que no solo no tiene nada que envidiar a la original, sino que crea una versión con entidad propia, (de hecho está considerada una de las mejores versiones de susodicha canción) fundiéndose con el clásico "Indian Rope Man", aparte, entre las numerosas versiones que el disco contiene, aparece el "Flesh Failures" del (por entonces) musical HAIR.
Las instrumentales del disco (menos numerosas que en su anterior disco "Open") dan buena muestra del buen hacer de Mr. Auger al hammond, aparte se le puede oír a la voz en la introspectiva "Looking in the eye of the world" y en la desesperada "In search of the sun".
Está es una de esas grabaciones con una atmósfera muy especial, sin duda, un disco de obligada escucha, no solo para los amantes del género, sino por todo amante de la buena mœsica en general, la que realmente vale la pena, por supuesto.
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