First Base/Amar Caballero

First Base/Amar Caballero Artist: Ruth Babe
Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5017261203823
ASIN: B0000085FX


Release Date: 2002-02-15

First Base/Amar Caballero


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Tracks:

  1. Wells Fargo
  2. Runaways
  3. King Kong
  4. Black Dog
  5. Mexican/For a Few Dollars More
  6. Joker
  7. Lady
  8. Broken Cloud
  9. Gimme Some Leg
  10. Baby Pride
  11. Cool Jerk
  12. We Are Holding On
  13. Doctor Love
  14. Amar Caballero (Sin Ton Ni Son) Medley: el Caballero de la Reina ...

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Album Description

Reissue on BGO of this pair of '70s albums by British rock band that featured the dynamic Jenny Haan on vocals. 1972's 'First Base' & 1974's 'Amar Caballero' have both been digitally remastered from the original master tapes. Also contains the original cover art of each and additional sleeve notes. 14 tracks total. 1998 release.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Do yourself a favor and buy this one........2003-12-21

First Base? This was the group's first album. Put this in your car's CD player and CRANK IT UP! The leader, guitarist, and principal writer, Alan Shacklock was a talent with whom to reckon. Check out the crunching "Wells Fargo" and the nimble guitar of "The Mexican" which has been covered a few times by other bands.

Amar Caballero- This one was the second album, and it is a mixed bag. Here Shacklock and the slightly revamped gang avoided the big guitar sound of the first and third albums: more brass, strings, funk, raggae, and jazz but it is really uneven with some weak songs. Weakend by an attempt to be a little too avant garde. Don't give up though; I think that Jenny Haan's voice is put to better use here. More singing and less screaming. Wait around for side 2 and listen for the Spanish guitar pieces, the beautiful "We are Holding On" and and steamy Latin "Amar Caballero." "Amar" is the REAL payoff since it contains some really killer guitar lines. The album finally moves--even the sad old horses on the cover finally break into a gallop.

Also the group released an eponymous album after this album which I highly recommend. It does not have the same cutting edge as First Base, but it is a definite departure from Amar Caballero. Faintly sounds almost kinda like Rush during the mid-seventies.

3 out of 5 stars Classic album...almost.......2002-11-10

Babe Ruth made three really fine albums. "First Base" is by far my favorite. Their self titled album and "Stealing Home" are excellent as well. "First Base" has some excellent rockers including: Black Dog, The Mexican/For a Few Dollars More, Joker, and (my favorite) The Runaways. Now..."Amar Caballero" is a major disappointment to me. There are a few nice songs (Lady, We are Holding On, and the title track) but the rest of them are really not worth listening to. If I had it to do over again, I would have purchased "First Base" as a single CD and not bothered buying this dual CD. I really do only listen to half of this CD. "First Base" is a classic..."Amar Caballero" is a waste of time.

5 out of 5 stars The Mexican.......2001-11-30

"The Mexican" was one of the original B-Boy cuts at the dawn of hip-hop. Required listening in the Bronx in the early 70s. I just received this CD and have been playing it all week. You will most likely find other gems on this disk but if you got it just for The Mexican you won't go wrong.

4 out of 5 stars HOME RUN.......2001-06-05

Agreed. Under-rated quartet failed to market themselves effectivley. Haan can out sing anyone from her era. Project suffers from lack of direction. Jenny should've been the frontis...they may have done more than splash. You can sense the promise, but later deliveries failed.

5 out of 5 stars

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