Anthology

Anthology Artist: Bedlam
Label: Majestic Rock
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 822927008620
EAN: 0822927008620
ASIN: B00013TBPG


Release Date: 2004-04-01

Anthology


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Tracks:

  1. 1812 Thrashed
  2. Swlabr
  3. Hideaway
  4. For Your Love
  5. Stepping Out
  6. Funky Woman
  7. Ring of Fire
  8. Munich City [Live]
  9. Hot Lips
  10. At the Gateway
  11. Candy (Rainbow Over New York)
  12. Share With You
  13. Dave's Ditty for Cozy

Tracks:

  1. I Believe in You [Live]
  2. Beast [Live]
  3. Great Game [Live]
  4. Set Me Free [Live]
  5. Interview [Live]
  6. Fool [Live]

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars +1/2 -- Little known '70s UK rock supergroup.......2007-05-07

Bedlam's short, two-year tenure made them one of the UK's least-known rock supergroups. After only one LP, the members drawn from Truth (vocalist Frank Aiello), Procol Harum (guitarist Dave Ball), Long John Baldry (bassist Dennis Ball), and the Jeff Beck Group (drummer Cozy Powell), spread back out across the rock scene. Their one studio effort, 1972's "Bedlam," showed the band to be a talented, bluesy hard-rock outfit in the vein of the Jeff Beck group and Rory Gallagher's band, but without the new twist of originality that might have sustained interest.

This 2-CD anthology collects additional studio tracks (the band's debut studio LP is available separately on CD), as well as a helping of live tracks from a 1973 concert that was belatedly released in 2003 (and is also available separately). Bedlam displays a similar sensibility to other UK blues groups like Cream and the Yardbirds, but with '70s boogie and heavy-rock vibes (ala Johnny Winter and Grand Funk) replacing the psychedelia of the '60s. Perhaps that change can be credited to producer Felix Pappalardi, who'd continue in the same vein as a member of Mountain.

The studio tracks collected here offer a large helping of covers, including a Beck-like turn on Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture," Cream's "Swalbr," the Yardbirds' "For Your Love," and Freddie King's (via John Mayall's) "Hideaway." The live set includes a few titles from the debut LP and a sprawling 21-minute hard-rock jam on Sanford Clark's '50s rockabilly chestnut "The Fool." The latter is Spinal Tap-esque in its extended guitar solos.

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  2. The Sky, The Stars, And the Great Beyond... ~ Transmission Ok
  3. Devil's Pleasures ~ Slaves
  4. Maximum Disturbed ~ Disturbed
  5. Pesky Gee! ~ Pesky Gee!
  6. Progress ~ Clowns for Progress
  7. Rebellion ~ The Durutti Column
  8. Do You Wonder ~ Shawn Phillips
  9. Modified Additive
  10. Here We Go With... ~ The Coke Dares

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