Boogie Brothers / Wire Fire

Great price and value , arrived on time,very happy with my order.

took me back in time really enjoyed both albums

Savoy Brown are one of the legendary names of British blues-rock and BGO continue their "two-fer" reissues of the band's albums with 1974's "Boogie Brothers" and the following year's "Wire Fire" together on a value for money two-disc package.Only mainstay Kim Simmonds remained from previous album "Jack The Toad", with vocalist Miller Anderson and the rhythm section of Jim Leverton and Eric Dillon all joining from Hemlock who had recently released a self-titled debut album on Deram. In addition, former Chicken Shack main man Stan Webb was also on board. Originally planning to call themselves the Boogie Brothers, the reputation of the Savoy Brown name eventually saw them stick with that.Simmonds wrote the powerful funk-rock opener `Highway Blues' and the laidback instrumental album closer `Threegy Blues'. Webb's sole writing contribution was the brooding blues of `My Love's Lying Down', while there's also a cover of Bo Diddley's `You Don't Love Me'.The remaining five tracks were all written and sung by Miller Anderson. The superb acoustic ballad `Always The Same' features just Anderson (vocal / acoustic guitar) and Simmonds (steel guitar), while the Lynyrd Skynyrd-esque `Everybody Loves A Drinking Man' is notable for some sizzling Simmonds slide guitar playing.Anderson's other cuts are the groovy `Me And The Preacher' (also featuring some fine Simmonds slide guitar) and the more formulaic blues-rock anthems `Rock `N' Roll Star' and `Boogie Brothers'. The album performed well in the US, but was not a success in the UK and was to be the last Savoy Brown album to be issued in the UK by Decca.By the time of 1975's "Wire Fire" the band line-up had completely changed again! Rejoining Simmonds from an earlier line-up were Paul Raymond (keyboards, vocal and second guitar) and drummer Dave Bidwell - Tommy Farnell also played drums on some of the tracks after Bidwell left. On bass duties was new boy Andy Rae.Simmonds and Raymond co-wrote all but one of the tracks, the exception being the Simmonds-penned `Born Into Pain'. The closing two tracks aside, the album has a lighter feel overall than "Boogie Brothers" - bordering on mainstream pop/rock in places. It's not without merit but would have to be regarded as one of their weakest albums. It didn't gain a UK release at the time, only appearing in Germany and America.This remastered BGO set comes complete with a 12-page booklet containing original artwork, credits and extensive notes by David Wells.

got it on time

This is a good pair of CD's. Boogie Brothers is a quality recording od SB in 1974 from theit North American tour. Wire Fire is a quality recording of how the band progressed.

As with a lot of the Savoy Brown albums, these albums were a time of personnel change (except for the founder, Kim Simmonds) but the high quality of the music stayed the same. The keyboardist/guitarist Paul Raymond, who wrote or co-wrote a lot of the material, is still playing and touring with UFO which he joined shortly after these albums in 1976.

excellent groupe de blues rock, Savoy Brown a connu depuis sa création en 1966 à Londres bien des changements de personnel. D'ailleurs ils ont toujours eu plus de succès aux USA qu'en Angleterre, ce qui est surprenant vu que c'est là que cette explosion du british blues a pris racine dans la foulée de Mayall, Korner... Seul Kim Simmonds (guitare) est toujours resté fidèle au poste et donc leader de la formation. Sur "Boogie brothers" qui date de 1974 (leur 11e LP) il est rejoint par Stan Webb (ancien leader de Chicken Shack, autre groupe de blues rock de cette époque) ainsi que par Miller Anderson tous deux au chant et guitare. Cela donne de super morceaux avec des solos entrecroisés. "Wild fire" de 1975 ne continuera pas la formule, le personnel ayant encore changé et c'est Paul Raymond qui vient jouer la seconde guitare laissant Simmonds seul en leader car c'est surtout un habile pianiste claviériste.Il va jouer 6 albums avec Simmonds avant de rejoindre UFO. Néanmoins avoir couplé ces deux albums d'une des formations les plus intéressantes du blues rock est une bonne idée, d'autant plus qu'un livret de 12 pages raconte l'histoire du groupe.

60年代から活動するバンドが、74年と75年に発表した11thと12thの2inCDです。 現在もリーダーのキム・シモンズ(g)を中心にバンドは存続してますが、やはり全盛期は本作を発表した70年代半ば位まででしょうか。 “BOOGIE BROTHES”は、前作発表後にシモンズのみを残してメンバー全員脱退したため、かつてはライバル関係と目されたチキン・シャックのスタン・ウェッブとキーフ・ハートリー・バンドのミラー・アンダーソンが加入し、トリプル・ギターという豪華な編成で制作された作品です。このメンバーが顔を揃えるのは本作限りなので貴重な競演とも言えます。 トリプルギターという事で全編エゴ向き出しのギターバトルかと思いきや、ソロやボーカルを分け合い、楽曲もそれぞれが持ち味を出していて粒揃いです。 全9曲中ミラー・アンダーソンが5曲、ウェッブが1曲、シモンズが2曲(残り1曲はカバー)とやはりアンダーソンの活躍が目立ちますが、シモンズも随所にらしいソロを披露してます。 特にタイトル曲(アンダーソン作)は、アルバム中出色の出来で、シモンズのソロも絶品です。 “WIRE FIRE”は、前作後のやはりメンバー総入れ替え後の作品で、後にUFOで活躍するポール・レイモンド(Vo、Key)が加入、シモンズと殆どの楽曲を共作してます。そのせいか、ブルーズばかりでなく、ポップな曲もありバラエティに富んだ内容です。 本作でのベストは(5)でしょうか。 哀調帯びた歌メロも良いですが、泣きまくりのシモンズのギターが最高です。