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Steve Marriott - Rainy Changes: Rare Recordings 1973-1991 (2007) [CD Rip]

Steve Marriott - Rainy Changes: Rare Recordings 1973-1991 (2007) [CD Rip]

BAND/ARTIST: Steve Marriott

  • Title: Rainy Changes: Rare Recordings 1973-1991
  • Year Of Release: 2007
  • Label: 2000 Fruitgum Corp.
  • Genre: Blues, Rock, Soul
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks+cue+log+scans) | MP3 320 kbps
  • Total Time: 2:00:09
  • Total Size: 775 MB | 300 MB
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Tracklist:
CD 1:
01. Banter (0:57)
02. Poor Mans Rich Man (2:03)
03. Banter (0:47)
04. Thirty Day Shuffle (3:41)
05. Heartbreaker (2:08)
06. Midnight Of My Life (4:12)
07. Get Down To It (3:41)
08. It's All Over (3:18)
09. Think (3:33)
10. Banter (0:56)
11. Sea Of Change (2:30)
12. I Need Your Love (Like A Fish Needs A Raincoat) (Home Demo 1987) (2:42)
13. Let's Spend The Night Together (2:08)
14. Infatuation (3:16)
15. Jesus Loves Me (Blackberries On Lead Vocals) (1:32)
16. Soldier (With Los Angeles Philarmonic Orchestra) (3:42)
17. Rainy Changes (4:02)
18. Toe Rag (Feat. 2 Year Old Toby Marriott ) (1:46)
19. Poll Tax Blues (3:45)
20. Banter (0:20)

CD 2:
01. They Call It Love (But It Smells Like Pussy) (3:38)
02. Run Rudolph Run (2:10)
03. Nobody But You (1:30)
04. Phone Call Away (3:28)
05. If You Find What You're Looking For (3:22)
06. Say The Word (3:32)
07. Sweet Nuthins (2:53)
08. Looking Through At You (3:32)
09. Happy Birthday, Birthday Girl (3:08)
10. Some Kind Of Wonderful (5:33)
11. Save Your Love For Me (2:20)
12. An Itch You Can't Scratch (2:21)
13. Two Lane Fever (3:31)
14. Paying The Price (2:50)
15. I Never Loved A Woman (3:05)
16. Stay With Me Baby (4:16)
17. Oh Well (4:39)
18. Out Of The Blue (4:20)
19. I Won't Let You Down (4:26)
20. Bigger They Come, Harder They Fall (4:26)

Rainy Changes is compilation of Steve Marriott material, much of which was previously unreleased. The time-line of this material ranges from 1973 up to his final recordings with Peter Frampton shortly before his death in 1991. This includes the full unreleased album from 1987 (tracks 4-14 on disc 2).

This "missing" Official Receivers album features PP Arnold, Sam Brown and Margo Buchanan on backing vocals. These tracks are probably more polished and less "raw" than many of the tracks on the CD. An Itch You Can't Scratch is one of the highlights of this missing album. A track that is finally released is Phone Call Away written by Steve and long-time bass player Jim Leverton. This song may already be familiar to many as it was sung by Dennis Greaves of Nine Below Zero at the 2001 Steve Marriott Memorial Concert.

Steve Marriott had one of the best voices in music. The overriding feature of this collection is while the songs may not be as well-known or as "instant" as Small Faces or Humble Pie material, what does come across extremely well is the quality of Steve Marriott's vocals and his cockney humour. One of Marriott's strongest and most soulful performances with the Small Faces was Every Little Bit Hurts. Have a listen to his own composition Midnight of My Life on here for a repeat. For another really powerful Marriott vocal performance Stay With Me Baby is sure to blow off the roof.

There are plenty of "heavier" rock tracks such as Infatuation. Joe Brown's Soldier is a particularly strong track and had been mooted as a possible single. With its orchestral backing, Soldier is one of the true rarities that can now be heard.

The final three tracks are the result of a collaboration with Peter Frampton, Marriott's former Humble Pie colleague, that were recorded slightly before Marriott's death in 1991. Out of the Blue is the outstanding track of the three. The remaining two are standard American-style rock that do not really add anything. However, Out of the Blue does show what might have been......

The CD contains a number of cover versions, possibly some that might not have been expected of Marriott such as the Rolling Stones' Let's Spend the Night Together, Peter Green's Oh Well, Chuck Berry's Run Rudolph Run and Brenda Lee's Sweet Nuthins. Oh Well, in particular, sounds quite different due its use of acoustic rather than electric guitar for the trademark riff.

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