Kristi Kimsey - As I Look Back (2021) Hi-Res

With a soul singer's power and a jazz singer's agility, Kristi Kimsey settles gracefully into the grooves of her songs, plays around with meter and melody, and teases out all the possibilities held within every note. She's a commanding vocalist who never delivers a line the same way twice. The recordings on As I Look Back, set to tape in the late 1970s and only just recently rediscovered, chronicle an important era in her life when she was coming into her own as an artist. They also document her close-knit circle of friends and fellow artists, which included Alvin Lee, Keith Richards, Frank Carillo, and Kristi's husband, producer/engineer Chris Kimsey-all of whom contributed to her debut. Her story is one of perseverance, acceptance, innovation, and-most of all, she declares unabashedly-love. "Then and now, this whole project is about love. The songs are all about loving someone and being loved and expressing that."

As I Look Back is a compilation of recently uncovered songs by singer-songwriter Kristi Kimsey that were recorded between 1977 and 1979 in three different countries. Almost all of the tracks were recorded in 1978 at Longview Farm Studios in Massachusetts with the exception of Let’s Go Steady Again which was recorded in 1979 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau Bahamas and Trying To Get Back To You (Hook End) which was recorded in 1977 by Alvin Lee at his Space Studios in Hook End, UK.