Taking Out Time 1967-1969

by The Spencer Davis Group

Overview

With the loss of Stevie Winwood, the Spencer Davis Group were just another rock band. But that didn't keep them from marching onwards until the end of the decade, with a few more personnel changes. This compilation of 20 previously unreleased tracks is taken from radio/TV broadcasts and studio outtakes, as well as their near-complete unreleased 1969 album, Letters From Edith. The 1967-1968 cuts are middling pop-flavored psychedelia that's heavy on the organ-guitar combination, with the odd slice of above-average material ("With Their New Face On") and strange stylistic detour (a couple of Jimmy Webb songs). Guitarist Ray Fenwick comes to the fore as songwriter on the Letters From Edith sessions. This finds them groping for a style -- some country-rock here, a bit of jazzy funk there, and some lowest-common-denominator psych-prog as well -- without much success, though the jazz-soul instrumental organ showcase "Firefly" isn't bad. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	08/26/2016
Label:	Cherry Red / Rpm
UPC:	5013929553309
Rank:	94620

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Time Seller
2. Don't Want You No More
3. Taking Out Time
4. Every Little Thing
5. Virginals Dream
6. Looking Back
7. Picture Of Her
8. Just Like Me
9. Possession
10. Mr Second Class
11. Sanity Inspector
12. After Tea
13. Moonshine
14. With His New Face On
15. Mr Second Class
16. Alec in Transitland
17. Sanity Inspector
18. Feel Your Way
19. Morning Sun
20. Moonshine
21. Don't Want You No More
22. Time Seller
23. Stop Me, I'm Falling
24. After Tea [Stereo]

Disc 2

25. (Aquarius) Der Wassermann
26. Let the Sunshine In
27. Short Change
28. Picture Of Heaven
29. I Met a Woman
30. Letters From Edith
31. Raintree Fever
32. What a Way to Die
33. Firefly (Funky)
34. Magical Day
35. I Guess I'm Wasting My Time
36. Misguided (Poor Misguided Woman)
37. And the Gods Came Down
38. New Jersey Turnpike
39. Magpie (The Murgatroyd Band)
40. Twice a Week (Murgatroyd Band)
41. I'm Lost
42. Pools Winner
43. Groove Extra
44. The Girls' Song
45. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In [Demo]
46. Feel Your Way [Backing Track]

Disc 3

47. Feel Your Way
48. Morning Sun
49. Taking Out Time
50. Picture of Her
51. Just Like Me
52. Possession
53. Don't Want You No More [BBC Radio Session 18.12.1967]
54. Interview [BBC Radio Session 18.12.1967]
55. Mr Second Class [BBC Radio Session 18.12.1967]
56. Time Seller [BBC Radio Session 18.12.1967]
57. Feel Your Way [BBC Radio Session 17.1.1968]
58. Taking Out Time [BBC Radio Session 17.1.1968]
59. Time Seller [BBC Radio Session 1701.1968]
60. Moonshine [BBC Radio Session 11.3.1968]
61. Interview [BBC Radio Session 11.3.1968]
62. After Tea [BBC Radio Session 11.3.1968]
63. Feel Your Way [BBC Radio Session 11.3.1968]
64. Dust My Blues [BBC Radio Session 24.6.1968]
65. Interview [BBC Radio Session 24.6.1968]
66. With His New Face On [BBC Radio Session 24.6.1968]
67. Mr Second Class [BBC Radio Session 24.6.1968]
68. Dust My Blues [Live: Empire Pool, Wembley 24.3.1968]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Spencer Davis Group   Primary Artist
Murgatroyd Band   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Eddie Hardin   Composer
Ray Fenwick   Composer
Kirk Duncan   Composer
Hans Van Eijck   Composer
Peter York   Composer
Spencer Davis   Composer