Terry Reid - RiverVery underrated British blues ish vocalist, who was asked by Jimmy Page to be vocalist with his new group which became Led Zeppelin. This is Reid's 1973 album for Atlantic Records, recorded in California and produced by Tom Dowd, with two tracks recorded in London by Eddie Offord. The album contains all original compositions (unusual for Reid). Accompanying Reid, amongst others, are long time collaborators David Lindley and Alan White. Commercially

and it felt right because it looked at something smaller: the weird

As listeners came gathering and gathering

the resultant performances are truly breathtaking and passionate

serving to offset the pastoral and ambient registers heard elsewhere

I think I actually enjoyed that treatment…being stripped back to the bare basics…albeit painfully”

quickly developing into an unexpected collective with the incorporation of drummer Bobby Voltaire

manipulated samples and a borrowed Jupiter 4 in the wake of Endtroducing

A rapturous aura permeates opener Govinda Jai Jai with Alice leading on Fender Rhodes

remember old songs and let the music come

dimensional

one we've been lovingly archiving for the past few years

Oyamada created his creative alter-ego (the name is an homage to the Planet of the Apes)