Roger Chapman - Streetwalkers (2024 Expanded & Remastered Edition) [1974] (2024) [44.1kHz/24bit]

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Roger Chapman - Streetwalkers (2024 Expanded & Remastered Edition) [1974] (2024) [44.1kHz/24bit]
Country: UK
Genre: Progressive Rock
Format: FLAC (*tracks)
Quality: Lossless [44,1kHz/24 bit]
Time: 01:06:50
Full Size: 680.84 MB

Review by Patrick Little

Streetwalkers, the band, put out three consistent albums of funky booze rock in the mid- to late '70s, but the origin of the band was not a mediocre affair. Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney led their previous outfit, Family, through eight LPs of limited success, breaking up the band in late 1973. But their partnership continued and months later they set out to record a one-off album as a duo. A number of colleagues contributed to the project, including alumni of Family (John Wetton, Rick Grech, Poli Palmer, Jim Cregan) and King Crimson (Wetton, Mike Giles, Boz Burrell, Ian Wallace, Mel Collins). The resulting LP, Streetwalkers, was released in May 1974. The mixture of rockers and ballads was not Family; yet there was added depth to the music, stemming from the evolved songwriting and from the involvement of so many musicians. "Roxianna" and "Showbiz Joe" were part New Orleans jazz, continuing the Americana feel of Family's last album. "Systematic Stealth," a lovely textured ballad, and the slinky "Creature Feature" demonstrate the range of Roger Chapman's unusual voice, from gravelly crooning to just plain gravel. The album's most stunning moments, "Parisienne High Heels" and "Hangman," are brooding and hair-raising in their energy and dark themes. Chapman and Whitney kept drummer Ian Wallace and horn player Mel Collins to form a touring group, adding bassist Phil Chen and guitarist Bob Tench. Only Tench would stay for the full-fledged Streetwalkers band, which embraced funk and hard rock in a less subtle way than this first venture. Whitney's biting lapsteel guitar would become a signature sound of the Streetwalkers, but the songwriting never matched what was accomplished on this album.

01. Parisienne High Heels (04:06)
02. Roxianna (02:48)
03. Systematic Stealth (02:22)
04. Call Ya (06:38)
05. Creature Feature (04:19)
06. Sue and Betty Jean (05:07)
07. Showbiz Joe (04:10)
08. Just Four Men (02:23)
09. Tokyo Rose (02:49)
10. Hangman (04:56)
11. The Crack (Single Version) (03:34)
12. Call Ya (First Mix) (06:40)
13. Get Out of My Life, Woman (Live, BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 27 June 1974) (04:42)
14. Roxianna (Live, BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 27 June 1974) (02:40)
15. Systematic Stealth (Live, BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 27 June 1974) (02:29)
16. Tokyo Rose (Live, BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 27 June 1974) (02:26)
17. Hangman (Live, BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 27 June 1974) (04:41)

Roger Chapman - vocals, percussion
John Wetton, Rick Grech - bass
Godfrey MacLean - congas
Ian Wallace, Michael Giles - drums
Charlie Whitney, Neil Hubbard - guitar
Max Middleton, Tim Hinkley - keyboards
Jim Cregan, John Wetton, Linda Lewis, Tim Hinkley - backing vocals
Mel Collins - bass clarinet, clarinet, saxophone
Del Newman - string arrangements

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