Steve Miller Band - J50: The Evolution Of The Joker (2023) [FLAC]

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Steve Miller Band - J50_ The Evolution Of The Joker (2023) [FLAC]
Country: USA
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Format: FLAC (*tracks)
Quality: Lossless [44,1kHz/16 bit]
Time: 02:01:24
Full Size: 738.19 MB

Steve Miller's segue from the late '60s cosmic blues of Sailor and Children of the Future into his new role as a "space cowboy" was a gradual one that took place mostly out of the public eye and over a half dozen albums that would be largely unrecognizable to many of Miller's latest fans. Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden, Your Saving Grace, and Rock Love were weedy, ramshackle affairs that sound as unfocused as they do uncommercial but they were also where he worked out the foundational compositional approaches that would define his sound throughout the '70s.

You can hear the transformation on this J50 set, and the "early" version of "Mary Lou" may be the very point at which things pivoted. In this studio rehearsal take, the song sounds like a clanking, loose-limbed blues-raver (much like many of the tracks that Miller recorded a couple years previously), with banging percussion, warbly keyboard lines, and vocals that are high on vibe and low on precision. This set immediately sequences the album version of "Mary Lou" after the rehearsal, so you can easily hear that it's the same song. Whereas the rehearsal version wouldn't have been out of place on Rock Love, the album version-with all the same component parts, just rendered in a distinctly more thoughtful manner-is an absolutely new sound for the Steve Miller Band, the one that would make him one of the biggest stars of the decade.

01. Steve Miller Commentary 1 (00:19)
02. Children Of The Future (Live In Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 1972) (03:04)
03. Brave New World (Live In Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 1972) (02:38)
04. Dear Mary (Live In Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 1972) (01:45)
05. Space Cowboy (Live In Berkeley, CA, July 14, 1972) (02:31)
06. Ginger Man (Live In Berkeley, CA, July 14, 1972) (02:59)
07. Nothing Lasts (Live In Berkeley, CA, July 14, 1972) (03:10)
08. Steve Miller Commentary 2 (00:36)
09. Sugar Babe (Early Version) (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972) (01:45)
10. Sugar Babe (Live In Columbus, OH, December 8, 1973) (04:15)
11. Sugar Babe (Remastered 1990) (04:35)
12. Mary Lou (Early Version) (Studio Rehearsal, January 19, 1973) (03:57)
13. Mary Lou (Remastered 1990) (02:25)
14. Steve Miller Commentary 3 (00:21)
15. Hat (Pre-"Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma") (Live In Sacramento, CA, June 6, 1971) (03:21)
16. Say Hey Ray (Pre-"Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma") (Studio Rehearsal, July 27, 1973) (03:51)
17. White Elephant (Pre-"Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma") (Studio Rehearsal, June 21, 1973) (07:31)
18. Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma (Early Version) (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972) (01:14)
19. Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma (Remastered 1990) (05:41)
20. Steve Miller Commentary 4 (01:09)
21. Your Cash Aint Nothin but Trash (Early Version) (Studio Jam, July 5, 1973) (03:42)
22. Your Cash Aint Nothin But Trash (Remastered 1990) (03:22)
23. Lidi (Twang Guitar) (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972) (01:37)
24. Lidi (Studio, August 4, 1973) (01:51)
25. Lidi / Travelin' (Harmonics - Looking for a Chorus for "The Joker") (Hotel 4-Track, November 3, 1972) (01:59)
26. Travelin' (Looking for a Chorus for "The Joker") (Live Radio, July 1, 1973) (02:07)
27. The Joker (Remastered 2017) (04:25)
28. Steve Miller Commentary 5 (00:34)
29. The Lovin Cup (Live In Lansing, MI, November 27, 1973) (02:22)
30. The Lovin Cup (Remastered 1990) (02:12)
31. Come On In My Kitchen (Early Version) (Live In Dallas, TX, October 19, 1973) (02:52)
32. Come On In My Kitchen (Live At Tower Theater, Philadelphia/1973) (04:10)
33. Evil (Studio Demo, July 28, 1973) (04:18)
34. Evil (Live At The Aquarius Theater, Boston/1973) (04:32)
35. Steve Miller Commentary 6 (00:38)
36. Coupe de Ville (A Cappella) (Hotel 4-Track, July 1973) (03:05)
37. Something To Believe In (Early Version) (Hotel 4-Track, November 3, 1972) (01:40)
38. Something To Believe In (Tough Crowd) (Live In Austin, TX, October 19, 1973) (03:42)
39. Something To Believe In (Remastered 1990) (04:41)
40. I Dont Mind (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972) (02:46)
41. I Dont Mind (Studio, July 31, 1973) (02:19)
42. Mama Church (A Cappella) (Hotel 4-Track, April 21, 1972) (01:46)
43. The Joker (03:37)

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