Michael Chapman - Pleasures of the Street 1975

Michael Chapman / Pleasures of the Street (remastered, expanded reissue)

Жанр: Folk-Rock, Rock'n'Soul
Носитель: CD
Страна-производитель диска (релиза): England
Год издания: 1975 (2000)
Издатель (лейбл): Mooncrest Records
Номер по каталогу: CRESTCD 047 Z
Страна исполнителя (группы): UK
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Продолжительность: 01:00:07
Источник: собственный рип
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да

Треклист

01. Party Pieces 04:21

02. Among the Trees 03:58

03. In the Valley 05:32

04. Shuffleboat River Farewell 05:08

05. Time Enough to Spare 05:14

06. Firewater Dreams 04:22

07. Wrecked Again 04:23

08. Deal Gone Down 05:06

09. Sea of Wine [bonus track] 03:07

10. Hero Returns [bonus track] 03:43

11. Firewater Dreams [bonus track] 04:29

12. Deal Gone Down [bonus track] 05:56

13. Shuffleboat River Farewell [bonus track] 04:49
All songs are written by Michael Chapman

Замер динамического диапазона (DR)

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Анализ: Michael Chapman / Pleasures of the Street (2000 remastered, expanded reissue)

DR Пики RMS Продолжительность трека

DR12 -0.01 дБ -15.38 дБ 4:21 01-Party Pieces
DR13 -0.01 дБ -16.13 дБ 3:58 02-Among the Trees
DR11 -0.01 дБ -14.79 дБ 5:32 03-In the Valley
DR12 -0.01 дБ -13.73 дБ 5:08 04-Shuffleboat River Farewell
DR13 -0.01 дБ -14.19 дБ 5:14 05-Time Enough to Spare
DR11 -0.01 дБ -12.68 дБ 4:22 06-Firewater Dreams
DR11 -0.01 дБ -13.53 дБ 4:23 07-Wrecked Again
DR11 -0.01 дБ -13.22 дБ 5:06 08-Deal Gone Down
DR13 -0.01 дБ -14.24 дБ 3:07 09-Sea of Wine
DR14 -0.01 дБ -15.00 дБ 3:43 10-Hero Returns
DR13 -0.01 дБ -15.38 дБ 4:29 11-Firewater Dreams
DR12 -0.01 дБ -14.39 дБ 5:56 12-Deal Gone Down
DR13 -0.01 дБ -14.22 дБ 4:49 13-Shuffleboat River Farewell

Количество треков: 13
Реальные значения DR: DR12
Частота: 44100 Гц
Каналов: 2
Разрядность: 16
Битрейт: 917 кбит/с
Кодек: FLAC

Об исполнителе
Since emerging from the folk scene in Yorkshire, England in 1967, guitarist, and singer Michael Chapman has gained a dual reputation as one of England’s finest original singer/songwriters and most restless guitar players, equally comfortable in folk, rock, free improvisation, global music styles, blues, and jazz. With over 40 albums to his credit, this former art and photography teacher has, in the 21st century, been embraced by a host of boundary-crossing younger musicians who credit his influence on their work including Thurston Moore, Steve Gunn, Ryley Walker, Meg Baird, and many more. No two albums in his catalog are alike, and, over different decades, certain recordings from his shelf have alternated as influential, beginning with his 1969 fingerpicking Brit folk classic Rainmaker and his 1970 singer/songwriter masterpiece Fully Qualified Survivor (featuring Mick Ronson on lead guitar). Later recordings, including 1976’s rock & roll outing Savage Amusement, his proto-new age 1987 offering Heartbeat, and his instrumental forays in the 21st century including the “guitar travelscapes” of Americana and Words Fail Me, as well as Pachyderm and The Resurrection and Revenge of the Clayton Peacock, showcase the full range of his playing, composing, and improvising styles.
Chapman attended art school in Leeds. After graduating, he worked as an art and photography teacher in Lancashire. Playing guitar form his teens on, he developed a style that wove jazz, folk, blues, and ragtime, and his repertoire at the time time was primarily comprised of jazz guitar standards. In the middle of the ’60s he began listening to the new wave of British folk revivalists such as Ralph McTell, Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, and John Renbourn. By adapting what he already knew to what he was learning, Chapman developed a distinctive playing style that incorporated all of his chosen styles as well as East Indian modalism.
He first appeared on the London and Cornwall folk music circuits in 1967, including at the Piper’s Folk Club in Penzance on a bill with John Martyn and Roy Harper. His incendiary live perfomances resonated not only with club audiences but also with A&R men. He accepted a contract offer from Harvest (EMI’s “underground” boutique label) that led to the release of his debut long-player Rainmaker in 1969. The album featured the support of Rick Kemp (who played bass with Chapman for many years) and Danny Thompson. Window followed in short order, with Fully Qualified Survivor completing a debut triptych that sent waves of critical appreciation through the music industry-influential BBC disc jockey John Peel supported Chapman whenever possible. Sales, however, did not match the critical acclaim for Chapman’s work, leaving Fully Qualified Survivor as a high point, with “Postcards of Scarborough” generally being the one cut most often remembered when Chapman is discussed.
After the release of Wrecked Again, Chapman parted company with Harvest, choosing to sign to Decca’s Deram subsidiary, where he altered course somewhat, adding electric guitar and harder rhythms to his work. The first result, Millstone Grit, offered Chapman’s trademark gloomy writing mixed with a couple of lively instrumentals, some almost experimental, and the country-styled “Expressway in the Rain.” Deal Gone Down, and the live Pleasures of the Street followed. Don Nix produced Savage Amusement, which reworked a couple of earlier songs; the album’s title would be used in the mid-’80s for a band featuring Chapman and Kemp.
Chapman’s Decca deal ended in 1977, and he began an association with Criminal Records the following year; both labels released versions of The Man Who Hated Mornings. Chapman then turned his hand to the release of a guitar instruction record entitled Playing Guitar the Easy Way in 1978. He continued to gig and record consistently, varying styles and sounds, sometimes working with a full group but more often working with Kemp alone. After the release of Heartbeat in 1987, Chapman experimented with self-released albums, and as of the 1997 release of Dreaming Out Loud, he was issuing albums at the rate of one every two years, continuing to attract high praise, if not great sales.
His prolific release schedule continued unabated in the 21st century with both song-based and instrumental albums, as well as numerous reissues of his catalog by various labels. The first notable entry in the new millennium was the instrumental offering Americana in 2000, which showcased Chapman’s fascination with, and mastery of, Southern blues, folk, and ragtime jazz styles. It was followed by a second collection-this one with masterful slide entries as well-entitled Americana II in 2002. A self-released album, 2005’s Plaindealer featured the guitarist playing solo or in small groups, performing original songs and folk standards. It was later reissued by Honest Jon’s.
Chapman toured with the No-Neck Blues Band and Jack Rose in 2006. Drenched in acid folk and free improvisation, he returned to England inspired and recorded the double-disc Words Fail Me, recorded completely solo on acoustic and electric guitars. He ripped through utterly rearranged older songs as well as brave new compositions in a 100-minute, live-in-the-studio performance with no overdubs. On 2007’s The Wedding Band, Chapman returned to all-electric guitar; it was his first digitally recorded release, while 2008’s Sweet Powder was drenched in sounds that reflected the blues, folk, and modern country music the guitarist loved, from R.L. Burnside to Steve Eagles to Neil Young and more. On 2010’s ambitious Wry Tree Drift, named after an old mine near his farm, he played both electric and acoustic guitars, performing folk ballads, languid instrumental dubs, dark electric blues, and solo guitar workouts.
In 2011, Chapman released the instrumental double set Train Song: Guitar Compositions, 1967-2010, which featured all newly recorded material. Later in the year, the guitarist issued his most expansive and cont