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Roy Buchanan's five albums for Polydor, released between 1972 and 1975 and excerpted on this midline-priced best-of, were a worthy compromise between artistic expression and commercial considerations. In the late '60s and early '70s, record companies and music journalists beat the bushes looking for guitar heroes on the scale of Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix and came up with at least a couple, Johnny Winter in Texas and Buchanan in Washington, D.C. Polydor no doubt signed Buchanan hoping it had a Clapton/Hendrix-size star, but he lacked the temperament for the big time and merely fulfilled his contract, though he was then scooped up by Atlantic for another try. The tracks here, a good if brief summary of the Polydor years, illustrate both his strengths and weaknesses. The major, perhaps sole strength is the guitar work, which is utterly distinctive within a blues context and at times overwhelming. Buchanan can wring tremendously emotional runs from his axe and then, as in the version of "Hey Joe" here, let forth a sonic assault that rivals any Hendrix ever managed. To listen to this album is to hear a great blues guitarist inventing his art before you. On the tracks from the early albums (the compilation is sequenced chronologically), producer Peter Kieve Siegel was mostly content with that, but on the later albums, more of an attempt was made to turn Buchanan into a singer (his voice was limited and hesitant), or to add other elements, including horn sections and backup singers, to expand the music's appeal beyond blues aficionados. The results are less interesting, but that's what you expect at a major label. So, while not actually the best of Roy Buchanan, this compilation encapsulates his tenure at Polydor and provides a taste for the neophyte of what he sounded like.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Don Gibson, ComposerLyricist - Teddy Irwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Buchanan, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Kieve Siegel, Producer - Dick Heintze, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Van Allen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Teddy Irwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Buchanan, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Kieve Siegel, Producer - Dick Heintze, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Van Allen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Teddy Irwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Buchanan, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Kieve Siegel, Producer - Dick Heintze, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Van Allen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Davis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Buchanan, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kieve Peter Siegel, Producer
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Bruce, ComposerLyricist - Don Payne, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Teddy Irwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Avery Parrish, ComposerLyricist - BUDDY FEYNE, ComposerLyricist - Roy Buchanan, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Kieve Siegel, Producer - Jerry Mercer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Heintze, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Kieve Peter Siegel, Producer
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Payne, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Teddy Irwin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Buchanan, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Kieve Siegel, Producer - Jerry Mercer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Heintze, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Kieve Peter Siegel, Producer
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Roy Buchanan, MainArtist - Jay Reich Jr., Producer
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Buchanan, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jay Reich Jr., Producer
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Roy Buchanan, Arranger, Guitar, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Kieve Siegel, Producer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Neil Larsen, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Zawinul, ComposerLyricist - Bill Stewart, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Buchanan, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Freeman, Producer - Kenny Tibbetts, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
E. Freeman, ComposerLyricist - Roy Buchanan, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ed Freeman, Producer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Buchanan, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Harrison, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Reich Jr., Producer - Malcolm Lukens, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Byrd Foster, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Roy Buchanan's five albums for Polydor, released between 1972 and 1975 and excerpted on this midline-priced best-of, were a worthy compromise between artistic expression and commercial considerations. In the late '60s and early '70s, record companies and music journalists beat the bushes looking for guitar heroes on the scale of Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix and came up with at least a couple, Johnny Winter in Texas and Buchanan in Washington, D.C. Polydor no doubt signed Buchanan hoping it had a Clapton/Hendrix-size star, but he lacked the temperament for the big time and merely fulfilled his contract, though he was then scooped up by Atlantic for another try. The tracks here, a good if brief summary of the Polydor years, illustrate both his strengths and weaknesses. The major, perhaps sole strength is the guitar work, which is utterly distinctive within a blues context and at times overwhelming. Buchanan can wring tremendously emotional runs from his axe and then, as in the version of "Hey Joe" here, let forth a sonic assault that rivals any Hendrix ever managed. To listen to this album is to hear a great blues guitarist inventing his art before you. On the tracks from the early albums (the compilation is sequenced chronologically), producer Peter Kieve Siegel was mostly content with that, but on the later albums, more of an attempt was made to turn Buchanan into a singer (his voice was limited and hesitant), or to add other elements, including horn sections and backup singers, to expand the music's appeal beyond blues aficionados. The results are less interesting, but that's what you expect at a major label. So, while not actually the best of Roy Buchanan, this compilation encapsulates his tenure at Polydor and provides a taste for the neophyte of what he sounded like.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:04
- Main artists: Roy Buchanan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Blues
© 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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