8th Street Nites

by Back Door

8th Street Nites cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1973
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 34:57
  • Community rating: 3.47/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Ron Aspery, Felix Pappalardi, Tony Hicks, Colin Hodgkinson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in New York and produced by Mountain's Felix Pappalardi, the second album from this highly unusual British trio strips jazz fusion down to a remarkably sparse, aggressive core. Foregoing standard guitar or keyboard instrumentation entirely, the band relies completely on Colin Hodgkinson's incredibly intricate bass playing and Ron Aspery's frantic saxophones to carry complex, blues-drenched melodies. The resulting sound is a raw, highly technical, and completely unique approach to early 70s jazz-rock.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Linin' Track (4:00)
  2. Forget Me Daisy (2:14)
  3. His Old Boots (Sein Alter Stiefel) (3:24)
  4. Blue Country Blues (2:47)
  5. Dancin' In The Van (1:52)
  6. 32-20 Blues (2:26)
  7. Roberta (2:56)
  8. It's Nice When It's Up (2:55)
  9. One Day You're Down, The Next Day You're Down (3:35)
  10. Walkin' Blues (3:15)
  11. The Bed Cracks Louder
  12. Adolphus Beal (3:53)

Credits

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