The Best of The Spencer Davis Group Featuring Steve Winwood

by The Spencer Davis Group

The Best of The Spencer Davis Group Featuring Steve Winwood cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: November 1967
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:09
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Muff Winwood, Jimmy Miller, Chris Blackwell, Steve Winwood, Pete York

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following the teenage prodigy's highly publicized departure to form Traffic, this compilation effectively summarizes the explosive, heavily R&B-influenced success of the Birmingham quartet. The collection is completely dominated by Winwood's astonishingly mature, Ray Charles-esque vocal delivery and driving Hammond organ work, perfectly capturing the gritty, aggressive energy that made them a formidable force during the British Invasion.

Genres

Descriptors: soulful, bluesy, infectious, Riff-Driven, gang-vocals

Tracklist

  1. I'm A Man (2:53)
  2. Gimme Some Lovin' (2:54)
  3. Every Little Bit Hurts (3:27)
  4. This Hammer (2:12)
  5. Back Into My Life Again (2:23)
  6. Waltz For Lumumba (4:18)
  7. Together Till The End Of Time (2:49)
  8. Keep On Running (2:42)
  9. Trampoline (2:25)
  10. When I Come Home (1:55)
  11. Strong Love (2:12)
  12. Somebody Help Me (2:00)
  13. She Put The Hurt On Me (2:39)
  14. Goodbye Stevie (2:20)

Credits

  • The Spencer Davis Group - primary artist, rhythm guitar, written-by, vocals
  • Steve Winwood - arranged by, organ, lead guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals, written-by
  • Muff Winwood - bass, written-by
  • Pete York - drums, written-by
  • Ed Cobb - written-by
  • J. Miller - written by
  • Jackie Edwards - written-by
  • Frank Wilson - written-by

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