Velvert Turner Group - Velvert Turner Group (Reissue) (1972/2004)
Artist: Velvert Turner Group
Title: Velvert Turner Group
Year Of Release: 1972/2004
Label: Radioactive
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 42:42
Total Size: 266 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Velvert Turner Group
Year Of Release: 1972/2004
Label: Radioactive
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 42:42
Total Size: 266 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Madonna ( Of The Seven Moons ) (3:40)
02. Talkin' 'Bout My Baby (4:00)
03. Country Chicken (2:48)
04. Strangely New (5:15)
05. Scarlet Warrior (3:34)
06. Three O'clock Train (5:09)
07. Just Look And See (4:23)
08. 'xcuse Me Gentleme ( The Fall Of Atlantis ) (4:27)
09. (Love Rides...) The Slow Swirling Seas (3:36)
10. Freedom (5:50)
Velvert Turner was apparently a friend of Jimi Hendrix's, and the Hendrix vibe on the album Velvert Turner Group is almost overpowering, right down to the fish-eye photo on the back cover. Turner's got great guitar tone and a playing style quite similar to Jimi. The songs are also similar to later-period Hendrix, circa First Rays of the New Rising Sun, but with some keyboards added. In fact, "Three O'Clock Train" starts out with a riff very close to "Izabella," then sounds more like "51st Anniversary" in the body of the tune. The really shocking thing, though, is how much Turner's voice sounds like Jimi. It's jarring, right down to the same vocal inflections. But it doesn't sound like imitation, it just sounds like they came from the same places. The songs are good, although not the equal of Hendrix's, but some of the guitar playing is great, with some good feedback and panning effects to boot. It's certainly derivative, but Jimi left so few official albums that this will be a welcome sound to Hendrix fans.