Label: RSO
Catalog Number: RS1 3016
UPC: 04228250941
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1969
Format: LP
Record Condition: M-
Cover Condition: G
Play Count: 8
Additional Information:
Anti-Static record sleeve(s)
Genre: Rock: Psychedelic Rock
"Liner" Notes:
Blind Faith is the self-titled album by the English supergroup Blind Faith, which consisted of Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream), Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation, Cream), Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic) and Ric Grech (Family). Their only album, Blind Faith was released in August 1969 (see 1969 in music).
There was an intense buzz about the band and its debut album Blind Faith, which on release topped Billboard's Pop Albums chart in America (as it did the UK charts) and peaked at #40 on the Black Albums chart, an impressive feat for a British rock quartet.
They began to work out songs early in 1969, and in February and March the group was in London at Morgan Studios, preparing for the beginnings of basic tracks for their album although the first few almost finished songs didn't show up until they were at Olympic Studios in April and May under the direction of producer Jimmy Miller. The music community was already aware of the linkup, despite Clapton's claim that he was cutting an album of his own on which Winwood would play. The rock press wasn't buying any of it, knowing that Baker was involved as well, and then the promoters and record companies got involved, pushing those concerned for an album and a tour.
The recording of their album was interrupted by such a tour of Scandinavia, then a U.S. tour from July 11 (Newport) to August 24 (Hawaii), supported by Free and Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. Although a chart topper the LP was recorded hurriedly and side two consisted of just two songs, one of them a 15-minute jam entitled "Do What You Like." Nevertheless the band was able to produce two classic hits; Winwood's "Can't Find My Way Home" and Clapton's "Presence of the Lord."
The release of the album provoked controversy because the cover featured a topless pubescent girl, holding in her hands a hood ornament from a 1957 Oldsmobile, which some perceived as phallic. The U.S. record company issued it with an alternate cover which showed a photograph of the band on the front.
--From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Notes:
Allmusic.com 4/5 stars
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1969 Black Albums 40
1969 Pop Albums 1
1977 Pop Albums 126
Track List:
| A1. | Had to Cry Today | |
| A2. | Can't Find My Way Home | |
| A3. | Well...All Right | |
| A4. | Presence of the Lord | |
| B1. | Sea of Joy | |
| B2. | Do What You Like |
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