Terry Reid ~ Seed of Memory [1976] 320 kbps

A1. Faith To Arise 4:28
A2. Seed Of Memory 5:25
A3. Brave Awakening 6:27
A4. To Be Treated Rite 5:52

B1. Ooh Baby [Make Me Feel So Young] 4:03
B2. The Way You Walk 4:40
B3. The Frame 4:33
B4. Fooling You 7:13



Terry Reid: composer, guitar, vocals
Graham Nash: producer, vocal harmonies
David Lindley: acoustic/slide guitar and violin
Lee Miles: bass
Soko Richardson: drums
James Gadson: drums [5 & 6]
Ben Keith: pedal steel
Jesse Ehrlich: cello
Al Viola: balalaika
Plas Johnson: saxophone
Tim Weisberg: flute
Joel Bernstein: acoustic guitar [4]
Fred Wesley: horn
Clifford Solomon: horn
Blue Mitchell: horn

'Terry Reid moved to California in the mid-'70s, befriending a number of musicians from those parts & broadening his sound in the process. One result was this album, produced by Graham Nash and featuring David Lindley on acoustic and slide guitars. Seed of Memory isn't as heavy as his earlier work, and not remotely the bold, strident virtuoso rock production of his first LP -- most of it, apart from the vaguely Led Zeppelin-ish 'The Way You Walk,' is fairly laid-back by Reid's standards.

'Ooh Baby' tries for a kind of meld of funk and British blues. But several numbers, like 'Brave Awakening,' with its relaxed beat, high harmonies, and understated backing orchestration, or the ominous acoustic-textured 'To Be Treated Rite,' seem more like outtakes from Nash's Songs for Beginners or his subsequent albums, or one of Neil Young's mid-'70s albums, than they do like the work of one of England's most promising '60s bluesmen.' ~ some lame

first heard this bra many moons ago, rite round this thyme of year. there we was, watchin the devil's rejects [by roberto zombi] when we found ourselves extremely moved by several crosby stills & nash tunes in the soundtrack that we did not know. after a quick search in the engine, we came to find out it was this cat terry reid & thus managed to trace this righteous album, appropriately produced by graham nash who owlso contributes some soaring harmonies. further lore indicates that in the pre-embryonic stages of zep, jimmy page offered reid the lead-singer-slot in the burgeoning band & was turned down by terry who had contractual obligations, but lovingly recommended his mate bobby plant instead. & according to a nina simone interview from the period, reid was the only songwriter from the uk doing anything interesting in the early 70's [citation needed :-] where does that leave us then? with a high quality remaster of a sweet album. i'm pirty partial to side A & this one is worth it for those tunes alone in my humble estimation. 320 fanx to the originilluminator