Live Stock
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Live Stock is a 1975 album
by Roy Buchanan
and was released on the Polydor Records
label. The cover photo was taken and sent to Roy by Australian music commentator Glenn A Baker. This release, recorded live in New York City, finds axeslinger extraordinaire Roy Buchanan doing what he does best: ripping up the fretboard. Backed by a hard-driving quartet that includes lead vocalist Billy Price, Roy stretches out on "Reelin' and Rockin'," "Hot Cha," "Can I Change My Mind" and his own "Roy's Bluz" and "I'm Evil" (on which he assumes vocal chores). The fare is blues-rock throughout, showing Buchanan's mastery over every nuance in his Fender Telecaster and his wide-ranging lexicon of chops (including scratching, wailing, tonal variations, and beautifully melodic passages) which makes for scintillating listening.
"Roy's Bluz," in particular, is an epic six-string showcase that contains a veritable textbook of licks for blues guitarists to study. Buchanan was inevitably at his best in the live setting where the energy of the audience and the thrill of spontaneous creation seemed to feed his inspiration and Live Stock is an impressive and enduring testament to that fact.
Source: Roy Buchanan "Live Stock" album cover
Recorded at Town Hall - New York, NY - November 27, 1974.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan was a sideman and solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career, and two later solo albums that made it on to the Billboard chart. Despite never having achieved stardom, he is still...
and was released on the Polydor Records
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
label. The cover photo was taken and sent to Roy by Australian music commentator Glenn A Baker. This release, recorded live in New York City, finds axeslinger extraordinaire Roy Buchanan doing what he does best: ripping up the fretboard. Backed by a hard-driving quartet that includes lead vocalist Billy Price, Roy stretches out on "Reelin' and Rockin'," "Hot Cha," "Can I Change My Mind" and his own "Roy's Bluz" and "I'm Evil" (on which he assumes vocal chores). The fare is blues-rock throughout, showing Buchanan's mastery over every nuance in his Fender Telecaster and his wide-ranging lexicon of chops (including scratching, wailing, tonal variations, and beautifully melodic passages) which makes for scintillating listening.
"Roy's Bluz," in particular, is an epic six-string showcase that contains a veritable textbook of licks for blues guitarists to study. Buchanan was inevitably at his best in the live setting where the energy of the audience and the thrill of spontaneous creation seemed to feed his inspiration and Live Stock is an impressive and enduring testament to that fact.
Track listing
- "Reelin' and Rockin'"
- "Hot Cha"
- "Further On Up The Road"
- "Roy's Bluz"
- "Can I Change My Mind"
- "I'm A Ram"
- "I'm Evil"
Source: Roy Buchanan "Live Stock" album cover
Recorded at Town Hall - New York, NY - November 27, 1974.