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Tramline – Moves Of Vegetable Centuries (1969) (@256)
31 Oct 2009
(Review from amazon, allmusic)
The second and final album of the hot young blues band sees them getting into its stride with the addition of sax player Ron Aspery and bass guitar virtuoso Colin Hodgkinson from progressive group Back Door. They add a boost to such performances as the Tramline version of Traffic’s “Pearly Queen” and the old Yardbirds favourite “I Wish You Would”.
The group had split by 1970, with McCoy and Sidgwick evidently leaving music behind while Moody passed through Juicy Lucy and Snafu before achieving huge success with Whitesnake; Popple tagged along for a time in Snafu, as well as working with Matthew Fisher and Alan Hull, and passed through the line-up of Radiator.
Line-up:
- John McCoy / Harmonica, Vocals
- Micky Moody / Guitar
- Terry Popple / Drums
- Terry Sidgwick / Bass, Vocals
with
- Ron Aspery / saxophone
- Colin Hodkingson / bass
Track List:
01. Pearly Queen – 3:41
02. Sweet Satisfaction – 3:32
03. You Better Run – 2:17
04. Grunt – 7:12
05. Sweet Mary – 6:25
06. I Wish You Would – 5:21
07. Goodmorning Little Schoolgirl – 2:32
08. Harriet’s Underground Railway – 3:57
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Tramline – Somewhere Down The Line (1968) (@256)
30 Oct 2009
(Review from allmusic, amazon, repertoirerecords.com)
Tramline was a hard-rocking blues-based quartet, not too different from guitar-heavy outfits of the late 60s — a sound like 60 year old black guys from the Mississippi, though they were only 17 and from North Yorkshire. This exuberance of youth, a quality you can’t bottle, just about carries the band through.
Their debut has nine sizzling performances by the promising young group, including original material (like the interesting instrumental Mazurka) and driving covers of songs like Buffalo Springfield’s “Rock And Roll Woman” and the Howlin’ Wolf classic “Killing Floor”.
Line-up:
- John McCoy / Harmonica, Vocals
- Micky Moody / Guitar
- Terry Popple / Drums
- Terry Sidgwick / Bass, Vocals
Track List:
01. Harpoon Man – 4:05
02. National Blues – 3:25
03. Sorry Sorry – 9:01
04. Look Over Yonder Wall – 4:39
05. Rock And Roll Woman – 4:02
06. Somewhere Down The Line – 3:35
07. Mazurka – 2:45
08. Statesborough Blues – 3:37
09. Killing Floor – 4:50
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