Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2010] PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Blind Faith's self-titled album was the only recording released by the short-lived super-group. Though the band had a brief and rough history, "Blind Faith" was a successful album, peaking at #1 on both the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard Pop Albums chart in 1969 and was certified platinum by the RIAA. On a list by Rolling Stone of "The 30 Greatest One Album Wonders", Blind Faith was at number 14.

Blind Faith's first and last album, more than 30 years old and counting, remains one of the jewels of the Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and Ginger Baker catalogs, despite the crash-and-burn history of the band itself, which scarcely lasted six months. As much a follow-up to Traffic's self-titled second album as it is to Cream's final output, it merges the soulful blues of the former with the heavy riffing and outsized song lengths of the latter for a very compelling sound unique to this band. Not all of it works – between the virtuoso electric blues of "Had to Cry Today," the acoustic-textured "Can't Find My Way Home," the soaring "Presence of the Lord" (Eric Clapton's one contribution here as a songwriter, and the first great song he ever authored) and "Sea of Joy," the band doesn't do much with the Buddy Holly song "Well All Right"; and Ginger Baker's "Do What You Like" was a little weak to take up 15 minutes of space on an LP that might have been better used for a shorter drum solo and more songs. Unfortunately, the group was never that together as a band and evidently had just the 42 minutes of new music here ready to tour behind.

Tracklist:

01 - Had To Cry Today
02 - Can't Find My Way Home
03 - Well All Right
04 - Presence Of The Load
05 - Sea Of Joy
06 - Do What You Like

Peronnel
Steve Winwood - vocals, keyboards, guitars; bass guitar on "4", autoharp on "5"
Eric Clapton - guitars; vocals on "6"
Ric Grech - bass guitar, violin on "5"; vocals on "6"
Ginger Baker - drums, percussion; vocals on "6"

DSD transferred from Japanese original analogue master tapes by Hitoshi Takiguchi (Universal Mastering Studios).
Universal Japan # UIGY-9031


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