Blind Faith - Rehearsals
Morgan Studios,
London
1969-03-00
During the winter months of
1969,
Ginger,
Eric, and
Stevie were working out some musical ideas, which included some informal jamming at Eric's home in
County Surrey (Hurtwood
Edge). By March of that year, the boys were ready to do some formal studio rehearsals and recording, and congregated at the Morgan Studios in central London. As we all know, the
Morgan Rehearsal recordings are glimpses into the embryonic stages of Blind Faith's style of progressive rock music.
0:00:00
Key To The highway 6:18
0:06:18
One Of Us Must Know - take 1 8:32
0:14:49 One
Chord Jam 1:38
0:16:28
Change Of
Address Jam - complete 14:36
0:31:03 Jam #1 - African
Chants 15:
14
0:46:17 Jam #2 6:34
0:52:50 Jam #3 9:30
1:02:20 One Of Us Must Know - take 2 5:35
1:07:55 Change Of Address - promo single 3:20
1:11:14
Well All Right - take 1 7:17
1:18:31 Well All Right - take 2 0:56
1:19:27 Well All Right - take
3 1:29
1:20:57 Well All Right - take
4 1:38
1:22:35 Well All Right - take 5 2:51
1:25:27 Well All Right - take 6 3:23
1:28:50 Well All Right - take 7 2:37
1:31:27 Well All Right - take 8 2:
16
1:33:42 Well All Right - take 9 1:39
1:35:21 Well All Right - take 0 4:33
1:39:54
Hey Joe - take
1 1:38
1:41:32 Hey Joe - take 2 6:17
1:47:49
Piano Blues Tune 8:13
1:56:02
Instrumental Song #2 - take 1 4:45
2:00:47 Instrumental Song #2 - take
2 4:52
2:05:39 Instrumental Song #2 - take 3 6:48
2:12:27 Instrumental Song #2 - take
4 4:48
2:17:15 Instrumental Song #2 - take 5 5:55
2:23:10 Can't
Find My Way Home - altern version 5:47
Eric Clapton - guitar;
Ginger Baker - drums;
Steve Winwood - piano, organ, bass
From the
Liner Notes:
"Incredibly, just as advertised, some of the earliest rehearsals involving Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and Ginger Baker at a
London Studio. This predates
Rick Gretch joining and features
Winwood on keyboards and bass and bass pedals on his
Hammond B-3. This certainly is for the compleatist but nonetheless is fascinating. The least interesting tracks are multiple takes of "Well All Right" and two takes of "Hey Joe", which are for the most part rhythm tracks.
The jams, however, are quite good. They range from "
Key to the Highway" to playing off Band-like chord structures to an early
Bo Diddley feel, which develops over 14 minutes into what would become a promo single, "
Change of Address", released before the group's only
album.
I've heard the finished product only one other place, a
Westwood One disc of
Clapton Rarities."
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