Hallelujah: 1973-1983 [Import] (Boxed Set) (5 Cd's) | Retro Vinyl Club

DescriptionFive CD set. Two studio albums from Humble Pie #2 circa 1980/81. Plus further studio recordings from 1983 and live sets from 1973 and 83. Forming in 1969, Humble Pie's original line-up featured lead singer and guitarist Steve Marriott of the Small Faces, vocalist and guitarist Peter Frampton of the Herd, former Spooky Tooth bassist Greg Ridley and drummer Jerry Shirley from the Apostolic Intervention. Initially enjoying success is the UK singles charts with 'Natural Born Bugie', their major breakthrough in the States came with the double live 'Performance - Rockin' the Fillmore' in 1971. The band would soldier on following Frampton's departure for a superstar solo career, eventually calling it a day following 1975's 'Street Rats' LP. Regrouping in 1980 for 'On To Victory' (CD1), Steve Marriott and Jerry Shirley were joined by guitarist Bobby Tench and Anthony "Sooty" Jones on bass. A creditable return to form, the album kicks off with single 'Fool For A Pretty Face'. The same line-up would release their tenth studio album 'Go For The Throat' (CD 2) in 1981, notable for it's cover of Small Faces classic 'Tin Soldier'. Known by many as the lost years, as Steve Marriott all but disappeared from the public eye after the end of Humble Pie Mk2 following the release of 'Go For The Throat', the recordings on CD3 and CD4 were made while Marriott lived in Atlanta. CD3 was recorded in Pyramid Eye Studios Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1982 while CD4 captures the band a year later in Annie's Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, laying down a storm, and includes Small Faces classic 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It' as well as many songs that had made Humble Pie such a major concert draw a decade earlier. Going back to a decade earlier, this set concludes with a show on CD5 recorded on May 6, 1973 at San Francisco's Winterland Theater. Presenting the post-Frampton era of Humble Pie, featuring guitarist Dave Clempson and bassist Gregg Ridley backing Jerry Shirley and with Steve Marriott in full cry, delivering his soulful, over the top take on R&B-based hard rock with plenty of guts and spirit. Humble Pie display a ferocity that was occasionally lessened on their studio albums. Tracks- Disc 1 -1 Fool for a Pretty Face2 You Soppy Pratt3 Infatuation4 Take It from Here5 Savin' It6 Baby Don't You Do It7 Get It in the End8 My Lover's Prayer9 Further Down the Road10 Over You11 All Shook Up12 Teenage Anxiety13 Tin Soldier14 Keep It on the Island15 Driver16 Restless Blood17 Go for the Throat18 Lottie and the Charcoal Queen19 Chip Away the Stone- Disc 2 -1 Heartbreaker2 Ain't You Glad (New York Can't Talk)3 Sweet Nuthins4 Trouble You Can't Fool Me5 Poor Man's Rich Man6 Middle Age Anxiety7 Lonely No More8 I Need a Love9 Happy Birthday, Birthday Girl10 Intro/Whatcha Gonna Do About It11 Fool for a Pretty Face12 Hallelujah (I Love Her So)13 Five Long Years14 Rude/Drum Solo/30 Days in the Hole15 I Don't Need No Doctor16 Big Train Stops at Memphis/ Walking the Dog- Disc 3 -1 Up Your Sleeves2 Four Day Creep3 C'mon Everybody4 Honky Tonk Woman5 Stone Cold Fever6 I Believe to My Soul7 30 Days in the Hole8 Road Runner9 Hallelujah (I Love Her So)10 I Don't Need No Doctor11 Hot N' Nasty

• Format: CD
• Released: 03/07/2025