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Savoy Brown
Lions Share/Jack the Toad
Genre: Rock

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Shot in the Head - Savoy Brown, Vanda
2. Second Try - Savoy Brown, Simmonds
3. The Saddest Feeling - Savoy Brown, Raymonde
4. I Can't Find You - Savoy Brown, Raymonde
5. Howling for My Darling - Savoy Brown, Burnette
6. So Tired - Savoy Brown, Simmonds, Kim
7. Denim Demon - Savoy Brown, Walker
8. Love Me Please - Savoy Brown, Simmonds
9. Hate to See You Go - Savoy Brown, Jacobs
Track Listings (9) - Disc #2
1. Coming Down Your Way - Savoy Brown, Lynton, Jack
2. Ride on Babe - Savoy Brown, Simmonds
3. Hold Your Fire - Savoy Brown, Raymond
4. If I Want To - Savoy Brown, Lynton
5. Endless Sleep - Savoy Brown, Nance
6. Casting My Spell - Savoy Brown, Johnson
7. Just Cos You Got the Blues Don't Mean You Gotta Sing - Savoy Brown, Lynton
8. Some People - Savoy Brown, Berg
9. Jack the Toad - Savoy Brown, Lynton

CD Details

All Artists: Savoy Brown
Title: Lions Share/Jack the Toad
Members Wishing: 9
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bgo
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 2/12/2007
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import
Genre: Rock
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5017261207319

Synopsis

Album Description

2007 pairing of two of Savoy Brown's classic releases digitally remastered and housed in a slipcase. Lion's Share (1972) features Dave Walker on vocals, returning to the band after briefly leaving to join Fleetwood Mac (Penguin). 1973's Jack The Toad features veteran rock'n'roller Jackie Lynton on vocals and a change of producer in Barry Murray. BGO.

CD Reviews

Best and Worst of Savoy Brown

Michael Freeman | Chicago | 06/17/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Okay, so Lion's Share isn't the best Savoy Brown album. But it's damn close and is one of the three least known. (Along with Live at the Record Plant 1975 and Boogie Brothers) It's a very even album with 4 outstanding cuts: rockers; Shot in The Head, Second Try and Wolf's Howling For My Darling and the pain filled Love Me Please.

Jack The Toad suffers from weak singing by Jackie Linton and mediocre songwriting. Buying the 2 together, I believe is the cheapest way to get Lion's Share."

A Good One, A Bad One

G. Griffin | Alexandria, Va. | 10/31/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"These 2 Lp's are a good example of what's right and wrong with SB. Lion's Share is the last gasp of their classic Mark II lineup. "Second Try" and "Denim Demon" rank among their greatest songs. The playing is tight and loose at the same time. Then Dave Walker left and the band got Jackie Lynton, one of the worst moves of their entire career. (He must have worked cheap) Not only were his vocals weak, the songs he contributed were bad. Kim Simmonds probably should have quit for a while, but he got pulled back in by his brother/manager for the Boogie Brothers period. That review will follow shortly. Meanwhile, Lions Share is definitely worth buying in this configuration. BGO is to be commended for their policy of banding two Lp's together and not choosing one big seller and on poor one......."