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The Man Who Was Offered the Lead Vocal Chores in Led Zeppeli

Talking Wall | Queen Creek, AZ | 12/29/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Somehow Amazon deleted my previous review showering accolades on Terry Reid's Superlungs. I don't have time to type it all in again. Great CD! Amazing, blue-eyed soul vocalist. Terry's music spans a wide range of styles, it's hard to pin down... Think Robert Plant meets Traffic. Superlungs is well worth your hard earned pennies. Hear the man who,because he was under contract to the ego-mad Mickie Most, had to turn down the lead vocal chores for Led Zeppelin and later and offer to join Deep Purple Mk II! Buy it! Find out why Aretha Franklin once said "There's only three things happening in Britain, The Beatles, The Stones, and Terry Reid". In fact, when Reid had to turn down Jimmy Page's offer he referred him to Robert Plant and John Bonham who had backed him up when they were members of The Band of Joy.



Sadly Reid's manager was an idiot who stifled his career. Terry is still active today and show up at The Joint in Beverly Hills on Monday nights. Sometimes some of his friends show up to play with him, unknowns like Keith Richard, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant."

The Voice that Got Away

Music maven | Amherst, MA | 01/16/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I haven't bought this CD because I already have the original LPs. The Superlungs LP is an incredible thing. There really isn't anything else quite like it. Terry's voice is amazing. On "Rich Kid Blues", "Mayfly", and especially "Stay With Me Baby," he puts out so much feeling that you wonder how he can even finish the song. I must have listened to these songs hundreds of times, and they still raise goosebumps.



People have complained about Mickey Most's production and recording, and I can certainly understand that--it's far from clean and pretty, but I actually think it adds to the music. Everybody plays with enormous passion, and the raw edge to the sound when it's burning matches perfectly Reid's gut-wrenching turn. It reminds me of Jeff Beck's Beckola, which Most also produced. There, too, the rawness of the sound on a cut like "Rice Pudding" fits the material. Now there's a combination that should have been--Jeff Beck and Terry Reid in 1971.



As other people have observed, Reid was offered the lead singer position in Led Zepplin, and listening to this recording, one can only think what a shame he had to turn it down. He is a vastly more powerful singer thhan Robert Plant, with a far greater emotional range (greater than anyone I've ever heard). But at least we have this amazing recording to offset what might have been. Highly recommended."

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A. Woodley | 01/13/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Really this is a pretty good album. It has all the markings of white boy blues. He's got a set of superlungs and knows how to use them. He's also a pretty good guitar player. The most interesting aspect to this CD is that you'll recognize a number of the songs. I own other Terry Reid CDs and really like them but their more acoustic and less blues. This is a charged up CD with some killer songs. So killer that other bands recorded them and made them famous. Poor Mr. Reid has been ignored for to long. Go ahead and give the man some recogniztion: buy the album."