Beginnings/Play It Loud [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Slade | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: SALVO
• ASIN: B000GJ0MBM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,709 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Genesis

2. Everybody’S Next One

3. Knocking Nails Into My House

4. Roach Daddy

5. Ain’T Got No Heart

6. Pity The Mother

7. Mad Dog Cole

8. Fly Me High

9. If This World Were Mine

10. Martha My Dear

11. Born To Be Wild

12. Journey To The Centre Of Your Mind

13. Raven

14. See Us Here

15. Dapple Rose

16. Could I

17. One Way Hotel

18. Shape Of Things To Come

19. Know Who You Are

20. I Remember

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2006 digitally remastered reissue of the first two albums by the British Glam/Rock superstars on one CD featuring two bonus tracks: 'Wild Winds Are Blowing' and 'Get Down And Get With It'. They were called Ambrose Slade when debut album Beginnings was released in April 1969. It was a mixture of self-penned songs, instrumentals and cover versions. Their second album, 'Play It Loud', was released in November 1970. Slade were knuckling down to write their own material. Noddy Holder's voice was beginning to show its great potential and songs like 'The Shape Of Things To Come' (the record's first single), 'Raven', 'Dapple Rose' and the 'Know Who You Are' offered solid proof that Slade could mix guile with bluster. However, it was a foot-stomping cover version of Bobby Marchan's 'Get Down And Get With It' (included as a bonus track) that provided the group's first chart hit. It reached Number 16 in the UK in the summer of 1971 and its element of crowd participation became a cornerstone of the group's concert set. Slavo.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can you see us..., August 6, 2010

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Mark H. "mrh" (Hanson, MA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beginnings/Play It Loud (Audio CD)

Slade's first two LP's did not sell very much but they do show, as one of the singles from the second album prophesizes, "The Shape of Things to Come". In fact, this foursome from the Midlands had been together about three years before they changed their name from the `N Between to Ambrose Slade to record their first album in the spring of 1969. Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill and Don Powell would take a couple of years to hone their hit making and stage demolishing craft before things started to explode in mid- 1971 with their first hit "Get Down and Get With It". This compilation combines Slade's first two records and is quite the bargain as `Beginnings' had long ago gone out of print and `Play It Loud' (their first as simply `Slade') had been available only as an import. `Beginnings' basically represented their stage act from 1967-1968 as it was mainly covers of the Beatles, Steppenwolf ("Born to Be Wild" and "Everybody's Next One"), Frank Zappa, the Moody Blues and The Amboy Dukes (with Ted Nugent). The band's first single "Genesis" would later be reworked as "Know Who You Are" which was a minor hit from `Play It Loud'. The second LP is the better of the two due to the inclusion of mostly originals ("Pouk Hill" which is a favorite), "See Us Here", "Dapple Rose", "One Way Hotel", "Dirty Joker" and "Sweet Box" (pretty funny!). "Wild Winds Are Blowing" and "Get Down and Get with It" are included on this single disc and with those songs the listener can see where Slade's style and success would be solidified. They would be better but Slade's opening two records show a great progression and as such are worth the purchase especially in this two for one compilation format.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive with repeat listenings, August 4, 2010

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Keith Black (Simi Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beginnings/Play It Loud (Audio CD)

This is definately one of those CDs that I got hooked on right after receiving it less than three months ago. I've lost count how many times I've played it already.

I'm not a SLADE know-it-all, but I've collected "classic rock" since the term was started [in the 80s?] and SLADE is one of the bands that can be addictive, just because their music is...."fun", what can I say.

Some good [even great] covers of other band's songs, especially THE IDLE RACE'S "Knocking Nails Into My House". I've been a fan of theirs for many years and SLADE'S version is just as good -- [perhaps even better?]

Anyway, with two original LPs on one CD [plus two bonus tracks] it's a great little chunk of British pop/rock from 40 years ago!!