Humble Pie [Import]

Humble Pie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B0000070ZN
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,025,313 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Live With Me

2. Only a Roach

3. One Eyed Trouser-Snake Rhumba

4. Earth and Water Song

5. I'm Ready

6. Theme from Skint (See You Later Liquidator)

7. Red Light Mama, Red Hot!

8. Sucking on the Sweet Vine

Editorial Reviews

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. Universal. 2007. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Finest Piece of Pie, November 28, 2006

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PHILIP S WOLF (SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Humble Pie (Audio CD)

This is the First Record by Humble Pie that I listened to in Early 1971 and WOW I was Knocked back by this Band. I Loved the Small Faces, But that was the Sixties, and Humble Pie was the Seventies, Loud, In Your Face, and they could PLAY !!!

To Me this Record is the Bridge Between "Safe As Yesterday" & "Smokin". it has the Keybords and Acoustic Guitars of the First Two Records with the Loud Brash Guitars of Later Pie in their Headlining Heydaze.

It all begins with that Wonderful Organ of "Live With Me" and when Pete's Guitar Kick's in you know you are in for Quite a Ride, it's Classic Pie, and Features vocals from Steve, Greg and Peter... Fantastic Track.
A rare song from Jerry; "Only A Roach" is heap's good fun and "Trouser Snake" ROCKS. Peter's BIG Number: "Earth & Water Song" is another Highlight on a Record full of Highlight's, great Tune.

Side Two Opens with "I'm Ready" which became a regular in the Live Show for many years, This one was KILLER in Concert. I really like "Theme from Skint", it is a Country Sounding Number and it works well, it shows that Humble Pie could tackle any Music Form and pull-off a great tune. Things come to a close with "Red Light Mama" & "Sweet Vine", "Mama" is a taste of the Heavy Guitar Rock that shows the Future of this Band & "Sweet Vine" is the Coda of this Great Record, This Band was Right On Top of their Game with the Release of "Humble Pie" ... The Seventies were here... HUMBLE PIE ROCKS, NUFF SAID !

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BETTER REMASTER THAN THE 2007 JAPANESE MINI-SLEEVE, February 16, 2007

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BOB (LOS ANGELES, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Humble Pie (Audio CD)

I just received a set of the 2007 Humble Pie Japanese mini-sleeves today.

The remastered audio on all of the new Japanese CD's easily exceed the horrid-sounding, 35+ year-old, LP-EQ'd masters of the entire domestic Pie A&M CD catalog.

However, upon an A/B comparison, the new Japanese CD did not stand up to this UK Repertoire remaster.

In the Repertoire, there is definitely more clarity to the entire recording, especially in the percussion.

If you already own the Repertoire disc, don't feel panicked to get the Japanese edition, although, the Japanese sleeve, which replicates the gatefold and woven-textured finish of the original HP LP-album cover, is decidely very cool.

WHAT IS A JAPAN "MINI-LP-SLEEVE" CD?

Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you.

Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics.

Then, there's the sonic quality: Often (but not always), mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering (20-Bit, 24-Bit, DSD, K2/K2HD, and/or HDCD), and can often (but not always) be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere.

Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Bonus tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded.

All mini-sleeve releases are limited edition, but re-pressings/re-issues are becoming more common (again, not always). The enthusiasm of mini-sleeve collecting must be tempered, however, with avoiding fake mini-sleeves manufactured in Russia and distributed throughout the world, primarily on eBay. They are inferior in quality, worthless in collectable value, a total waste of money, and should be avoided at all costs.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars love that aubrey beardsley cover..., November 9, 2005

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Peter Baklava (Charles City, Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Humble Pie (Audio CD)

It's great to see this album back in circulation. "Humble Pie" is the point where most American kids started with this group. When H.P. joined the A&M line-up, they received much better distribution.

"Humble Pie" introduces the trademark heavy, hard rock that was the group's bread and butter. "As Safe as Yesterday" and "Town and Country", the predecessors, were more eccentric and more acoustic. The Pie continued their signature style of trading vocals--on this one, Marriott, Frampton, and Ridley were even joined by drummer Shirley, who sings the hilarious "Only A Roach."

This album opens with "Live With Me"( not the Rolling Stones tune--- this is a loose jam about the same tempo as Neil Young's "Down By the River"). There are a couple hard rockers ("Red Light Mama Red Hot" and "One-Eyed Trouser Snake Rhumba") that rumble along pretty well, especially "Red Light" with Greg Ridley's 'Peter Gunn' style bass line.

Humble Pie sounds extremely fresh on this album (who did the production?? The liner notes don't say). A big plus is that neither Marriott or Frampton dominates the sound, or gets out of control. A lot of bands featured a 'hard rock' writer, and a softer, 'sweet' writer--in the mode of Lennon and McCartney. With Humble Pie, the writers were usually Marriott (hard stuff) and Frampton (more melodic and gushy). "Earth and Water Song", Frampton's contribution here, is his quintessential song. It's kind of the template for everything of his that came after.

This was the best Pie album done in the studio. Some might argue for "Rock On", but that album had some embarrassing moments--remember "Big George"? This one is good all the way through.