Loading Zone

Roy Buchanan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B0000B1A59
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,353 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

When we released our first two Roy Buchanan albums, they sold great, but we kept getting request after request for Loading Zone. So finally, for the first time on CD anywhere in the world, here it is! This album reached # 105 on the Billboard charts in 1977. It Features guest artists Stanley Clarke, Jan Hammer, Narada Michael Walden and Steve Cropper. Stanley Clarke also produced it. Wounded Bird 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A mixture of blues guitar and country, December 22, 2003

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Sean Naden (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loading Zone (Audio CD)

This album introduced me to Roy Buchanan, and I've heard it many times over (and over). It might seem a real mixture of hard core blues instrumental and country - there are better albums - but the two outstanding tracks "Green onions" and "Ramon's Blues" are perhaps two of the most popular of Roys tunes and two of the best (Roy shares Ramons Blues with Steve Cropper in one of the best 1,2,3,4 blues guitar solo instrumentals ever). Ok, the other songs don't quite fit but are good by themselves. Get "the best of" if you're new to Roy Buchanan, but this album is still good for fans.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal Roy, July 8, 2007

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Ian Wiseman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loading Zone (Audio CD)

I think Roy Buchanan was one of the True Greats, In Loading Zone Roy gets some production and songs from Return to Forever Bassist Stanley Clarke as well as Mahavishnu's Narada Micheal Walden and even Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn From Booker T and The MG's on Green Onions, My Favorite Song Is probably Hidden, but the whole album is pretty decent, My favorite Roy Outting Is Live Stock but just down to tunes and personnel Roy has some phenomenal players but you never lose sight of Roy's stellar playing

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My First, July 28, 2007

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John "Dr. X" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loading Zone (Audio CD)

I got this when it came out in 1977. It is awesome as Roy screams on his Tele and has a first class band behind him. I first saw Roy on "In Concert" where he blew me away. The way he looked and just was talking......then he started to play. He is one of the best ever and this is my favorite album. Check out The Heat of the Battle, or Green Onions with Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn. I am a bass player, so having Stanley Clarke on it is just cream...