Step Further

Savoy Brown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 29, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polydor / Umgd
• ASIN: B000001FWZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,750 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: SAVOY BROWN
Title: STEP FURTHER
Street Release Date: 01/15/1991
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Make Up Your Mind To Buy This Album!!!, September 18, 2003

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chris meesey Food Czar (The Colony, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Step Further (Audio CD)

A Step Furthur was Savoy Brown's fourth album, but the third (out of four) featuring the first classic lineup of Chris Youlden, Kim Simmonds, Lonesome Dave, Tone Stephens, Roger Earle, and sometimes Bob Hall (Yes, I know this was Stephen's second album with the band--stay with me here.) A Step Furthur was so titled because the band was trying to break out of the all-traditional blues mode; literally, takiing the music a step furthur. This means the addition of horns and percussion to give the studio tracks a more "orchestral" feel, while still retaining a blues/rock bite. The combination works particularly well in the instrumental "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove," which sounds like a wonderful outtake from an adventure or James Bond spy movie soundtrack. Great horn-guitar interplay! "Life's One-Act Play" is classic Youlden slow blues: ironic, yet burning. Few blues singers employed that combination of feelings (it makes one beg for his solo albums to be rereleased on CD). "Made Up My Mind" is wonderfully rollicking good-time fun, a great album starter. "I'm Tired," of course, is a masterpiece: great singing coupled with great lyrics and an absolutely irresistable opening hook from Kim. ("Where Am I?" is merely the song's percussion-driven rideout (i.e., conclusion). Finally, the Savoy Brown Boogie medley is, unfortunately, live, so we get great band energy pitted against truly awful sound quality. (Yes, that is an uncredited chunk of "Purple Haze" played by Kim in the medley's midsection.) Obviously a great cut live, but not quite as good on vinyl. (There is a better short version on the new Hellbound Train Live compilation.) Still, a very worthy addition to your collection. Make up your mind to acquire it today!

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Heart and Soul of Savoy Brown., April 23, 1999

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Jim Traweek [e-mail] (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Step Further (Audio CD)

THIS IS THE BOOGIE. FROM SAVOY BROWN, THE BOOGIE! A Savoy Brown fan from the first, I have to say this is my favorite. Yes, Blue Matter (2nd album?) was stellar. Raw Sienna was great too. Street Corner Talking was terrific. But there's something about A Step Further. Cris Youlden's nasal brit voice. The lyrics, the studio engineering... this album is blue. Soulful. And I'll bet a dollar you've never heard it. The bluesy talent harkens back to what they really HAD in Blue Matter. This entire release is veiled in an ether of feeling. Not commercial... you are invited to an insiders-only performance of Savoy Brown. The Savoy Brown Boogie is classic gold. The studio cuts ('Boogie' is live) are some of the very best and truest offerings by Savoy Brown. Excellent guitar by Ken Simmonds and Lonesome Dave. If you missed out on this one, don't feel alone. Deprived maybe. Not everybody gets an invitation to Hernando's Hideaway. Pay special attention to the lead guitar playing seminar by Ken and the crowd mastery of Chris and the warm love of the fans. Well, now I guess the cat's out of the bag. Order it. "But, what else is there in life except to occaisonally enjoy yourself... COME ON NOW BOOGIE TOO! COME ON NOW BOOGIE TOO! COME ON NOW BOOGIE TOO! COME ON NOW BOOGIE TOO! UH! UH! UH! UH! UH! UH! UH! uh u u .."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's almost..._almost_...1970 again, April 3, 2002

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This review is from: Step Further (Audio CD)

The studio cuts are as good as I remember. Alas, "Savoy Brown Boogie", the cut I really bought this CD for, while it sounded splendid on the $100 dollar sound system I had back in my youth (haven't heard it for a good 20+ years before buying this CD), turns out to be a muddy and scratchy live recording on the system I have now. And, yet...the "Feels so Good" intro - it's still FEELS SO GOOOD to listen to, mud, scratches and all, even to a no more marijuana allowed ex-hippie grownup. Boogie!