Amar Caballero is the second album from british rock group Babe Ruth. Babe Ruthīs debut album First Base was an excellent rock album with lots of progressive tendencies ( most notably a cover of King Kong by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention) while this second album is a bit more simple and influenced by both soul and funk. Babe Ruth's second offering is a major disappointment after the excellent debut, First Base. Amar Caballero is a very uneven album featuring a couple of very good songs, some average ones, and some really bad ones too. Let's start with the bad ones: Gimme Some Leg, Cool Jerk and Doctor Love are horrible attempts at (some kind of) Funk and maybe these could even be seen as proto-Hip Hop! I absolutely cannot stand these three tracks and this brings the album down.
Babe Ruth – Amar Caballero. Label: Harvest – SHVL 812. Format: Vinyl, LP, Album. Country: UK. Released: 1974. Percussion – Ed Spevock. Producer, Guitar – Alan Shacklock. Sleeve – Hipgnosis (2). Technician – Mark Vigars, Mike Jarratt. Technician – Harry Moss.
Babe Ruth are a rock band from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. They were initially active in the 1970s and reformed in 2005. A predecessor of the group, called Shacklock after guitarist Alan Shacklock, was formed in 1970. Members included Janita Haan and Dave Hewitt, with Dave Punshon and Dick Powell later joining. The first release was their single "Wells Fargo"; their first album, First Base, went gold in Canada.
Album Name Amar Caballero. Wydawcy Harvest Records. Styl muzycznyProgressive Rock. Zarejestrowanych posiada ten album1. 3. Gimme Some Leg. 4. Baby Pride.
First Base/Amar Caballero. The band's second album, Amar Caballero, was also released on Harvest in 1973. The style on this album was similar to that of the debut with even more Spanish influences, and it contained a horn section and orchestration. This time out the songs were entirely written by Shacklock with the exception of the song "Amar Caballero (Sin Ton Ni Son)" which dominated most of the second side of the album and incorporated an arrangement of a traditional Spanish folk song. The album sold well in North America but not in England despite aggressive marketing.
That was Babe Ruth's absolute classic debut album from 1972 and, unfortunately, they would never match anything on it and it was all down hill from here. Well, you learn something new every day. I turn now to Amar Caballero. If you want to start with a Babe Ruth record then it must be nothing but the debut or you may never listen to them again.
| A1 | LadyElectric Piano – Dave PunshonFlute – Dave White, Steve GregoryPercussion [Mother Drum] – Gasper Lawal*Trombone – Keith Christie, Ray PremruTrumpet – Ray Harris Vocals, Percussion, Conductor – Alan Shacklock |
3:35 |
| A2 | Broken CloudCelesta, Conductor – Alan ShacklockFlugelhorn – Ray Harris Flute – Brian Warren, Jack ElloryTimpani – Ed Spevock |
3:53 |
| A3 | Gimme Some LegOrgan – Chris Holmes Percussion [Assorted], Vocals [Additional] – Gasper Lawal* |
5:59 |
| A4 | Baby PrideChoir – Chris Bushen |
3:44 |
| B1 | Cool JerkBass [Fuzz] – Dave HewittPiano [Steinway] – Dave PunshonSaxophone [Baritone] – Bud BeadleSaxophone [Tenor] – Steve GregoryTrumpet – Ron CarthyVocals – Alan Shacklock |
2:26 |
| B2 | We Are HoldingCo-producer, Tambourine – Nick MobbsElectric Piano, Tambourine – Alan ShacklockFlute – Duncan LamontViolin – Raymond Vincent |
3:22 |
| B3 | Doctor LoveCongas – Gasper Lawal*Organ – Alan ShacklockSaxophone [Tenor] – Steve GregoryTrumpet – Ron Carthy |
3:00 |
| Amar Caballero (Sin Ton Ni Son) | (9:08) | |
| B4a | El Caballero De La Reina IsabellaCongas, Cowbell, Vocals – Angelito PerezMellotron – Alan Shacklock |
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| B4b | Hombre De La GuitanaCongas, Cowbell, Vocals – Angelito PerezMellotron – Alan Shacklock |
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| B4c | El Testament De 'AmeliaCongas, Cowbell, Vocals – Angelito PerezMellotron – Alan Shacklock |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHVL 812 | Babe Ruth | Amar Caballero (LP, Album) | Harvest | SHVL 812 | UK | 1974 |
| 1 J062-05.501 | Babe Ruth | Amar Caballero (LP, Album) | Harvest | 1 J062-05.501 | Spain | 1974 |
| SHVLJ (D) 812 | Babe Ruth | Amar Caballero (LP, Album, Gat) | Harvest | SHVLJ (D) 812 | South Africa | 1974 |
| TOCP-70351 | Babe Ruth | Amar Caballero (CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap) | Harvest | TOCP-70351 | Japan | 2008 |
| EOP-81029 | Babe Ruth | Amar Caballero - Promo (LP) | Odeon | EOP-81029 | Japan | 1974 |
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