Blind Faith

If you are a classic rock fan, this is a must have to you collection. I am a musician and a producer and this baby stands up to the test of time. I can put this thing on and let it play all the way through with no skipping tracks. I also love and play all genres of music, and the fact that I get to listen to a wide variety of new music and re-acquaint myself with great songs, albums, and artist from the past with amazon prime is absolutely terrific.

It's out of print now and pricey when you order it from a third-party seller, but the 2014 Deluxe Edition of this album is the one you want. This version sounds better than all the other CD versions I've owned. The remastering brings this album to life with rich, dynamic sound and NO brick-walling or compression. The remastering doesn't alter the feel or balance of the tracks in any way. It sounds like the original vinyl in every good way possible. Unfortunately the bonus tracks are mostly forgettable, but you need the Deluxe edition if only for the remastered original album. Simply outstanding!

A really great album. A rare period in musical history when these four artists collaborated to create something that is an incredible blend of each of their genius. Vocals by a young Stevie Winwood are great. Guitar by Eric Clapton is amazing. And the album has a final track that is all instrumental and provides a great opportunity to hear the drum work of Ginger Baker in all it's glory.

I had the vinyl way back when it first came out, and it's now 2015 when I have it on CD. It sounds beautiful! In fact, I hear things today that I'm sure I missed back then. For that reason alone, I urge you to buy it. However, there are more reasons. This album contains the two very best versions of "Can't Find My Way Home," and "In the Presence of the Lord," songs that have been bastardized in concert more often than most songs. These gems are beautifully rendered, with no over the top flourishes to please a rowdy crowd. As for the other tunes, I can honestly say I have found a new respect for them, whereas, in my youth, I didn't give them their due. Winwood's vocals throughout the album are a pure joy; he is such a fine singer, hitting all the notes with such emotion and style. Clapton's playing is studio-perfect; his solos are iconic on this album. The flash is in the perfection. Baker's drums are recorded in wonderful stereo, beautiful bass, separation, great rolls and thunder. What seemed exploratory then is now music you can celebrate in all settings. Drive to it, cook to it, party to it, host anything to it. Just buy it!

I just wish that they had put out another couple of albums.

What it is... It's a classic. I finally got rid of my old record player. Besides, my old vinyl version was all scratched up from the days before I learned to take care of my music collection. I decided to spring for a digital version of this, as I have of others, before they're out of print. I've also learned to "hear" the difference since the early days. It actually does sound better on good equipment, even tho' there's something nostalgic about the snap, crackle, pop...

I bought this so I could listen again to Stevie Winwood's beautiful singing of the "I Can't Find My Way Home." The version of "It's All Right" is also fun -- the longer pieces are, just as I remembered, pretty self-indulgent with their endless and none-too-inspired solos.

Looking back at the summer of 1969, you'd have to say that there was indeed a bumper crop of classic rock albums. Let's see there was Workingman's Dead, which transitioned the Dead from psycadellic jug band to a new acoustic blues-folk-country genera that continued on into American Beauty. We got the amazing Soft Parade by The Doors in '69. Jethro Tull put out their debut album, the only recording with orginal Blodyn Pig guitarist Mick Abrams. Procol Harum signed on with A Salty Dog, a collection of dark broodong songs evoking "Tales Of The Ancient Mariner". There was the understated brilliance of Crosby Stills & Nash. Together or without Neil Young, this was the first edition of what would become one of Rock's most enduring super groups.That brings us to rock's most ill-fated super group....Bind Faith. For my money this was the premire event in an all too brief period of unsurpassed classic rock releases. They became for me, a perfect blend of almost all the aforementioned classics. Winwood carried along the haunting bluesy vocals he perfected with Traffic and Clapton showed the world that he didn't need to extend guitar solos beyond the three minute mark to express heart-felt passion deep down to your toes.So why did Blind Faith collapse in less than twelve months? Clapton lends a lot of credence to the idea that "Music From Big Pink" by The Band opened his mind to a whole new "roots" sound. He wanted to get back to tight ensamble playing. It seems he wanted to capture a more understated and less in your face approach. And of course you can't argue with the man who brought us "Layla" and so many other great songs. Steve Winwood reformed Traffic, without Dave Mason and Ginger Baker went on to join the Airfore, Ginger Baker's Airforce of course.It's cleched I know but Blind Faith really cements where I was and what I was at nineteen years old in that oh so wonderful, magical, whacky world of the summer of '69. I'll forever regret not joining my friends who hitch hiked from New York to Providence, RI to see Blind Faith in concert. If I had only known that it was to be a once in a lifetime Experience.

I have not set out to write reviews of the music content as “beauty is in the ears of the listener”. These reviews are about the quality (or not) of the recorded sound. To read about how the reviews are done please see my profile.Whilst this is an old recording which has not been remastered that is little excuse. Straight away you are struck how flat the drums are in the mix. Indeed the seem to float in and out of the mix.The guitars are lacklustre. The vocals are clear but this is probably at the expense of the other instruments.Sounds are very flat and compressed. Channel separation is good however the left/right sound stage sounds artificial as there is little depth or balance, just the flat drums in the middle of the sound stage.Indeed the drums really are terrible being muffled and confused at times. This is reinforced as the bass guitar is almost inaudible. Strangely there is detail in the recording just waiting and wanting to escape.It is a low volume recording but strangely it can suddenly come to life and as suddenly the music fades back into the shadows. The music lacks dynamic range and feels stunted especially on tracks such as “Can’t find my way home.” It’s not bad but equally its not good especially is compared with recordings by The Rolling Stones from the same time.The problems may be exacerbated as it is just a very quiet master which is in need of some love and attention.

I'm a big fan of Traffic (look at other reviews on my profile) and this only happened last year... I've also been enjoying Steve Winwood solo albums (plus the Spencer Davis group - where he understandably came to recognition.) I've been a big, big fan of Cream since I discovered them as a teen, in the 80s - and it surely goes without saying, Clapton too.Why I didn't take the plunge and buy this album a long time ago, is anybody's guess but I finally have and now, from listening to and loving the tracks Can't Find My Way Home and Presence Of The Lord, from the 1988 Eric Clapton Crossroads box set, I have now filled in the gaps. And about time too.This is easily a 5/5 for me - after the first couple of listens (which were great) I started seeing it as a whole and now it is an utterly essential piece of work; incredible musical forces at work on this one.. just as I said in the tile of my review! :)

This CD sounds terrible and sorely needs to be talentedly remastered. Now the incredible, and dangerous, Mr Baker has died we should pull together all his rock stuff and display it in the style it really deserves. The second side is a great demo of Ginger's talents, a great drumming session. Top talent all round, including the heavily talented Steve Winwood.

Absolutely no idea what the record company was thinking of when it created this pretty disgusting soft-porn album art. The music on this one Blind Faith album is totally amazing. if you like any of the band members' music - Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech - you will recognise pretty much every track as a classic. The band was a combination of Cream and Traffic members. This is their only album, but the music is pretty much constantly played every time Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood get together (at Crossroads etc). Brilliant.

Though they only made one album, I think the group blended well together ,especially with Winwood's vocals and melodic keyboards,in producing some classic tracks.Plus Ginger Baker's solo drum role on last track from original album, shows why he was regarded as one of the best percussionist of his time. Also let's not forget Clapton's guitar work and Grech's bass playing holding it together.