Blind Faith

The original cover art (airplane girl) has always creeped me out. I can’t speak to the sound quality versus the original, because I’ve never owned it, and have only ever heard it on the radio or more recently streaming in my car. That said this recording is really satisfying.

Original Amazon CD played through without incident. Sound quality somehow better than remembered from original vinyl purchase of ~ 1971 !!

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.

Why I waited so long to collect this historic and classic album eludes me. Audio quality is good and the musicians are fantastic. Very enjoyable.

Great to hear this music again after decades. Classic for a reason.

Its like a blast from the past I first heard this while in college and I wore out the LP. Now I can relive those times with this cd.

Had to have it after hearing “Can’t find my way home” again after too many years! Great band!

For a “thrown together” band, this albums Rocks..!Blind Faith might have survived if they had more songs for a second album. That’s the way it goes when some egos get in the way.