Why Dontcha available on November 13 2015 from Amazon for 9.50
West, Bruce & Laing - Why Dontcha (Music CD) available on March 17 2015 from Base for 9.99
EAN bar code 5013929433441 ξ1 registered November 13 2015
EAN bar code 5013929433441 ξ2 registered September 27 2014
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Pop Audio
Manufacturered by Esoteric
Product weight is 0.23 lbs.
Digitally re-mastered edition of this 1972 release from the Classic Rock trio. The album was their first studio offering and was a fine blend of hard rock (as defined by Leslie West) and the unique compositional style of Jack Bruce, finely complimented by the percussive powerhouse Corky Laing. Why Dontcha featured such fine compositions as the outstanding 'Out into the Fields', 'The Doctor' and 'Why Dontcha'. This reissue has been newly re-mastered from the original master tapes and features a booklet that fully restores all original album artwork with a new essay. Esoteric.
I got this album when it first came out when I was a kid in '72, and the artistry and command of Jack Bruce's bass playing on "Why Dont'cha" was so compelling, that it completely transformed the way I thought of rock and roll bass playing and the way I saw the role of the instrument overall. For a bass player like myself, the album is a showcase of the amazing possibilities that the instrument has to offer. Listen closely to the kinetic urgency of Bruce's bass line i..
