Genre: rock
Rating: 2 stars **
Title: Giving Birth To A Song
Company: MGM
Catalog: M3G-5011
Year: 1975
Country/State: US
Grade (cover/record): VG / VG
Comments: cut top right corner
Available: 1
Catalog ID: 4961
Price: $10.00
1975's Jimmy Bowen produced "Giving Birth To A Song" marked Delaney Bramlett's third post Delaney and Bonnie solo album (and his third label in as many years). Credited as 'Delaney and Blue Diamond' the album found Bramlett returning to the confines of a full fledged band. Musically the set wasn't a major departure from his standing soul/rock moves. Bramlett sounded in good form throughout, though by 1975 popular musical tastes had begun to leave old school soul and rock behind. As to the highlights, Bramlett was at his best on straight forward soul (a great cover of Otis Redding's ''My Lover's Prayer) and on the tougher rock material like '(I Wanna) Stay Home with You'. Certainly not his creative zenith, but a nice mid-career collection. There was also an instantly obscure single though I've never seen anything other than DJ copies - 'Nothing without You' b/w 'Nothing without You' (MGM catalog K-14862).
"Giving
Birth To A Song" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Giving Birth To A Song - 3:32
2.) I Get High - 3:05
3.) So Much In Love - 3:12
4.) My Lover's Prayer - 3:36
5.) (I Wanna) Stay Home with You - 2:24
6.) The Plug -
0:52
(side
2)
1.) Nothing without You - 3:02
2.) Never No More Blues - 2:55
3.) Lonesome, Long Gone, and So Long - 3:09
4.) Over You - 2:47
5.) I Got Away - 4:07