Jim Capaldi – Oh How We Danced 1972 Lp Rock, Funk (vinyl)
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vinJim Capaldi – Oh How We Danced 1972 Lp Rock, Funk
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Label & Ser # ~ Island Records – SW 9314
Format 1 -disc, 8 tracks, Black Vinyl, 12-inch , 33rpm, LP.
Year of release ~ 1972
Country Manufactured ~Canada
Soft Rock, Funk
Sleeve Condition (Out of 10) ~8 - ring wear
Label Condition (Out of 10) ~ 10
Vinyl Condition ~ (Out of 10)
Side 1 - 10
side 2 - 10 excellent shape
BIN # *43 / *123 (slight spline wear)
Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi (2 August 1944 – 28 January 2005)[1] was an English drummer, singer and songwriter. His musical career spanned more than four decades. He co-founded the psychedelic rock bandTraffic in 1967 with Steve Winwood with whom he co-wrote the majority of the band's output. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of Traffic's original line-up.[2]
Capaldi also performed with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Alvin Lee, Cat Stevens, andMylon LeFevre, and wrote lyrics for other artists, such as "Love Will Keep Us Alive" and "This is Reggae Music". As a solo artist he scored more than a half dozen chart hits in various countries, the most well-known being "That's Love" as well as his cover of "Love Hurts".
Career
Early years
Capaldi was born Nicola James Capaldi in Evesham, Worcestershire,[2] to English parents Marie (Née Couchier) and Nicholas Capaldi. His father was born Nicola Capaldi in 1913 in Evesham to Italian parents. As a child Capaldi studied the piano and singing with his father, a music teacher, and by his teens he was playing drums with his friends. At age 14 he founded the band The Sapphires and served as their lead vocalist.[3] At 16 he took an apprenticeship at a factory in Worcester, where he met Dave Mason.[3] In 1963 he formed The Hellions,[2] with Mason on guitar and Gordon Jackson on rhythm guitar, while Capaldi himself switched to the drummer's chair. In August 1964, Tanya Day took The Hellions to the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany as her backing group. The Spencer Davis Group were staying at the same hotel as The Hellions and it was there that Steve Winwood befriended Capaldi and Mason. They were managed for a time by John Schatt know as Scottie, who later became a powerful entrepreneur in the Music Business.
Back in Worcester, The Hellions established themselves as busy professionals of sufficient repute to provide backing to visiting performers including Adam Faith and Dave Berry. By the end of 1964, they had a London residency at the Whisky a Go Go Club. In 1964–65 the band released three singles, but none charted.[4] Later that year John "Poli" Palmer joined the band on drums and Capaldi became the lead vocalist.[5]
The Hellions moved back to Worcester in 1966 in an attempt to reduce their costs but local tastes had changed and the band relaunched themselves as The Revolution with a fourth single that also failed to chart. Disillusioned, Dave Mason left the band. Capaldi replaced Mason with Luther Grosvenor and renamed the band Deep Feeling.[2] Capaldi, Jackson and Palmer wrote original songs for the band that were heavier than the Hellions repertoire. They played gigs inBirmingham and the surrounding Black Country area where they developed a significant fan base, and eventually came to the attention of former Yardbirdsmanager Giorgio Gomelsky, who offered them a recording contract.[5] They recorded several studio tracks from 1966 to 1968 which remained unreleased until 2009, when the album Pretty Colours was released by Sunbeam Records.