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Introducción

En un anterior artículo comenzamos la historia de Supertramp, un grupo británico de rock progresivo fundado en 1969 por el músico Rick Davies. Supertramp ha sido una de las bandas más influyentes de la escena musical mundial de los setenta y ochenta del siglo XX. La primera formación de Supertramp, integrada por Davies, Roger Hodgson, Richard Palmer y Robert Millar, publicó un álbum homónimo con las características del rock progresivo de escaso éxito comercial, al que dedicamos dicho artículo.

En este artículo continuamos su historia hasta la publicación de su segundo álbum Indelibly Stamped.

Antecedentes

Dave Winthrop (flauta y saxofón) se unió al grupo tras el lanzamiento del primer disco en julio de 1970, y poco después, el 27 de agosto, Supertramp tocó en el Festival de la Isla de Wight. La formación continuó cambiando en los seis meses siguientes a la publicación del álbum: Palmer abandonó el grupo debido a conflictos personales con Davies y Hodgson, seguido de Millar, quien sufrió una crisis nerviosa después de una gira por Noruega. Palmer, como Richard Palmer-James, pasó a trabajar como letrista para King Crimson. Palmer fue reemplazado por el ex guitarrista de The Nice David O'List, quien solo duró un concierto.

Dave Winthrop

Grabación del álbum

Roger Hodgson definió Indelibly Stamped como «el álbum de supervivencia para ponernos en las manos de nuestro representante. No había ningún tema trabajado para el álbum y estábamos flojeando». Kevin Currie (percusión) y Frank Farrell (bajo, teclados, coros) fueron reclutados para el grupo poco antes de comenzar las sesiones de grabación. Hodgson cambió a la guitarra y Davies sirvió como segundo cantante principal. Con la partida de Palmer, Hodgson y Davies escribieron y compusieron por separado para este y los álbumes posteriores de la banda.

Formación de Supertramp para su segundo álbum

El álbum fue grabado entre abril y mayo de 1971 en los Olympic Studios, Londres. El álbum marcó un cambio drástico en la dirección musical del grupo hacia un sonido rock más convencional.

La canción «Times Have Changed» evolucionó a partir de una canción llamada «Times of Rain», que fue compuesta por Richard Palmer-James mientras era miembro del grupo. Rick Davies y Hodgson escribieron una nueva letra para la canción, que fue rebautizada como «Times Have Changed».

El grupo comenzó una gira de promoción del álbum con una serie de conciertos en el P.N. Club de Munich, Alemania, el lugar donde el grupo ofreció sus primeros conciertos. Davies describió los conciertos en esa época como «realmente rock and roll. Estábamos acostumbrados a que la gente se subiera al escenario y era caótico, esperando que hiciéramos tres bises, pero había carne y patatas detrás del escenario. Más o menos la misma gente venía al siguiente concierto».

Contraportada del álbum

Lanzamiento y recepción

El álbum fue lanzado el 25 de junio de 1971 en el Reino Unido. No llegó a las listas. Al igual que su álbum debut, el disco supuso un fracaso comercial, aunque con los años fue certificado como disco de oro en Canadá y Francia. Solo entró en la lista de discos más vendidos de Australia, donde llegó al puesto 53.

Interior de la carpeta del álbum

La portada de Indelibly Stamped representa el torso y los brazos tatuados de una mujer desnuda. Comúnmente se cree que la modelo era Rusty Skuse, en gran parte debido a un tatuaje en el brazo izquierdo con los nombres «Bill» y «Rusty». Sin embargo, una comparación entre la portada del álbum y las fotografías de los tatuajes de Skuse mostraron que no era la modelo. Según Paul Sayce, en un artículo para Tattoo News, la modelo era Marion Hollier, que fue tatuada en Les Skuse Tattoo Studio en la década de 1960. Un artículo publicado en The People poco después de la publicación del álbum también identificó a Hollier como la modelo, quien señaló que le habían pagado 45 libras por el trabajo. Las ediciones originales tienen una portada plegable a color y texto diferente para el nombre de la banda y el título del álbum.

Portada original del álbum

Portada de la edición europea de 1977 con las letras del título y la banda diferentes.

Este es el primer álbum de Supertramp publicado en los Estados Unidos; la portada era de color (en 1971), pero A&M pegó dos estrellas doradas sobre los pezones. Se publicó en septiembre de 1971.

En España no se publicó hasta 1977.

En una breve reseña retrospectiva, Stephen Thomas Erlewine escribió para Allmusic que Indelibly Stamped era una mejora con respecto al álbum debut del grupo, pero que eran aun indulgentes con secciones instrumentales muy largas.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Las bajas ventas del álbum provocó que todos los miembros, a excepción de Davies y Hodgson, abandonaran el grupo, y que Miesegaes les retirase su apoyo financiero en octubre de 1972.

Lista de canciones

Enlace al álbum completo: Indelibly Stamped - Supertramp (1971) Full Album

CARA 1

1. "Your Poppa Don't Mind" - 2:58

(Escrita por: Rick Davies y Roger Hodgson Cantada por: Rick Davies)

Enlaces

Your Poppa Don't Mind

Supertramp - Your Poppa Don't Mind

01. Your Poppa Don't Mind - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped

Your Poppa Don't Mind Supertramp

Letras

Give it a whirl, give it a try

Why don't you sleep out, start living high

You're on your own, you make your bed

No time for wasting, just look ahead

Your poppa don't mind what you do or say

You can't surprise him anymore

He's got a reputation that he don't look back

Your poppa don't mind at all

Getting old, it's getting late

It's soon tomorrow, so celebrate

Bring it out, and go to town

Before you're thinking of settlin' down

Your poppa don't mind what you do or say

You can't surprise him anymore

He don't believe in livin' like a good man should

Your poppa don't mind at all

Findin' out, is half the fun

And when you find out, don't try to run

If you know, then you've begun

But if you don't know, it's still to come

Your poppa don't mind what you do or say

You can't surprise him anymore

He talks about his women and his old school time

Your poppa don't mind at all

Your poppa don't mind what you do or say

You can't surprise him anymore

He don't believe in livin' like a good man should

Your poppa don't mind at all

Mi opinión sobre el tema:

Rock & roll

2. "Travelled" - 4:15

(Escrita por: Rick Davies y Roger Hodgson Cantada por: Roger Hodgson)

Enlaces

Supertramp - Travelled

Supertramp- Travelled (subtitulado español e ingles)

Travelled - Supertramp 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Supertramp - Travelled

02. Travelled - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped

Mi opinión sobre el tema:

Es un tema pop al estilo Supertramp

Letras

Travelled the world a million ways,

Catching upon a familiar gaze

Everyone lives by do or die,

there's noone with time to laugh or cry

There's noone to tell us what we're living for.......

And though I try to be a good man,

I just know that I'll be losing very soon

And there are times and there are motions,

when I do believe I'm going out

of tune....oh..

I've been around a long,long while,

looking for sun to make me smile

Still multiplty the daily bread,

their thinking of lives for times ahead

It must be a mighty funny way to feel......

And though I try to be a good man,

I keep finding there's no where to begin

And so I think I'll go on singing,

and in time I hope that we can all join

in....oh..oh,oh,oh

Do,do,do,do,do,do

Do,do,do,do,do,do,do,do,do,do,do,do

hmmm

La,la,la,la,la.......

3. "Rosie Had Everything Planned" - 2:58

(Escrita por: Frank Farrell y Roger Hodgson Cantada por: Roger Hodgson)

Enlaces

Supertramp - Rosie Had Everything Planned

03. Rosie Had Everything Planned - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped

Rosie Had Everything Planned

Supertramp Rosie had everything planned

Mi opinión sobre el tema:

Bonita balada.

Letras

Acting upon information received

Rosie had everything planned

Stood in a garden with a shotgun in hand

What a woman

Whilst entertaining the headlines next day

Rosie would not be released

If it was found that her man was deceased

Silly woman

Oh but Rosie, a girl with a strange kind of humor

Stupidly took it a roomer

Making her think that she'd lost

Double-crossed by a man who still

Stood in the garden and shaking her head

Rosie could not understand

Wiping her eyes with the back of her hand

Sad, sad woman

Oh but Rosie, how could a few words have made her

Certain that he had betrayed her

Making her think that she'd lost

Double-crossed by a man who still very near to her

Row upon row of angel-hair

Rosie had everything planned

Sure that the people would not understand

Sad, sad woman

Roger Hodgson, Voice of Supertramp - performing Rosie Had Everything Planned Live - YouTube

4. "Remember" - 4:00

(Escrita por: Rick Davies y Roger Hodgson Cantada por: Rick Davies)

Enlaces

Supertramp - Remember

Remember Supertramp

04. Remember - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped

Mi opinión personal:

Tema rockero.

Letras

I think it's funny, such a sad song

You liked your money, now you ain't got none

So is it mighty strange now that you're so broke

Don't try to make it man, you haven't got a hope

Remember when I was in trouble

You put down the phone

So anywhere you go, you go alone

Before the crash came, the money sure flowed

You had a flash name, a fancy wardrobe

But now it's breaking up there's no one near you

Don't try to make me call 'cause I won't hear you

Remember when I was in trouble

You put down the phone

So anywhere you go, you go alone

Remember when I was in trouble

You put down the phone

So anywhere you go, you go alone

Well, don't you sit around, it's time to move on

Your life is broken down, so get a new one

And if you make it by into the good life

Why don't you make it right, just look at this time

Remember when I was in trouble

You put down the phone

So anywhere you go, you go alone

5. "Forever" - 5:05

(Escrita por: Rick Davies y Roger Hodgson Cantada por: Rick Davies)

Enlaces

"Forever" By Supertramp (1971)

05. Forever - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped

Supertramp - Forever

Forever Supertramp

Mi opinión sobre el tema:

Bonita balada estilo Supertramp.

Letras

I will always love you true forever

Forever, I will always love you true

Hope you'll feel the same way too forever

Forever, I hope you feel the same way too

Want to spend my life with you forever

Forever, I want to spend my life with you

My life with you, my life with you, uhu

Life with you, my life with you, uhu

Love you 'till the day I die, yeah forever

Forever, love you 'till the day I die

So I'll sing this song to you forever

Forever, I will sing this song to you

Song to you, song to you

Song to you, song to you....

I really love you, I really need you..

I really love you, I think about you....

CARA 2

1. "Potter" - 2:23

(Escrita por: Rick Davies y Roger Hodgson Cantada por: Dave Winthrop)

Enlaces:

Supertramp - Potter

Potter Supertramp

06. Potter - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped

Supertramp - Potter (Audio)

Mi opinión sobre el tema:

Es un tema rockero.

Letras:

The name is Potter, hi there

I'm sure getting hotter, minder

I told her strict she could see my prickled cactus back in the confines of

my home

She didn't say yes, but she didn't say no, said just go get a cactus of her own

Nigger in the woodpile, ?mindout?

Trigger as a docile, find out

Roll up, roll up, come and see my ?fingermass singermass? songs like you

never seen before

Roll out, old town, to the place in town it's a case of a pound and a race

to the bedroom-door

Roll up, roll up, come and see my ?fingermass singermass? songs like you

never seen before

Roll out, old town, to the place in town it's a case of a pound and a race

to the bedroom-door

2. "Coming Home to See You" - 4:39

(Escrita por: Rick Davies y Roger Hodgson Cantada por: Rick Davies)

Enlaces:

07. Coming Home To See You - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped

Coming Home To See You Supertramp

Supertramp - Coming Home To See You

Mi opinión personal:

Canción con cambios de ritmo.

Letras

You're very much like your mother

And that's a natural fact

But you couldn't look much like your brother's wife

Or anyone like that

And you don't look much like your sister

'Cause she's all big and fat

But don't breath a word to your mean all dad

'Cause I'll be gone midnight

I'm coming home to see you early in the morning

All be around and all the ?birdtrades? today

I'm coming home to see your hard day darling

All aboard, all aboard

Put on some fancy clothes and meet me at the station

Make sure I don't mistake you for your sister Jane

Don't want to see you with tour goddamn relations

That's all for now, I'll se you, chiao

3. "Times Have Changed"- 3:42

(Escrita por: Rick Davies y Roger Hodgson Cantada por: Rick Davies)

Enlaces

Supertramp - Times Have Changed

08. Times Have Changed - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped

Supertramp - Times Have Changed (from vinyl)

Mi opinión sobre el tema:

Es un tema ya largo que apunta a lo que será Supertramp.

Letras

Captain I am sorry that this ship should go a stray

Letting the ocean have it's own way

Lay me down to pass ?to send?, I'll pay for all my sins

Pleading for mercy, my cancel begins

Times have changed, and my vision ain't so strong

For the battle was too long, for me to bear

I don't feel the pain, for my soul is sinking fast

And I know this is the last, the chance for me

In and out of tumor, and in and out of mind

Deeper the ocean, stronger the tide

Stormy seas surround me, no sails to keep me dry

I pray to you captain, but you heard not my cry

Times have changed, and my vision ain't so strong

For the battle was too long, for me to bear

I don't feel the pain, for my soul is sinking fast

And I know this is the last, the chance for me

For me, for my story

Let me lie in peace

I want to say I'm sorry now

Then I'll be on my way

Times have changed, and my vision ain't so strong

For the battle was too long, for me to bear

I don't feel the pain, for my soul is sinking fast

And I know this is the last, the chance for me

4. "Friend in Need" - 3:08

(Escrita por: Rick Davies y Roger Hodgson Cantada por: Rick Davies)

Enlaces:

Supertramp - Friend in Need

Friend in Need Supertramp

09. Friend In Need - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped

Mi opinión personal:

Tema con aires de cabaret.

Letras:

Hey buddy, wanna talk to you

I got a friend in need, a friend indeed

I hear you got a few friends too

Living up the stairs, sell their wears

And they don't care, 'cause they don't know that

Oooh he's very lovely

Oooh he's lost his one and only

Woman that he's ever had

It sure is bad, can you make him glad?

Hey mister can you help him out

Can you put him straight, before it gets to late

And show what it's all about

Hey mister where you got the dope?

Which will it be, to pay the fee?

I guess that you can see from me

So I'll be straight with you, I'll tell the truth

A friend in need is just really me

5. "Aries" - 7:25

(Escrita por: Rick Davies y Roger Hodgson Cantada por: Roger Hodgson)

Enlaces:

Supertramp Aries

Supertramp - Aries

10. Aries - Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped

SUPERTRAMP- ÁRIES - 1972 - DO ÁLBUM INDELIBLY STAMPED

Mi opinión personal:

Tema largo con aires jazzisticos. Lo mas cercano al rock progresivo del álbum

Letras:

(Right, let's get the whole thing cooking)

I try to run in a different race

But every time I seem to loose face

Making it hard it's easy

But I got to keep trying to lessen my pace

I try to walk down a city-street

I say hello to the people I meet

They're walking their way and thinking I'm crazy

But I have so much trouble just to keeping the beat

Well my way of life is simple

'Cause I just do what I please

Whatever I was blessing

Well it worn't to laugh at me

Maybe I'm just a country boy

Hinging life bringing no joy

Well it's bringing me down, it's making me lonely

You see I'm fooling with a life and it ain't no toy

Well my way of life is simple

'Cause I just do what I please

And whenever I got problems

I just call upon Aries

Here she comes

Mi opinión personal sobre el álbum:

El álbum es otra joya olvidada. En él, Supertramp se aleja del sonido de rock progresivo, quedando alguna traza. Hay algunos temas que recuerdan el pop que desarrollarán en el futuro y hay que salen de lo normal como un rock&roll.

Créditos

Rick Davies: pianos acústicos y Wurlitzer, órgano Hammond, voz principal, armónica

Roger Hodgson: guitarras acústicas y eléctricas, bajo (pista 3), líder (pistas 2, 3, 10) y coros

Dave Winthrop – flauta, saxofones,voz principal (pista 6)

Frank Farrell – bajo (todas las pistas excepto pista 3), piano y acordeón (pista 3), coros

Kevin Currie – percusión, batería

Producción

Productor: Supertramp

Ingeniero: Bob Hall

Páginas

domingo, 21 de noviembre de 2021

1971: Estampado indeleble

Contenido de esta entrada:

Introducción

Antecedentes

Grabación del álbum

Lanzamiento y recepción

Lista de canciones

Créditos

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