Streetnoise

Streetnoise
Studio album by
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity
ReleasedJuly 1969
Recorded1969
StudioAdvision Studios, London, England
GenreJazz, progressive rock, gospel, folk rock, psychedelic rock
Length74:04
LabelMarmalade 608005/6 (UK) / Atco / Polydor
ProducerGiorgio Gomelsky
Julie Driscoll chronology
Open
(1967)
Streetnoise
(1969)
1969
(1971)
Brian Auger chronology
Definitely What!
(1968)
Streetnoise
(1969)
Befour
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[2]

Streetnoise is a 1969 album by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity, originally released as a double LP.

It includes cover versions of The Doors’ "Light My Fire", Nina Simone’s "Take Me To The Water", Laura Nyro’s "Save the Country", Miles Davis' "All Blues", Richie Havens' "Indian Rope Man", and "Let The Sunshine In" and "I Got Life" from the musical Hair. Driscoll covers this wide range of musical influences easily and with her highly emotive and distinctive vocals, and with Auger's intense Hammond organ, the album is instrumentally interesting, too.[3][4][5]

Streetnoise was a record that may have been informed by its era, but it certainly isn't stuck there, especially as the 21st century opens. The music here sounds as fresh and exciting as the day it was recorded. The sound on the reissue is completely remastered and packed in deluxe form; it all adds up to a must-have package for anyone interested in the development of Auger's music that was to change immediately after this record with the invention of the Oblivion Express, and also for those interested in Driscoll's most brave, innovative, and fascinating career as an improviser who discovered entirely new ways of using the human voice. Streetnoise is brilliant.[4]

— Thom Jurek, Allmusic
  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. Streetnoise at AllMusic
  2. ^ Bangs, Lester (6 September 1969). "Streetnoise". Rolling Stone (41). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 29.
  3. ^ "B-Music › Essential A-Z › Records". Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ a b Jurek, Thom: Review of Streetnoise at AllMusic
  5. ^ Streetnoise reviews at www.progarchives.com