Essential Tommy Bolin

You might want to pick up Whips And Roses 1 & 2 or Teaser Deluxe if you don't already have them. These have alternate longer and different takes of tracks from the Teaser album along with some unissued jams. The sound quality is mostly very good for outtakes. Some of the instrumentation, arrangements and musicians are different than on the official versions.

 

The frustrating thing is that Greg Hampton created some 'frankenstein' mixes with multiple lead guitars playing at once, creating a blurry sonic picture.

 

Some news for Tommy Bolin fans for the 40th anniversary edition of his debut album.

http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2015-04-01/tommy-bolin-teaser-clip-unveiled

 

I hope they located the master tapes. It's been the reason why we haven't had a really good reissue of this album.

The fact they don't mention this in the advert tells me they still haven't found them. I hope I'm wrong.

Rick A.

 

Teaser on vinyl still sounds great--played a few weeks ago, then again last week, and it is now my go-to Bolin LP. What a cool record it still is, after all these years. He rips it up on "Savannah Woman."

 

This is crap.... like all other Bolin reissues, butchered by Greg Hampton. The master tapes were lost after Trident studios closed!

 

That's correct Claus. It was last seen in Trident. Man, how many iterations are we going to have on this album.

And believe me, I want a great version. I just love this record.

Rick A.