Teaser [Import]

teaser [import]

Track Listings

1. The Grind

2. Homeward Strut

3. Dreamer

4. Savannah Woman

5. Teaser

6. People, People

7. Marching Powder

8. Wild Dogs

9. Lotus

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
1975 album for Epic. Nine tracks, including 'The Grind', 'Homeward Strut', 'Dreamer' and the title track.

Teaser,Tommy Bolin,Sony

Teaser [Import]

Average customer rating:

Getting better all the time
Bolin Brilliance
Why do think it is now selling for $35.00$
A fuzzy snapshot of a great talent
Deeply flawed.... but still enchanting!

Teaser
Tommy Bolin
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006ZFI
Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

Grind
Homeward Strut [Instrumental]
Dreamer
Savannah Woman
Teaser
People, People
Marching Powder [Instrumental]
Wild Dogs
Lotus

Album Description

1975 album for Epic. Nine tracks, including 'The Grind', 'Homeward Strut', 'Dreamer' and the title track.

Album Description

1975 album for Epic. Nine tracks, including 'The Grind', 'Homeward Strut', 'Dreamer' and the title track.

Album Details

1975 Release from the Late Session Guitarist and Former James Gang and Deep Purple Member..

Customer Reviews:

Getting better all the time.......2006-11-08

I ordered Teaser first, originally, but due to an error I lost it and went for Whips and Roses instead. Not one for 10 minute long jamming guitar solos I was slow to appreciate Tommy's style. Later, I found Teaser on sale in a store and picked it up. I was not impressed at first because the recording level was lower than Whips and Roses and just didn't do the album justice. But after giving it a good number of listens on the headphones I think I have started to see what others claim Tommy Bolin had.

Basically, this is a seventies rock album. It didn't stand out for me from the scores of other rock albums of the same period but I will say that I have come to like it quite a lot. It is mostly commercial sounding though interesting in its variety of styles, including jazz, blues, reggae and hard rock. His singing is surprisingly good and he's impressive on Dreamer and Wild Dogs, though I heard Glenn Hughes guests on Dreamer so the best vocals are actually Hughes. What impressed me the most is Tommy's style of guitar playing. It is unique. I can understand how it is people praise him as a brilliant guitarist. He attempts many sounds and effects without sounding like Jeff Beck and can play some tricky licks as well.

Bolin Brilliance.......2006-10-20

I find it extremely puzzling that some reviewers have opted to open the martyrdom and overhyped tags on Tommy Bolin.
Here is a guitarist who is by most people largely unknown even today.
American listeners especially should embrace this special talent and enjoy the great playing by a man who on the evidence of this album alone deserves to be listened to.
Please do yourself a great favour and embrace Tommy and Teaser,it could even open doors to more of his groundbreaking work for you.

Why do think it is now selling for $35.00$.......2005-08-22

Who ever the IDIOT was that said it was a poor mix needs to realize it was done in 1975! Tommy Bolin was SO far ahead of his time! Get a friggin* clue Chief! You find me one band today that has his talent and I'll gladly buy you a cold beer!
Take it for what it's worth... great lyrics and even better guitar!

A fuzzy snapshot of a great talent.......2005-02-15

I love this album, but on both the album & the CD's (I have bought 2 different releases hoping for a better mix, but have been dissapointed with both)the mixing, not the performance (which is stellar)really leaves a lot ot be desired. Not that it's unlistenable, I play it often, but in this day and age of better techology, I'm sure we could get a better version. But even if it never happens, it's still a great album and better than most stuff out there today. Timeless!!!!

Deeply flawed.... but still enchanting!.......2004-05-12

Firstly, ever since this album was issued in 1975 it has had very loyal and fanatical support - so what I have to say below will not be very popular!

Although having good/great songwriting and singing, this album is sometimes let down by sloppy playing, pitiful mixing and poor quality control during the final stages of its production...

Dare I suggest that history is rewritten and it is given to someone trustworthy like Ken Scott to oversee a remix which would give it a well needed final polish to reveal all of its true beauty (instead of the chaotic and erratic fader riding during mixdown which buries so much of the detail and introduces some harsh distortion which leaps out at you...). It sounds to my ears like the volume in the studio control room was so loud that they were trying to bounce sound off of planets, got excited and lost contact with any possibility of objective listening analysis on Earth...!!!

I know I sound like a technical spoilsport anorak (or perhaps a mad professor) but I personally always prefer to go for the 'take' and 'feel' rather than 'iron any soul' out of the performance by aiming for total accuracy and perfection. I feel this album goes beyond that in places.

That said, there is nothing to replace it with... It is a very warm and likeable collection of songs and perhaps because the VU meters were frequently off the scale etc it may be even more endearing (especially considering the sad circumstances surrounding Tommy Bolin).

I expect you can guess that I have a love/hate relationship with this album!

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