Open Your Heart: Island Recordings 1972-1976 [Import]

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Recorded while Traffic was on hiatus, Jim’s solo debut ("Oh How We Danced") features Steve Winwood along with Chris Wood, Paul Kossoff, Dave Mason, Ric Grech, Jim Gordon and other special guests. That album was recorded in Alabama with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, who also appear on "Whale Meat Again" (1974), after which Jim recorded "Short Cut Draw Blood," another gem featuring the Muscle Shoals musicians and Winwood as well as Chris Spedding. Along with those three LPs, this set includes a bevy of bonus tracks (many new to CD) plus a DVD with Old Grey Whistle Test performances from ’75 and ’76: "Goodbye Love," "Low Rider," "Keep On Trying," "Elixir of Love" and more. The albums include Jim’s hits "Eve," "It’s Alright" and his Orbison cover "Love Hurts" plus "Big Thirst," "Yellow Sun," "Goodbye Love" and more, all remastered and joined by an illustrated booklet with a new essay! Esoteric.