Soul Connection – Street Soul
Featured in the “Mellow” section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide, Only Love Can Sustain is Argentinian rock legend Luis Alberto Spinetta’s first album released outside his home country. Spinetta is well-known for pioneering the use of the Spanish language in Argentinian rock music. Interestingly, this album is sung entirely in English, but Spinetta’s literary mastery still manages to translate through the album’s soothing yet melancholic soulful and jazzy rock tracks. The music is much more polished and expansive than Spinetta’s previous works recorded in Argentina. Apparently “having gone further than anyone in his field, Spinetta found his creative endeavors being limited by lack of sophisticated recording facilities, top-flight musicians, etc.” Only Love Can Sustain was then recorded with jazz producer George Butler (previously of Blue Note) and a mix of West Coast and East Coast musicians including studio legends Abe Laboriel, Paulinho da Costa, Alex Acuna.
– Phil Cho
Recommended – A1 Who’s To Blame, B2 Something Beautiful
Tags: Mellow / Obscure Sound
Tracklist:
A1 Who’s To Blame
A2 Only Love Can Sustain
A3 Love Once, Love Twice, Then Love Again
A4 Omens Of Love
A5 Interlude (Jade I)
B1 Interlude (Jade II)
B2 Something Beautiful
B3 Children Of The Bells
B4 George’s Surprise
B5 Light My Eyes
B6 Interlude (Jade III)
Credits:
Acoustic Guitar [East Coast Musicians] – Jay Berliner
Arranged By – Byron Olson (tracks: A3, B3), Tom Pierson (tracks: A1, B2, B4), Torrie Zito (tracks: A2, A5, B1, B5, B6)
Backing Vocals – Debbie McDuffy*, Hilda Harris, Vivian Cherry, Yvonne Lewis
Bass [Fender, East Coast Musicians] – Francisco Centeno
Bass [West Coast Musicians] – Abe Laboriel*, Chuck Domanico, Neal Steubenhaus*
Coordinator [Album] – Mike Marcus*
Coordinator [East Coast Music Coordinator] – Eugene Bianco*
Coordinator [West Coast Music Coordinator] – Jules Chaikin
Design [Cover] – John Berg
Drums [East Coast Musicians] – Ronnie Zito
Drums [West Coast Musicians] – James Gadson, Terry Bozzio
Electric Guitar [East Coast Musicians] – Jeff Mironov
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes, East Coast Musicians], Piano [East Coast Musicians] – Pat Rebillot
Engineer – Don Hahn (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B4), Frank Laico (tracks: A2, A5, B1, B3, B5, B6)
Engineer [Assistant] – Don Koldon (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B4)
Flugelhorn [East Coast Musicians] – Marvin Stamm
Guitar [West Coast Musicians] – Dennis Budimir, Marlo Henderson, Spencer Bean, Tim May
Illustration [Cover] – Peter Sato*
Keyboards [West Coast Musicians] – Tom Pierson
Management – Mike Marcus*
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Percussion [East Coast Musicians] – Ruebens Bassini*
Percussion [West Coast Musicians] – Alex Acuna*, Luis Conte, Paulinho Da Costa
Photography By [Back Cover] – Neil Zlozower
Producer – George Butler
Synthesizer – Michael Boddicker
