Children Of The Future (1968) ( )

Product Summary Label: Emd/capitol UPC: 00077779124527 Release Date: 8/23/1994 Buy.com Sku: 60135093 Item#: MX6PC5 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title 1. Children Of The Future 2. Pushed Me To It 3. You've Got The Power 4. In My First Mind 5. Beauty Of Time Is That It's Snowing, The (Psychedelic B.B) 6. Baby's Callin' Me Home 7. Steppin' Stone 8. Roll With It 9. Junior Saw It Happen 10. Fanny Mae 11. Key To The Highway   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Steve Miller Band: Steve Miller (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Boz Scaggs (guitar, vocals); Lonnie Turner (bass, vocals); Jim Peterman (keyboards); Tim Davis (drums, vocals). A psychedelic blues rock-out, 1968's Children of the Future marked Steve Miller's earliest attempt at the ascent that brought him supersonic superstardom. Recorded at Olympic Studios in London with storied producer Glyn Johns at the helm, the set played out as pure West Coast rock inflected with decade-of-love psychedelia but intriguingly cloaked in the misty pathos of the U.K. blues ethic. Though bandmate Boz Scaggs contributed a few songs, the bulk of the material was written by Miller while working as a janitor at a music studio in Texas earlier in the year. The best of his efforts resonate in a side one free-for-all that launches with the keys and swirls of the title track and segues smoothly through "Pushed Me Through It" and "In My First Mind," bound for the epic, hazy, lazy, organ-inflected "The Beauty of Time Is That It's Snowing," which ebbs and flows in ways that are continually surprising. The second half of the LP is cast in a different light -- a clutch of songs that groove together but don't have the same sleepy flow. Though it has since attained classic status -- Miller himself was still performing it eight years later -- Scaggs' "Baby's Callin' Me Home" is a sparse, lightly instrumentalized piece of good old '60s San Francisco pop. His "Steppin' Stone," on the other hand, is a raucous, heavy-handed blues freakout with a low-riding bass and guitar breaks that angle out in all directions. And whether the title capitalized at all on the Monkees' similarly titled song, released a year earlier, is anybody's guess. Children of the Future was a brilliant debut. And while it is certainly a product of its era, it's still a vibrant reminder of just how the blues co-opted the mainstream to magnificent success. ~ Amy Hanson Captiol reissued the Steve Miller Band's first two albums, Children of the Future and Sailor, as a double LP/single cassette in the '70s. Although this isn't a bad way to acquire this music, the packaging and sound on this set aren't first-class -- the original vinyl editions and subsequent CD reissues are preferable. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE is where it all started for Steve Miller. Originally released in 1968, this debut, chock full of unpredictable acid blues, is very different from the mainstream rock sounds of the '70s that brought Miller fame and fortune. Although few of these songs are ever featured on the radio or performed at Miller's concerts, CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE remains one of Miller's more interesting and challenging releases. Miller and his band (which included future solo star Boz Scaggs) specialized in the unconventional. All the songs on the album's first half are segued from one to another, while several musical styles are touched upon, such as in the lively rocker "The Beauty of Time Is That It's Snowing," the R&B of "Key to the Highway," and the spacey ballad "In My First Mind."   Compilation Appearances Jukebox Hits Of The 80's Absolutely The Best Of The 70's Vol 2 Inspired By Genius My Favorite Martin   Associated Artists and Works The Music of the Steve Miller Band ~ Lewis, Kenny Lee Greatest Hits 1974-1978 ~ Miller, Steve Miller, Steve Miller, Steve Miller, Steve Miller, Steve Miller, Steve Miller, Steve Miller, Steve Miller, Steve   Technical Info Release Date : 08/23/1994 Original Release Date : 1968 Catalog ID : 91245 Label : Capitol/EMI Records Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 38m : 20s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : AAD UPC : 00077779124527    Product Image