Elf - Elf (1972) {2019, Japanese Reissue}
BAND/ARTIST: Elf
- Title: Elf
- Year Of Release: 1972 / 2019
- Label: Epic / Sony Music Labels Inc. #SICP 6161
- Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Boogie Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll
- Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
- Total Time: 00:34:39
- Total Size: 262 / 89 Mb (Covers)
- WebSite: Album Preview
Elf is the first studio album by Ronnie James Dio's blues rock band called Elf. Produced by Ian Paice and Roger Glover of Deep Purple, the record was released in 1972. In this album, Dio is listed by his birth name Ronald Padavona. Though Dio had used "Padavona" for songwriting credits on earlier singles, Dio explained in an interview in 1994 that he used his birth name on this album as a tribute to his parents so that they could see their family name on an album at least once. After this album, Steve Edwards replaced David Feinstein on guitar, and Craig Gruber took over bass duties, leaving Dio solely as the lead singer. This future lineup, minus Edwards, became the first incarnation of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow when guitarist Ritchie Blackmore formed it after leaving Deep Purple.
Track List:
01. Hoochie Koochie Lady [0:05:34.65]
02. First Avenue [0:04:24.62]
03. Never More [0:03:51.64]
04. I’m Coming Back For You [0:03:28.73]
05. Sit Down Honey (Everything Will Be Alright) [0:03:49.50]
06. Dixie Lee Junction [0:05:11.39]
07. Love Me Like A Woman [0:03:49.05]
08. Gambler, Gambler [0:04:28.53]
Personnel:
Ronald Padavona (later Ronnie James Dio) - vocals, bass guitar
David Feinstein - guitars
Micky Lee Soule - piano, organ
Gary Driscoll - drums
By the time he came to prominence as the lead singer of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Ronnie James Dio had accumulated an extensive rock & roll résumé (longer than he'd like to admit, actually) performing with a number of groups, ranging from doo-wop in the late '50s to psychedelic rock in the '60s. But it wasn't until he founded Elf in the early '70s that Dio, or Ronald Padavona as he was then called, took his first tentative steps toward hard rock. Still, with the honky tonk piano playing of Mickey Lee Soule dominating many of its songs, Elf's self-titled Epic Records debut (produced by Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover) hardly qualifies as a bona fide heavy metal record. In fact, tracks like "Hoochie Koochie Lady," "First Avenue," and "Sit Down Honey" sound more like the Rolling Stones than Black Sabbath, and it's only occasionally ("I'm Coming Back to You," "Gambler Gambler") that the band produces truly stripped-down, gritty hard rock. "Never More" is perhaps the album's most interesting track, starting with lilting piano and a dramatic delivery from Dio (sounding rather like Freddie Mercury) before launching into a driving hard rock riff in the vein of his best work with Rainbow and Sabbath in later years.
~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music
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Track List:
01. Hoochie Koochie Lady [0:05:34.65]
02. First Avenue [0:04:24.62]
03. Never More [0:03:51.64]
04. I’m Coming Back For You [0:03:28.73]
05. Sit Down Honey (Everything Will Be Alright) [0:03:49.50]
06. Dixie Lee Junction [0:05:11.39]
07. Love Me Like A Woman [0:03:49.05]
08. Gambler, Gambler [0:04:28.53]
Personnel:
Ronald Padavona (later Ronnie James Dio) - vocals, bass guitar
David Feinstein - guitars
Micky Lee Soule - piano, organ
Gary Driscoll - drums
Year 2019 | Rock | FLAC / APE | Mp3 | CD-Rip
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