Building on the momentum caused from the runaway success of Desolation Boulevard, Sweet forged ahead and shoved Give Us a Wink out to satisfy their growing legions of rabid fans. Doing it all without the aid of Chinn & Chapman, they truly held their destiny in their own hands for the very first time. "Action" gave them another Top Ten hit, and along with such other notable cuts as "Cockroach" and "Yesterday's Rain," they proved they had the goods.
This new UK remaster of "Give Us a Wink" uses the less satisfactory UK running order,which lacks "Lady Starlight"(version 2) which was on the U.S.A. album.The remastering is decent.As for the bonus tracks,you get the 7" single version of "Action"(a different intro,but otherwise the same take as the album version,which featured a longer intro which was spliced on to the same take.What I mean is that the intro on the single version is the orginal,the album version's intro is a revised intro.).The other two bonus tracks are alternate "Munich mix" versions of "Cockroach" & "4th of July",which are essentially alternate takes."Cockroach" features totally different vocals,and "4th of July" a prominent piano,which diluted the song's hard rocking impact.These are similar(but not identical) to the versions heard on the German CD "Platinum Rare".But if you're looking to hear the U.S.A. version of the album,get the Japanese Toshiba/EMI/Capitol CD of the album.That CD reproduces the album cover art(and its' graffiti) in full.
Sweet - Give Us A Wink (1976) (Remastered Bonus Edition)
APE+CUE - 381 mb mp3-320 kbps - 130 mb 52:48
Tracklist:
01. The Lies In Your Eyes
02. Cockroach
03. Kep It In
04. 4th Of July
05. Action
06. Yesterday's Rain
07. White Mice
08. Healer
09. Action (7' version)
10. Cockroach (Munich Mix)
11. 4th Of July (Munich Mix)
mp3 - 320 kbps
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http://rapidshare.com/files/157551817/SweeGiveUs320.part2.rar
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