The Spencer Davis Group

A brief 30-minute (a fair portion of which is a loose, rambling interview with the band) live set drawn from a Spencer Davis Group appearance on a Finnish television show, this disc is mostly merely interesting until the sixth song, when Steve Winwood (he was still Stevie then) cuts loose on an amazing and jazzy version of Hoagy Carmichael's classic "Georgia on My Mind," and his singing and organ playing on "Georgia" are solid reminders of why Winwood was in many ways the most gifted of the British Invasion musicians. The rest of the set is solid, with decent live takes of the hits "Gimme Some Lovin'" and the Jackie Edwards-penned "Keep on Running," but it is hardly essential. Although the title lists 1966 as the recording date, it is more likely that the Finnish appearance was actually in early 1967, just prior to the Winwood brothers (Muff and Steve) leaving the group. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide