TOMMY BOLIN: Private Eyes LP [Great and late Deep Purple guitarist] Bargain. Check samples!

Private Eyes is the second solo album by guitarist Tommy Bolin. This was Bolin's last album, as he died of a drug overdose while on the promotional tour, opening for Jeff Beck.
After the breakup of Deep Purple in 1976, guitarist Tommy Bolin wasted little time beginning work on his second solo album, Private Eyes. While it was more of a conventional rock album than its predecessor, Teaser (which served primarily as a showcase for his guitar skills and contained several jazz/rock instrumentals)or Bolin's lone album with Deep Purple, Come Taste the Band, there highlights like the nine-minute rocker "Post Toastee" that merges a long jam section with lyrics concerning the dangers of drug addiction, while "Shake the Devil" is similar stylistically. But Bolin wasn't simply a hard-rocker; he was extremely talented with other kinds of music: the quiet, acoustic-based compositions "Hello, Again" and "Gypsy Soul," and the heartbroken ballad "Sweet Burgundy." With his solo career starting to take shape (after the album's release, he opened for some of rock's biggest names: Peter Frampton, Jeff Beck, Rush, ZZ Top, etc.), Bolin's life was tragically cut short at the end of the year due to a drug overdose in Miami, FA.

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Track listing:
"Bustin' Out for Rosey" (Bolin) - 4:24
"Sweet Burgundy" (Bolin, Cook) - 4:13
"Post Toastee" (Bolin) - 9:03
"Shake the Devil" (Bolin, Cook) - 3:47
"Gypsy Soul" (Bolin, Cook) - 4:05
"Someday Will Bring Our Love Home" (Bolin, John Tesar) - 3:05
"Hello, Again" (Bolin, Cook) - 3:39
"You Told Me That You Loved Me" (Bolin) - 5:15

Personnel:
Tommy Bolin - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals, Piano
Reggie McBride - Bass, Vocals
Mark Stein - Keyboards, Vocals
Carmine Appice - Drums on "Someday Will Bring Our Love Home"
Bobby Berge - Percussion, Drums
Bobbye Hall - Percussion
Norma Jean Bell - Percussion, Vocals, Saxophone
Del Newman - string arrangements