THE LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is the fifth studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in 1971. As with other Traffic albums, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys featured different forms and offshoots of rock including jazz rock, progressive rock, as well as classic rock and roll. The name of the album’s title track was suggested by the actor Michael J. Pollard. The album features the hit “Rock & Roll Stew” and the FM hit, “The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys”. The LP is also notable for its die-cut cover. The album was certified gold less than a year after its release in the United States, and eventually certified platinum in 1996. (More from Wikipedia)
One glance at the album cover for Saved proves beyond doubt that Bob Dylan was serious with his Christian period. The album art is by a veteran in that field, Tony Wright; two of his designs – for Traffic’s The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) and Steve Winwood’s Arc of a Diver (1980) – were named among the 100 Greatest Album Covers by Rolling Stone magazine.
In order to downplay the Christian message in the Saved album (if that’s possible), the cover painting was later replaced with a painting of Dylan in performance.
(August 2014)
