THIS IS THE MID/LATE-80s EUROPEAN REPRESSING on BLUE THUMB 'BLACK' label. The SINGLE COVER is in VG(+) condition, normal wear BUT surface ringwear, discolouration/wear on spines/corners, some gray stains on front/rear, sticker mark on rear (top right corner), left spine is readable, for details see photos (with and without flashlight). The vinyl is from VG(+) to VG+ condition (some mild crackles), and plays wonderfully and without lessening in sound quality.

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THE AYNSLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION

Of the numerous British blues-rock bands to spring up in the late '60s, the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation was one of the better known, though solid reception on tours did not translate into heavy record sales. Musically, the group recalled John Mayall's Bluesbreakers during the 1966-1967 era that had produced that group's A Hard Road album, though with a somewhat more downbeat tone. The similarities were hardly coincidental, as the band's founder and leader, drummer Aynsley Dunbar, had been in the Bluesbreakers lineup that recorded the A Hard Road LP. Too, bassist Alex Dmochowski would go on to play with Mayall in the 1970s, and guitarist Jon Morshead was friendly with fellow axeman Peter Green (also in the Bluesbreakers' A Hard Road lineup), whom he had replaced in Shotgun Express.

"THE AYNSLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION"

<reissue, originally published 1968>

Produced by Ian Samwell

LP     BLUE THUMB RECORDS      STEREO   BTS 4

MADE IN EU      MID/LATE-80s REPRESSING

SINGLE SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL: BLUE THUMB -  BLACK LABEL W/LOGO on TOP - SILVER/BLUE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) BTS 4  

Catalog on labels: BTS 4 (BTS 5007) / BTS 4 (BTS 5008)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): none

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): none

On labels: rim text "Blue Thumb Records, Inc. - Beverly Hills, Calif."

Produced by Ian Samwell For Bam Bam Productions

Engineer: Victor Gann

℗ 1968

On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits

Photographs/Hypgnosis

BAM-BAM

tracklisting

Side A: WATCH'N CHAIN - MY WHISKY HEAD WOMAN - TROUBLE NO MORE

DOUBLE LOVIN - SEE SEE BABY - ROAMIN' AND RAMBLIN'

Side B: SAGE OF SYDNEY STREET - MEMORY PAIN - MUTINY

grading

RECORD from VG(+) to VG+ but (please, also read above description) 

SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)

On their self-titled debut album, the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation flashed a British blues-rock approach that was rather similar to that of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers circa 1967. That was unsurprising considering that leader and drummer Dunbar had played on the Bluesbreakers' 1967 A Hard Road album, and that bassist Alex Dmochowski would later play with Mayall himself....(AllMusic)