LP KEEF HARTLEY BAND Little Big Band (Re) BLUE VINYL Hifly Sound HIFLY 8020
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LP KEEF
HARTLEY BAND
Little Big
Band
Limited Edition
In Blue Vinyl
Country of release: Liechtenstein, 2015
Original
released: 1971
Label: Hifly
Sound
Catalogue
number: Hifly 8020
Barcode:
6501203913592
Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve:
Ja/Yes
Condition Record:
MINT
Condition Cover: MINT
LP ist noch
verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED
!!!
(Photo von meiner eigenen
LP / Photo taken from my own copy)
Tracks
Side 1:
1. You Can't Take It With You (7:15)
2. Me And My Woman (4:56)
3. Not Foolish, Not Wise
(5:06)
Tracks Side 2:
1. Legoverture (Medley) (23:16)
a) Leavin' Trunk
b)
Halfbreed
c) Just To Cry
d) Sinnin' For
You
Ever since the critical success of their
numerously-populated' album The Battle Of North West Six, the Keef Hartley
Band's main man hadmharboured the desire to run a larger ensemble on a more
regular basis simultaneously with his small group, and better still etch their
efforts into black plastic. Further public acclaim and consequential artistic
freedom had favourably manifested themselves over the ensuing; eighteen months,
during which period two further studio LPs had nailed their colours to the mast,
namely “The Time Is Near”.... (Released: August 197O) and “Overdog” (8th April
1971).
Added to this, thanks to the ever-increasing1 numbers that had
been turning: up to catch Hartley's units strutting- their stuff on the boards,
his finances had gradually improved to the point that he could bring- the group
of like-minded friends who shared his vision tog-ether more often. So it was
that while “Overdog” was still fresh off the presses, arrangements were actually
being made for its 'expansive' follow-up. Keef s long-time producer Neil Slaven
recalled in the mid-Seventies: "The Big Band had begun to play a few dates. It
shouldn’t have been economically possible, but audiences quickly proved
otherwise.
Of course, it had to be recorded, so in June we used the
combined services of the Marquee Club/Studio to tape a couple of concerts. The
problems were almost insurmountable, but I think we captured the atmosphere of a
typical Big Band gig. They were loose, friendly occasions, but still powerful.'
How very true. The repertoire chosen for revisiting was drawn from all three of
Hartley's existing studio sets, with emphasis on the first, Halfbreed. Keef s
'registered small group' had latterly been cut to a quartet of himself on drums.
Miller Anderson (Guitar, Vocals), Gary Thain (Bass) and Mick Weaver
(Keyboards).
This last-named was not in attendance on the nights of
13th/14th June, but would re-emerge amongst a yet further re-shuffled line-up
for Hartley's next spectacular. The other three stalwarts were, however, and
found themselves augmented by thirteen other musicians, some of whom were
decidedly familiar to camp followers. In the brass department sat five
trumpeters. Mike Rosen was then currently working on Mogul Thrash's eponymous
LP, with contributions to The Bunch's “Rock On” (1972) and Scaffold's “Fresh
Liver” (73) just around the corner, while Terry Noonan's impressive C.V. was
top-heavy with inserts on Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label albums.
How
does Chicken Shack’s “O.K. Ken”? (68). Champion Jack Dupree s “Scooby Dooby Doo”
(69) and Top Topham’s “Ascention Heights” (7O) grab you for starters? Martin
Drover's to-be-well-travelled horn was gaining youthful experience for the days
when such as Bryan Ferry, Jim Capaldi, Andy Fairweatlier-Low, Gonzalez and Juice
On The Loose might make a call, and Mike Davis, who'd recently added his
fivepenny-worth to Deram labelmates' Egg's marvellously esoteric The Polite
Force was, if he had but known it, destined to blow with, amongst others, Duster
Bennett, Georgie Fame and Ramsey Lewis. Harry Beckett, who'd enriched both
“Halfbreed” and “Battle” took the solos.
Trombone parts were the
responsibility of Danny Allmark and the muchrespected Derek Wadsworth, a
gentleman well-known to Manfred Mann, Julie Driscoll, Savoy Brown and Colosseum,
to name but four. Certain elements of the reed section knew the numbers
intimately, Lyn(n) Dobson, Barbara Thompson and Chris Mercer having all been
involved with various forerunning Hartley long-players, so tenor saxist Roger
Wade had no shortage of compatriots to compare notes with (pun intended!).
Keyboard emissions were fashioned by Derek Austin, and a damn fine job he made
of them. Suitably impressed, presumably, were Linda Lewis, Alvin Lee and Chris
Thompson s Night, for they dialled him later in the decade, and that leaves only
percussionist Pete York.
Long-time backbeat of The Spencer Davis Group,
he'd lately also set out a stall with musician/singer/songwriter Eddie Hardin,
who'd originally volunteered for the thankless task of replacing Stevie Win wood
in the SDG. As The World s Smallest Big Band' the two of them had deposited a
couple of remarkable LPs with Bell, but were currently awaiting the imminent
issue of one under Deram s parent Decca logo. Meantime. Pete was fully
occupied... After mixing, Hartley's aptly-titled “Little Big Band” dream became
a reality when SDL 4 fanfared its arrival in British shops on 1st October
1971.
It didn t intrude on the printed best-sellers and, disappointingly
for its creator, London Records in the States confirmed that the Deram logo
there would not be manufacturing an equivalent, probably because no wholly-new
material was displayed within its grooves. Nevertheless, they'd be back on the
case when next Blighty's Red Indianchampion donned Ms warpaint as the “Seventy
Second Brave”, though he'd be fronting yet another amended 'tribe'... (By John
Tracy/rockasteria.blogspot.de)
Keef Hartley - Drums
Miller
Anderson - Guitar, Vocals
Gary Thain - Bass Guitar
Derek Austin - Organ,
Piano
Barbara Thompson - Alto Saxophone
Lynn Dobson - Soprano Saxophone,
Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Chris Mercer - Baritone Saxophone, Tenor
Saxophone
Roger Wade - Tenor Saxophone
Danny Allmark - Trombone
Derek
Wadsworth - Trombone
Martin Drover - Trumpet
Mike Davis -
Trumpet
Mike Rosen - Trumpet
Terry Noonan- Trumpet
Harry Beckett -
Trumpet
Pete York - Percussion
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