DR. K'S BLUES BAND Dr. K's Blues Band LP SPARK 1968 UK orig+stereo SRLP101 RARE
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DR. K'S BLUES BANDGEOFF KRIVIT, ROGER ROLT, DOCTOR K, HAROLD VICKERS, ERIC PEACHY, MICK HASSE
As the name suggests, this was a blues band - a solid but not particularly original one.
Dr. K's real name was/is Richard Kay. Their album contains a number of blues standards
and particularly noteworthy is the piano boogie Crippled Clarence.
Geoff Krivit had been in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Eric Peachey subsequently joined Steve Hillage's band Khan
"DR. K'S BLUES BAND"
Produced by Peter Eden
1968 LP SPARK RECORDS STEREO SRLP 101
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
SINGLE LAMINATED (on front) COVER WITH FLIPBACK ON REAR
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LABEL: SPARK - DARK RED LABEL - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine only) SRLP 101
Catalog on labels: SRLP.101 (SIDE 1 / SIDE 2)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SRLP 101 A 1G
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SRLP 101 B 1G
On labels: ?1968 (on both labels the release year at 9 o'clock)
rim text reads "All rights........prohibited"
Rights Society: Brio Music, Indian Brandee
On Front Sleeve: STEREO Can be played Mono with suitable cartridge
On Back Sleeve: Production: Peter Eden
Spark Records Limited, 8 Denmark Street, London, W.C.2.
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: I CAN'T LOSE - WALKING - KEY TO THE HIGHWAY
CRIPPLED CLARENCE - PET CREAM MAN
Side B: MESSIN' WITH THE KID - DON'T QUIT THE MAN YOU LOVE, FOR ME
ROLTY'S BANJO SHUFFLE - STROBE LEMMING'S LAMENT
LONG DISTANCE CALL - FEEL SO BAD
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RECORD STRONG VG+ but (please, also read above description)
SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)
One of the great unsung legends of the late-'60s British blues boom, Dr. K's Blues Band's eponymous debut album
is a heavyweight mix of original material (penned, for the most part, by pianist Richard Kay -- the Dr. K of the title),
and well-arranged standards. "Key to the Highway" and "Messin' With the Kid" both receive invigorating workouts,
with the star of the show being guitarist Geoff Krivit, a tastefully imaginative player cut firmly
in a John Mayall's Bluesbreakers-type vein. The majority of the cuts are surprisingly short. Just three top three minutes,
including Krivit's own brooding "Walking" and Kay's "Long Distance Call"; for the most part,
the Blues Band simply throw themselves at a song, say everything that needs to be said,
and then move on. This emphasis on brevity does hamstring the album somewhat, although
there are a few grand surprises -- "Rolty's Banjo Shuffle," for example, doesn't actually feature a banjo,
while the distinctly psychedelic title "Strobe Lemming's Lament" emerges a boogie-down Dr. K piano showpiece.
Even the number most frequently cited as a highlight of the album, "Crippled Clarence"
(another pounding piano boogie) is just 120 seconds long. It does, however, serve as a powerful introduction
to the album's true pièce de résistance, slide player Roger Rolt's "Pet Cream Man," an echoey,
atmospheric 12-bar blues that is as distinctive as any Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, or Groundhogs opus,
and for which Dr. K's Blues Band merit so much more than the footnote they currently occupy...(AllMusic)
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