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Alex Harvey & His Soul Band

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He would come to fame in the 1970s for offering eccentric, theatrical rock, but Alex Harvey came from an R&B background that was, like so many other groups from the British Isles, cultivated by long residences in Hamburg, Germany. This CD was apparently the first full-blown rock & roll album by a Scottish artist, and though it hardly stands up as one of the era's major statements, it's likable enough in its own way. Apparently the backing group on this recording -- made at a Hamburg club, or simulated to sound like a show -- doesn't feature the actual Soul Band, but musicians from the obscure Liverpool group Kingsize Taylor And The Dominoes. Anyway, the music is pretty standard British R&B, perhaps a bit more soul-oriented than most, including horns. The set features some usual suspect covers -- Let The Good Times Roll, I Just Wanna Make Love To You, New Orleans, I've Got My Mojo Working -- along with less well-traveled warhorses. Standouts include the sax-driven instrumental Teensville USA and the acoustic blues The Blind Man. A pleasant, though not trailblazing, historical document with warm and sincere vocals by Alex.
Tracklist:
01. Framed
02. I Ain't Worrying Baby
03. Backwater Blues
04. Let The Good Times Roll
05. Going Home
06. I've Got My Mojo Working
07. Teens Ville USA
08. New Orleans
09. Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger
10. When I Grow Too Old To Rock
11. Evil Hearted Man
12. I Just Wanna Make Love To You
13. The Blind Man