Burning Up Years is the debut album by New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 blues-rock

Blues-rock

Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...

 band The Human Instinct

The Human Instinct

The Human Instinct are a New Zealand blues rock band that has been active since the late 1960s. The band currently consists of Maurice Greer , Phil Pritchard , Joel Haines and Tony Baird...

. It was released in 1969 and reissued on CD by Ascension Records in 2001.

The album's title track is a version of a 1969 song by Birmingham

Birmingham

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 progressive rock trio Hard Meat, whose original version was the B-side of their cover of The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

' "Rain

Rain (The Beatles song)

"Rain" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles, credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released in June 1966 as the B-side of the "Paperback Writer" single...

".

Other cover versions on the album were The Kinks

The Kinks

The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...

' "You Really Got Me

You Really Got Me

"You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released on 4th August 1964 as the group's third single, and reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart the next month, remaining for two weeks...

", Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

's "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

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" (listed as "I Think I'll Go Back Home" and miscredited in the liner notes to New Zealand-born songwriter/guitarist Jesse Harper) and Ashton, Gardner & Dyke's "Maiden Voyage", wrongly credited to Maurice Greer.

Track listing

1. "Blues News" (Jesse Harper) – 3:35
2. "Maiden Voyage" (Maurice Greer) – 5:21
3. "Fall Down" (Harper) – 2:52
4. "I Think I'll Go Back Home" (Harper) – 3:21
5. "Ashes and Matches" (Harper) – 4:04
6. "You Really Got Me
   You Really Got Me
   "You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released on 4th August 1964 as the group's third single, and reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart the next month, remaining for two weeks...
   
   " (Ray Davies
   Ray Davies
   Ray Davies, CBE is an English rock musician. He is best known as lead singer and songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave...
   
   ) – 3:24
7. "Burning Up Years" (Mike Dolan/Mick Carless/Steve Dolan) – 14:10)

Personnel

• Maurice Greer — vocals, drums
• Billy TK
  Billy TK
  Billy TK is a Māori guitarist, born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He has often been touted as the Māori Jimi Hendrix, and is one of the most respected and technically proficient guitarists in New Zealand today.- Early work :...
  
  — guitar
• Peter Barton - bass
• Larry Waide — bass