R&B from the Marquee
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R&B from the Marquee was an album by Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated
released in November 1962 on Decca Records
. Blues Incorporated was a British
R&B band in the early 1960s, which was led by Alexis Korner
and featured various musicians. Although never very successful commercially, it was extremely influential on the development of British rock music
in the 1960s and later.
Blues Incorporated
Blues Incorporated were a British R&B band in the early 1960s, led by Alexis Korner and featuring at various times Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Ginger Baker, Long John Baldry, Ronnie Jones, Danny Thompson, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies, Malcolm Cecil and Dick Heckstall-Smith.-History:Korner ...
released in November 1962 on Decca Records
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
. Blues Incorporated was a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
R&B band in the early 1960s, which was led by Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner was a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues"...
and featured various musicians. Although never very successful commercially, it was extremely influential on the development of British rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
in the 1960s and later.
Side One
- "Gotta Move" (Korner) 2:28
- "Rain is Such a Lonesome Sound" (Jimmy WitherspoonJimmy WitherspoonJimmy Witherspoon was an American jump blues singer.-Early life and career:James Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. He first attracted attention singing with Teddy Weatherford's band in Calcutta, India, which made regular radio broadcasts over the U. S. Armed Forces Radio Service during...
; Rachel Witherspoon) 2:49 Vocal: John Baldry - "I Got My Brand On You" (Muddy WatersMuddy WatersMcKinley Morganfield , known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues"...
) 3:46 Vocal: Cyril Davies - "Spooky But Nice" (Davies) 2:57
- "Keep Your Hands Off" (Davies) 2:28 Vocal: Cyril Davies
- "I Wanna Put a Tiger in Your Tank" (Muddy WatersMuddy WatersMcKinley Morganfield , known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues"...
) 2:52 Vocal: Cyril Davies
Side Two
- "I Got My Mojo WorkingGot My Mojo Working"Got My Mojo Working" is a 1956 song written by Preston Foster and first recorded by Ann Cole, but popularized by Muddy Waters in 1957. Waters' rendition of the song was featured on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #359 and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of...
" (Preston FosterPreston FosterPreston Foster was an American stage and film actor, and singer. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. He was appearing in Broadway plays as late as October 1931 when he acted in a play titled Two Seconds starring Edward J. Pawley...
) 3:09 Vocal: Cyril Davies - "Finkle's Cafe" (Korner) 2:44
- "Hoochie Coochie" (Muddy Waters) 3:02 Vocal: Cyril Davies
- "Down Town" (Korner) 2:58
- "How Long, How Long BluesHow Long, How Long Blues"How Long, How Long Blues" is a traditional eight bar blues song, made famous by Leroy Carr on his 1928 Vocalion Records recording with the guitarist Scrapper Blackwell...
" (Leroy CarrLeroy CarrLeroy Carr was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist, who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced such artists as Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. He first became famous for "How Long, How Long Blues" on Vocalion Records in 1928.-Life and...
) 3:00 Vocal: John Baldry - "I Thought I Heard That Train Whistle Blow" (Baldry) 2:18 Vocal: John Baldry
Re-releases
- The album was re-released by Decca on CD (UDCD 657) with a bonus track "I'm Built For Comfort" (Willie DixonWillie DixonWilliam James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
) Vocal: John Baldry. - Remastered and Re-released by Castle Music on CD (CMRCD 137) with seven bonus tracks:
- "She Fooled Me" (Williams) 2:19 — from Bootleg Him! (rec: January,1962)
- "I'm Built For Comfort" (aka "Everything She Needs") (Dixon) 2:20 — from Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated (aka Profile) (rec: June,1962)
- "Hoochie Coochie ManHoochie Coochie Man"Hoochie Coochie Man" is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first performed by Muddy Waters in 1954 . The song was a major hit upon its release, reaching #8 on Billboard magazine's Black Singles chart...
" (Dixon) 3:26 — from Bootleg Him! (BBC session, rec: July,1962) - "Night Time is the Right Time" (Carr/Sykes) 4:21 — unreleased (BBC session, rec: 1962)
- "Everything She Needs" (Dixon) 2:22 — unreleased (BBC session, rec: 1962)
- "Up-Town" (Korner/Davies) 2:28 — Lyntone flexi-single LYN299, released December 1962 (rec: October,1962)
- "Blaydon Races (with Nancy SpainNancy SpainNancy Brooker Spain was a prominent English broadcaster and journalist.She spent much of her youth in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. Her father was Lieutenant-Colonel Spain, a freeman of the city and a prominent figure in local military and antiquarian affairs...
)" (Ridley, arr.Korner) 2:21 — Lyntone flexi-single LYN298, released December 1962 (rec: October,1962)- Limited re-issued CD in Japan in 2007 (Jan 24th 2007) Strange Days Records (POCE-1087)
Personnel
- Alexis KornerAlexis KornerAlexis Korner was a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues"...
: acoustic guitar - Cyril DaviesCyril DaviesCyril Davies was one of the first British blues harmonica players and blues musician.-Biography:Born at St Mildred's, 15 Hawthorn Drive, Willowbank, Denham, Buckinghamshire, near London, he was the son of William Albert Davies, a labourer, and his wife Margaret Mary...
: vocal (3,5,6,7,9) harmonica (except for 6) - Dick Heckstall-SmithDick Heckstall-SmithDick Heckstall-Smith was an English jazz and blues saxophonist. He played with some of the most important English blues-rock and jazz fusion bands of the 1960s and 1970s.-Early years:...
: tenor saxophone (except for 3) vocal chorus (7) - Keith Scott: piano
- Spike HeatleySpike HeatleySpike Heatley, born North London, February 17, 1933, is a British jazz bassist.Heatley was with Vic Ash's sextet in 1958, together with Ian Hamer , Johnny Scott , and Alan Branscombe and had then joined The Jazz Couriers some weeks before they disbanded...
: string bass (except for 7) - Graham Burbridge: drums
- Long John BaldryLong John BaldryJohn William "Long John" Baldry was an English and Canadian blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s. He enjoyed pop success in the UK where Let the Heartaches Begin reached No...
: vocal (2,11,12) vocal chorus (7) - Teddy Wadmore: bass guitar (7)
- Big Jim SullivanBig Jim SullivanBig Jim Sullivan is an English musician, whose career started in 1959. He is best known as a session guitarist. In the 1960s and 1970s, Sullivan was one of the most "in-demand" studio musicians in the UK, and performed in more than one thousand charting singles over his career...
: vocal chorus (7) - Recording Engineer: Jack Clegg
- Produced by Jack GoodJack Good (producer)Jack Good is a pioneering former TV television producer, musical theatre producer, record producer, musician and painter of icons.-Career:...
- Recorded: Decca West HampsteadWest HampsteadWest Hampstead is an area in northwest London, England, situated between Childs Hill to the north, Frognal and Hampstead to the north-east, Swiss Cottage to the east, and South Hampstead to the south. Until the late 19th century, the locale was a small village called West End...
Studios, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, June 8, 1962 - Released in November 1962 (Decca Ace of Clubs LP, ACL 1130)