''A Step Further'' is the fourth album by the band

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. It was released by Decca in the U.K. and by Parrot in the U.S. in September 1969. This is the last album recorded with long time pianist Bob Hall. The album track "Made Up My Mind" had first appeared as the B-side of the US single release on Parrot Records 45-40039 (released June 1969), fronted by "Train to Nowhere", from their album '' Blue Matter''. The track "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove" would later be released as the B-side of the UK single release on Decca F 13019 (released May 1970), of "A Hard Way To Go" from their album '' Raw Sienna''. Side Two was recorded live at Cooks Ferry Inn,

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on Monday 12 May 1969.

Track listing

Side one

#"Made Up My Mind" (

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) – 2:56 #"Waiting in the Bamboo Grove" (

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BGO Records Blue Matter / A Step Further) – 3:37 #"Life's One Act Play" (Youlden) – 6:29 #"I'm Tired" (Youlden) – 3:21 #"Where Am I" (Youlden) – 1:51

Side two

#"Savoy Brown Boogie" (Live) (Simmonds, Youlden) – 22:02, including: *"Feel So Good" ( Chuck Willis) *" Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" ( Sunny David, Dave Williams) *"

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Personnel

Savoy Brown

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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* Lonesome Dave – guitar * Roger Earl –

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Tony Stevens Tony Stevens (born 12 September 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist with the bands Foghat, Savoy Brown, and Nobody's Business. Career Stevens joined the British blues-rock band Savoy Brown in 1968, and contributed to fo ...

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* Bob Hall –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

Technical

* Mike Vernon –

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* Dave Grinsted –

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* Colin Freeman, John Punter, Michael Mailes – assistant engineers * Terry Noonan – musical arrangements on "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove", "Life's One Act Play" and "Where Am I" * Terence Ibbott –

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Charts

Album

Singles

References

External links

Savoy Brown's Homepage
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