''Autumn' 66'' is the third studio album by the British rock group

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released in 1966. Although the album was not released in the US, the single "

Somebody Help Me "Somebody Help Me" is a single by The Spencer Davis Group, which was released in 1966. As with "Keep on Running", it was composed by Jackie Edwards. Chart performance "Somebody Help Me" became the band's second consecutive and last number-on ...

" was on the US

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charts for seven weeks and peaked at number 47 in July, 1967. Although never released in America, all but four tracks ("When A Man Loves A Woman", "Dust My Blues", "On the Green Light", and "Neighbour Neighbour") were released either as album tracks or as B-sides.

Reception

The

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retrospective review by

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commented that "At the peak of their popularity, the Spencer Davis Group's albums were considerably less impressive than their hits", and criticized the album for relying too heavily on covers. However, they named the original songs "Somebody Help Me," "High Time Baby," "On the Green Light," and " When I Come Home" as highlights.Unterberger, R.
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Track listing

Side One

# "Together 'Til the End of Time" ( Frank Wilson) – 2:15) # "Take This Hurt Off Me" ( Don Covay, Ron Dean Miller) – 2:44) # "

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" is a blues standard written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923 and originally performed in a Vaudeville-blues style. The lyrics in the popular 1929 recording by Bessie Smith are told from the point of vie ...

" (

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) – 3:52) # " Midnight Special" (Traditional, arranged by

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) – 2:13) # " When a Man Loves a Woman" (Andrew Wright, Calvin Lewis) – 3:08) # " When I Come Home" ( Jackie Edwards, Steve Winwood) – 2:04

Side Two

# "

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" (

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) – 3:14 # " Dust My Blues" (

Elmore James Elmore James ( Brooks; January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. Noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice, James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

) – 2:36 # "On the Green Light" (S. Winwood) – 3:05 # "Neighbour, Neighbour" (A.J. Valier) – 3:17 # "High Time Baby" (S. Winwood, Davis,

Muff Winwood Mervyn "Muff" Winwood (born 15 June 1943, Erdington, Birmingham, England) is a British songwriter and record producer, and the older brother of Steve Winwood. Both were members of the Spencer Davis Group in the 1960s, in which Muff Winwood pla ...

Pete York Peter York (born 15 August 1942 in Redcar, Yorkshire, England) is a British rock drummer who has been performing since the 1960s. Biography Born in Redcar, he attended the Nottingham High School and learnt to play the trumpet and snare drum ...

) – 2:31 # "

" (Edwards) – 2:00

Personnel

The Spencer Davis Group

* Steve Winwood – lead guitar, organ, lead vocals (except where noted) *

– bass *

– rhythm guitar, vocals (lead vocal on "Midnight Special" , "Dust My Blues" & "Neighbour, Neighbour") *

– drums

Technical

* Chris Blackwell – producer * Bob Auger –

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* Vic Singh – photography * Peter York –

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References

{{Authority control 1966 albums The Spencer Davis Group albums Albums produced by Chris Blackwell Fontana Records albums