''Bedside Manners Are Extra'' is the second studio album by English
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...
band
Greenslade
Greenslade were an English progressive rock band, formed in the autumn of 1972 by keyboard player Dave Greenslade and bassist Tony Reeves, with keyboardist Dave Lawson and drummer Andrew McCulloch.
History
The band made their live debut at ...
, released in November 1973 by
Warner Bros. Records
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. The cover artwork was designed by renowned artist
Roger Dean, who had previously collaborated with the band on their
debut album.
Background and recording
The band members recalled the ''Bedside Manners Are Extra'' recordings as a very positive time for Greenslade. Their debut album had received strong reviews and solid enough sales to ensure their continued career, and the band members were getting along well both musically and personally.
The Dave Greenslade-Dave Lawson songwriting partnership was flourishing, the two having settled into a routine where Greenslade would compose a chord sequence and tune and Lawson would then add on melody and lyrics.
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As with their debut album, none of the songs had been played live before entering the studio, and the band instead prepared by extensively rehearsing the songs in a church hall near where Dave Greenslade lived at the time, in ]Middlesex
Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...
.[ As a result of their preparation, the album was recorded in just nine days, starting on 23 July and ending on 31 July. It was a "live" style recording, with minimal ]overdub
Overdubbing (also known as layering) is a technique used in audio recording in which audio tracks that have been pre-recorded are then played back and monitored, while simultaneously recording new, doubled, or augmented tracks onto one or more av ...
s and no editing together of different takes.[
]
Track listing
Personnel
;Greenslade
* Dave Greenslade
David John Greenslade (born 18 January 1943) is an English composer and keyboard player. He has played with Colosseum from the beginning in 1968 until the farewell concert in 2015 and also from 1973 in his own band, Greenslade, and others inclu ...
– keyboards
* Dave Lawson
Dave Lawson (born 25 September 1978) is an Australian comedian, actor, and TV and radio personality. He is a regular performer on the stand up comedy circuit, and at one time participated in a talk back radio segment on the commercial radio st ...
– vocals, keyboards
* Tony Reeves
Anthony Reeves (born 18 April 1943, New Eltham, South East London) is an English bass guitarist/contrabassist, noted for his "distinctive and complex bass sound" and use of electronic effects.
Career
As a teenager Reeves learned orchestral doub ...
– bass
* Andrew McCulloch Andrew McCulloch may refer to:
* Andrew McCulloch (civil engineer) (1864–1945), Chief Engineer of the Kettle Valley Railway in Canada
*Sir Andrew McCulloch (British Army officer) (1876–1960), commander of 52nd Lowland Division from 1934&nda ...
– drums
;Technical personnel
* Mike Bobak – engineer
* Trevor White – engineer
* Roger Dean – sleeve design
* Fin Costello – photography
References
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Greenslade albums
Albums with cover art by Roger Dean (artist)
1973 albums
Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios
Warner Records albums