''Back Door'' is the

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ously titled debut studio album of Back Door, released independently in 1972 by Blakey Records. It received wider distribution when it was adopted by

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the following year. It introduced the group's virtuoso approach to

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, funk,

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, blues and hard rock music. In 2005, the album was listed on JazzTimes' top fifty albums released between 1970 and 2005. In 2014 it was re-released on CD, compiled with ''

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'' and ''

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'', by BGO Records. The original album cover shows a photograph of the back door of the Lion Inn at Blakey Ridge in the North York Moors. The Warner Brothers re-release shows the Lion Inn in the snow with an small inset picture of the band in front of the inn's back door. The track "Catcote Rag" is a bass solo named after The Catcote, a pub in Hartlepool (now demolished) where Back Door played regularly.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Back Door'' liner notes. ;Back Door * Ron Aspery – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute *

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– drums *

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–

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Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Back Door 1972 debut albums Back Door (jazz trio) albums Warner Records albums Instrumental albums