''Blue Matter'' is the third

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by the band

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. Teaming up once again with producer Mike Vernon, it finds them experimenting even more within the

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framework. Several tracks feature piano (played by Bob Hall, guitarist Kim Simmonds, and vocalist Chris Youlden, who plays guitar here) as well as

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. This album featured a mix of live and studio recordings. The live tracks were recorded on December 6, 1968, at the now defunct City of Leicester College of Education, because the band was scheduled to tour the US and needed additional tracks to complete the album in time for the tour. The booking at the college represented their only chance to record the extra tracks in a live venue, before embarking on the tour. An offer to perform the concert free of charge was accepted by Chris Green, the college Social Secretary, who had made the original booking, and the concert was duly recorded, a number of the live tracks being added to the album. Because Chris Youlden was suffering from tonsillitis, Dave Peverett stood in as lead vocalist on the live tracks. The album track "Vicksburg Blues" had first appeared as the B-side of Decca single F 12797 (released June 1968), fronted by "Walking by Myself". Both ''Zigzag'' magazine and ''Rolling Stone'' magazine considered "Train to Nowhere" as the quintessential Savoy Brown song.

Track listing

# "Train to Nowhere" ( Kim Simmonds,

Chris Youlden Christopher Thomas Youlden (born 1 January 1943, Dagenham, England) is an English blues singer. He worked with the British blues band Savoy Brown from 1967 until 1970. He has since released several solo albums. His albums with Savoy Brown are "G ...

) – 4:12 # "Tolling Bells" (Simmonds, Youlden) – 6:33 # "She's Got a Ring in His Nose and a Ring on Her Hand" (Youlden) – 3:07 # "Vicksburg Blues" ( Bob Hall, Youlden) – 4:00 # "Don't Turn Me from Your Door" (

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) – 5:04 # " Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World)" (

Titus Turner Titus Lee Turner (May 1, 1933 – September 13, 1984) was an American R&B and East Coast blues singer and songwriter. His best-remembered recordings are "We Told You Not to Marry" and "Sound-Off". He also wrote "Leave My Kitten Alone", "St ...

) – 2:42 (CD bonus track) # "May Be Wrong" (live) (

Dave Peverett David Jack Peverett (16 April 1943 – 7 February 2000), also known as Lonesome Dave, was an English singer and musician, best known as the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Foghat, which he founded following his tenur ...

) – 7:50 # "Louisiana Blues" (live) (McKinley MorganfieldBGO — Blue Matter / A Step Further, 2CD Album) – 9:06 # "

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" (live) (

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) – 6:53

Personnel

Savoy Brown

– lead vocals, guitar, piano * Kim Simmonds – lead guitar, harmonica, piano * "Lonesome" Dave Peverett – rhythm guitar, plus lead vocal on live tracks 7, 8, 9 * Tone Stevens – bass (except on tracks 1, 2 and 4) *

Rivers Jobe Rivers Jobe (1950 – 1979), born Rivers Maitland Alexander Job, was a British bass player known for being a member of Anon, one of the two bands which merged to form the progressive rock band Genesis; and for playing on the Savoy Brown album, ...

– bass (on tracks 1, 2 and 4) *

Roger Earl Roger Earl (born 16 May 1946) is an English drummer best known as a member of the rock band Foghat. A founding member, along with guitarist and vocalist "Lonesome" Dave Peverett, guitarist Rod Price, and bassist Tony Stevens, Earl is the onl ...

– drums, percussion * Bob Hall – piano

Additional musicians

*Terry Flannery, Keith Martin, Brian Perrin,

Derek Wadsworth Derek Wadsworth (5 February 1939 – 3 December 2008) was an English jazz musician, composer and arranger. Early life Wadsworth was born in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire on 5 February 1939. His first instrument was the cornet and he started playing the ...

– tenor

s on "Train to Nowhere" *Alan Moore - Bb/f trombone on "Train to Nowhere" * Mike Vernon – percussion on "Train to Nowhere"

Production

*Track one arranged by Terry Noonan, Savoy Brown & Mike Vernon *Produced by Mike Vernon *Recorded & Engineered by

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*Assistant Recording Engineers: Colin Freeman, Michael Mailes,

John Punter John Punter (born 27 January 1949) is a former English record producer and recording engineer. He has worked with many bands and musicians, such as Japan, Procol Harum, Roxy Music, Doctors of Madness, Sad Café and Slade. His career in music spann ...

, Mike Vernon *David Anstey - cover design *David Wedgbury - photography

References

External links

Savoy Brown's Homepage
{{Authority control 1969 albums Savoy Brown albums Decca Records albums Albums produced by Mike Vernon (record producer)