''Edgar Broughton Band'' is the self-titled third album by the

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. The album is known amongst fans as "The Meat Album", as the album cover features meat on hangers in a warehouse; a human can also be seen hanging amongst the meat. The 2004 CD reissue features three bonus tracks. Several outside musicians were used on this album including

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Track listing

#"Evening Over Rooftops" (Robert Edgar Broughton, Victor Unitt) – 5:00 #"The Birth" (R. E. Broughton) – 3:21 #"Piece of My Own" (R. E. Broughton) – 2:46 #"Poppy" (R. E. Broughton) – 2:14 #"Don't Even Know Which Day It Is" (R. E. Broughton, Steve Broughton, Victor Unitt) – 4:20 #"House of Turnabout" (R. E. Broughton) – 3:08 #"Madhatter" (R. E. Broughton, S. Broughton, Unitt) – 6:14 #"Getting Hard/What Is a Woman For?" (R. E. Broughton, S. Broughton, Arthur Grant, Unitt) – 7:29 #"Thinking of You" (S. Broughton, Unitt) – 2:04 #"For Doctor Spock Parts 1 & 2" (R. E. Broughton, S. Broughton, Grant, Unitt) – 3:50

2004 CD reissue bonus tracks

#"Hotel Room" (R. E. Broughton) – 4:04 (A-side of "Harvest HAR 5040") #"Call Me a Liar" (R. E. Broughton) – 4:27 (B-side of "Harvest HAR 5040") #"Bring It on Home" (

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) – 3:27 (Previously unreleased)

Personnel

Edgar Broughton Band

* Edgar Broughton –

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 ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Arthur Grant –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, vocals * Steve Broughton –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, vocals * Victor Unitt – guitar,

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

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, vocals

Additional musicians

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– vocals (track 1) * Johnny van Derek –

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

(track 3) * P. Harold Fatt – vocals (track 5) *

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– piano (track 8) *

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mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

(track 9) * Roy Harper – backing vocals (CD track 12)

Technical

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– producer *

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* David Bedford –

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Hipgnosis Hipgnosis were an English art design group based in London, that specialised in creating album cover artwork for rock musicians and bands. Their commissions included work for Pink Floyd, T. Rex, the Pretty Things, Black Sabbath, UFO, 10cc, Ba ...

- cover photography * Adrian Boot, Nigel Leaman - photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edgar Broughton Band (Album) Edgar Broughton Band albums 1971 albums Harvest Records albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis Albums produced by Peter Jenner Repertoire Records albums