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Blue Mink Blue Mink were a British six-piece pop group that existed from 1969 to 1977. Over that period they had six Top 20 hit singles in the UK Singles Chart, and released five studio based albums. According to AllMusic: "they have been immortalised on ...

, released in 1973. It was released under the title "Blue Mink" in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. Two singles from the album charted in the UK, “By the Devil (I Was Tempted)” at #26 and “Randy” at #9. Most of the tracks were written by Flowers, Cook and Roger Greenaway.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Herbie Flowers, Roger Cook and

Roger Greenaway Roger John Reginald Greenaway, (born 23 August 1938) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for his collaborations with Roger Cook. His compositions have included "You've Got Your Troubles" and the transatlantic mill ...

; except where noted. Original album sleeve notes :Side 1 #"Watch Out!" – 2:44 #"Randy" – 3:12 #"Another 'Without You' Day" (Cook, Greenaway, Steve Jameson, Marshall Doctors) – 3:44 #"Daughter of Someone" – 3:50 #"Together" – 4:04 #"Stay With Me" – 3:12 Side 2 #"By the Devil (I Was Tempted)" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) – 3:38 #"

You Are the Sunshine of My Life "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" is a 1973 single released by Stevie Wonder. The song became Wonder's third number-one single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and his first number-one on the Easy Listening chart. It won Wonder a Grammy Award f ...

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Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris ( Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, Pop musi ...

) – 3:34 #"Harlem" (

Bill Withers William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He had several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), " Use Me" (1972) ...

) – 2:41 #"Lonliness" – 3:47 #"Harmony" – 3:12 #"Where Did They Go" (Gloria Sklerov, Harry Lloyd) – 4:03

Personnel

;Blue Mink * Madelaine Bell, Roger Cook - vocals *

Alan Parker Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English filmmaker. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts ...

- guitar *

Herbie Flowers Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers (born 19 May 1938) is an English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky. Flowers has contributed to recordings by Elton John (''Tumblewe ...

- bass *Ann Odell,

Roger Coulam Roger Keith Coulam, (born 21 August 1940, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, died October 2005), was a British keyboard session musician, who formed Blue Mink in the autumn of 1969, with Madeline Bell (vocalist), Roger Cook (vocalist), Alan Parker (g ...

- keyboards * Barry Morgan - drums *

Ray Cooper Raymond Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English musician who has worked as a session and road-tour percussionist. During his career, Cooper has worked and toured with numerous musically diverse bands and artists including Elton John (as ...

- L.A. percussion

Production

*Produced by: David Mackay *Recorded at:

Morgan Studios Morgan Studios (founded as Morgan Sound Studios) was an independent recording studio in Willesden in northwest London. Founded in 1967, the studio was the location for recordings by such notable artists as Jethro Tull, the Kinks, Paul McCartney, ...

, London *Engineers: Martin Levan, Paul Tregurtha *Orchestral Arrangement on "Together" - Ann Odell *Album Sleeve Art: Malcolm Livingstone, Sutterby, Stobart

References

{{Authority control 1973 albums Albums produced by David Mackay (producer) EMI Records albums Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios