Edgar Broughton Band: Edgar Broughton (vocals, guitar); Arthur Grant (vocals, bass guitar); Steve Broughton (drums).A legend in its own lifetime, Keep Them Freaks a Rollin' was, as its subtitle makes plain, recorded live at Abbey Road Studios in 1969, as a possible first album by the then newly signed Broughton Band. However, the tapes were shelved in favor of a more conventional studio recording, and only one excerpt ever made it out, a harshly edited 45 of the closing "Out Demons Out," already established as the band's live tour de force. The full-length version, however, remained unheard and, like the rest of the show, it eventually faded into mythology. The tapes were finally resuscitated in 2004, to herald EMI's CD remastering of the full Edgar Broughton Band catalog.
And, though 35 years had now passed, the primal energy and majesty of the Broughtons in full flight still burns through. Egged on by a studio full of friends and fans, the band recounts its entire period live show, with a churning "Smokestack Lightning" and an evil "Dropout Boogie" pinpointing the two influences that collided to create the Broughtons' own unique brew. "American Boy Soldier," still one of the most potent protest songs of the entire Vietnam era (and an equally valid component in the modern-day outfit's live show) is spellbinding and, at almost 15 minutes, spotlights the band's improvisational powers to perfection. And then there's "Out Demons Out," restored to its full ten-minute glory once again, and still capable of swaying the stoniest heart. Would history have been different had this become the band's debut album? Probably not -- and besides, what would have become of Wasa Wasa if it had? But still, any survey of the British underground through the early '70s would be woefully incomplete without an evening spent with this album and, alongside Hawkwind's Doremi Fasol Latido, the first Pink Fairies album, and Mick Farren's Carnivorous Circus, it remains the key to what that entire movement was all about.
~ Dave Thompson
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See also: Julian Cope's head heritage: https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/2186/
Trackslisting:
01 Smokestack Lightning (Chester Burnett)
02 What Is A Woman For? (R.E. Broughton)
03 Yason Blues (R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton, A.J. Grant)
04 Refugee (R.E. Broughton)
05 Dropout Boogie (Don Van Vliet)
06 American Boy Soldier (R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton, A.J. Grant)
07 Momma's Reward (Keep Them Freaks A Rollin') (R.E. Broughton)
08 Out Demon's Out (R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton, A.J. Grant)
6 comments:
Thank you very much
A long time I've not visited your blog...I think the last time was when I downloaded a couple of reggae albums years ago, and then somehow lost the bookmark for your site on my computer.. Many thanks for this upgrade to a tired old MP3 rip from years ago. The Broughtons were one of my favourite bands when I was a callow teenager.... I bought all their early albums and saw them live on numerous occasions. The two times that stick most in my mind are once when the electricity failed and they just continued playing a still-loud acoustic set and, most memorably, when I dropped a tab of acid a couple of hours or so before the gig and watched with open-mouthed amazement at every sound the group made and Edgar climbed the big overheard lighting rig dressed in a judo outfit.....a show never to forget for an impressionable 16 year old!
Hi, JD;
A pleasant commentary...
reggea music on this blog years ago?
That must be a joke?
Even today you will not find reggae here, LOL!
However, dub is audible, but reggae really is not the style here, haha!
"I shot the sherif" by Eric Slowhand yeah i can like't!
My apologies....I realised my mistake about five minutes after I made the comment. I was confusing your blog with another that I had come across earlier on with a similar banner.
Not bad at all, I found your commentary pretty friendly,
If everyone at least bothered to post a nice commentary like yours here after they 'took' music from the blog .....
I'm really not angry, shocked or disappointed because of your first comment, But at last; you are welcome here, but you are NOT going to find reggae music here LOL
and I wish you a pleasant day, greetings ;-)
Thank you for sharing and caring
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