Label: Progressive Line Records (Australia), PL 580
Style: Blues Rock, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
Country: UK
Time: 35:31
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 217 Mb
An
undiscovered gem of an album. That’s a familiar phrase, and one that
too often disappoints when exposed to the light. Scruffy Duffy doesn’t
let us down.
This was Brit band, Duffy’s second album, recorded in
Switzerland, released in 1973. Their music had everything, problem being
it was all on the same album. One part prog, one part rock and one part
working class geezers and a lot of parts pop, blues and rough edges.
The UK charts back then were full of disparate sounds, but they could
all be easily defined and readily digested. Duffy didn’t fit. The album
couldn’t be pigeonholed, which inevitably led to a lack of promotion and
limited press coverage.
From the amusing, character driven lyrics of
‘The Browns’ to the drawn out Beatlish pop of ‘Ode To Clay’. From the
Uriah Heep-ish ‘Banker’ to the funky, bluesy ‘Joker’, this was a band
with ability and talent. But not a future. Strange, one honest listen to
the doomy, biting guitar progrock of ‘St John’s’ – a lacerating, nine
and half minute slice of social commentary on 70's Britain – and you
would think that success would have been guaranteed.
It’s great to
see pioneering UK label, Esoteric Recordings reissuing the album. It has
been remastered from the original master tape, still held by the
Chapter One label. First mixes of five of the album’s key tracks were
also “in the vaults”. These are earthier, rawer versions, and these too
have been remastered and added to this reissue as bonus tracks.
(getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-duffy-scruffy-duffy-remaster-wbonus-tracks/)
01. Running Away (02:35)
02. Changing My Ways (06:01)
03. Ode To Clay (02:55)
04. The 1959 Rock 'n' Roll Bop (03:01)
05. The Browns (03:04)
06. Banker (04:26)
07. Joker (02:30)
08. I Can't Help The Way I Am (01:22)
09. St John's (09:04)
10. Finale (00:28)
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