Label: Castle Music (Europe), CMRCD1372
Style: Blues, Rhythm and Blues
Country: London, England
Time: 60:58
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 185 Mb
Alexis
Korner's Blues Incorporated, or simply Blues Incorporated, were an
English blues band formed in London in 1961, led by Alexis Korner and
including at various times Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Ginger
Baker, Art Wood, Long John Baldry, Ronnie Jones, Danny Thompson, Graham
Bond, Cyril Davies, and Dick Heckstall-Smith.
Korner (1928–1984) was a
member of Chris Barber's Jazz Band in the 1950s, and met up with Cyril
Davies (1932–1964) who shared his passion for American Blues. In 1954
they teamed up as a duo, began playing blues in London jazz clubs, and
opened their own club, the London Blues and Barrelhouse Club, where they
featured visiting bluesmen from America. The club embraced aspiring
young musicians, including in its early days Charlie Watts, Long John
Baldry, and Jack Bruce.
In 1961 Korner and Davies formed Blues
Incorporated, the first amplified R&B band in Britain, and brought
in singer Baldry (sometimes replaced by Art Wood), drummer Watts,
bassist Bruce, and saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith. It was an informal
band: its membership was intended to be fluid.
On 17 March 1962,
Korner and Davies established a regular "Rhythm and Blues Night" at the
Ealing Jazz Club. This brought together many more fans of blues and
R&B music including Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Eric
Clapton, Rod Stewart, Paul Jones, John Mayall, Zoot Money, and Jimmy
Page, some of whom would occasionally sit in at Blues Incorporated
performances. Watts left the group around this time to join the Rolling
Stones and suggested Ginger Baker as his replacement.
From 3 May
1962, Blues Incorporated secured a Thursday-night residency at the
Marquee Club, which brought them to the attention of record producer and
promoter Jack Good who arranged a recording contract with Decca Records
resulting in the LP R&B from the Marquee, released in late 1962.
The album was actually recorded in the Decca studio and featured Baldry
as lead singer with songs by Muddy Waters, Jimmy Witherspoon and Leroy
Carr.
Late in 1962 Davies disagreed with Korner's intention to add a
brass section to the band and turn more towards jazz than blues, so left
to form his own group, the Cyril Davies All-Stars, and was replaced by
Graham Bond. Blues Incorporated found a new residency at the Flamingo
club but, shortly afterwards, Bond, Bruce and Baker left to form the
Graham Bond Organisation.
Blues Incorporated concentrated on live
work rather than recording and the group only released two singles on
Parlophone, "I Need Your Loving" / "Please Please Please Please" (1964)
and "Little Baby" / "Roberta" (1965). In 1964 they released the LPs At
The Cavern and Red Hot From Alex, with American Herbie Goins as lead
singer and Danny Thompson, later of Pentangle, on bass. By the time of
the group's last album Sky High (credited to Alexis Korner's Blues
Incorporated) in 1965, the group included Duffy Power on vocals. Korner
dissolved the group in 1966.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Korner%27s_Blues_Incorporated#Discography)
01. Overdrive (04:00)
02. Whoa Baby (04:33)
03. Every Day I Have The Blues (04:12)
04. Hoochie Coochie Man (05:35)
05. Herbie's Tune (07:39)
06. Little Bitty Gal Blues (05:32)
07. Well All Right Ok You Win (03:15)
08. Kansas City (04:28)
09. announcement (00:13)
10. Overdrive (02:20)
11. brief interview (01:15)
12. I Need Your Lovin' (02:10)
13. Turn On Your Lovelight (02:25)
14. brief interview (01:07)
15. Please, Please, Please (02:50)
16. announcement (00:05)
17. Roberta (02:20)
18. Every Day I Have The Blues (02:01)
19. I Need Your Lovin' (02:16)
20. Please, Please, Please (02:32)
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