TBNV - Blue Matter - Savoy Brown - 1969
I am starting a new segment TBNV specifically for music that is absolutely T errific B ut for which N o V ideo exists that I am aware of. There are so many terrific things that were never recorded on video that It Just has the right to be heard! This is the first of a hopefully long running series. Blue Matter is the third album by the band Savoy Brown. Teaming up once again with producer Mike Vernon, it finds them experimenting even more within the blues framework. Several tracks feature piano (played by Bob Hall, guitarist Kim Simmonds, and vocalist Chris Youlden, who even plays guitar here) as well as trombone. This album featured a mix of live and studio recordings. The live tracks were recorded at the now defunct City of Leicester College of Education, because the band was scheduled to tour the USA and needed additional tracks to complete the Album in time for the tour. The college had booked the band to perform a few weeks prior to the tour and the booking represented their only...