DUFFY POWER

Jazz, Blues , Rhythm & Blues  , Rock , Blues - rock

Duffy Power
Live At The BBC Plus Other Innovations

The great unsung British Blues hero recorded live at the BBC together with previously unreleased studio tracks.

The most comprehensive collection of Duffy Power's BBC recordings available with sound restoration by Eroc.

Showcases Duffy in a variety styles and line-ups with backing by the Graham Bond Quartet, the Fentones and CWT.

Disc Three comprises unreleased studio recordings from the 90s/00s which cement his reputation as a Bluesman.

Liner notes by Duffy collaborator/producer Pete Brown also include detailed annotation by compiler and archivist Colin Harper.

Duffy Power (1941-2014) was among Britain's first wave of late 50s rock'n'rollers, a protégé of impresario Larry Parnes alongside Billy Fury, Marty Wilde and Georgie Fame. In 1963 a musical epiphany saw him become one of Britain's greatest bluesmen – a singer, songwriter and harmonica virtuoso whose career thereafter would be a rollercoaster of amazing recordings, off/on record deals, and periods of withdrawal before bowing out of music-making in 1973. In the mid-60s, Duffy recorded with future members of Cream, Pentangle and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He never had any problem impressing fellow musicians, but a wider appreciation of his work would only come in the era of CD reissues and anthologies. This 3CD Live At The BBC set adds to the legend of Duffy Power. Beginning with a 1963 session backed by the Graham Bond Quartet (Bond, John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker), it more than doubles the content on Power's only previous BBC set, Sky Blues (2001), adding performances from the 60s and 70s – including a 1971 Mike Raven session backed by Rod Argent – and ending with his last-known BBC session, a full-band set in 1997 for Paul Jones. In between, we have blues, jazz, soul and stadium rock, in the form of a 1973 session for John Peel with hard rock trio CWT. The third disc adds 11 non-BBC tracks (nine previously unreleased, two rare) from two periods of potential comeback sessions in 1995 and 2000-01, including four original songs not previously published. Songwriting legend Pete Brown, who produced the 1995 session, provides the booklet essay, with additional notes from Colin Harper.

Tracklist

CD1

Live At The BBC 1963-71
Unknown Show, Mid-1963
1-1 Duffy Power With Graham Bond Quartet– I Saw Her Standing There
1-2 Duffy Power With Graham Bond Quartet– I Got A Woman
1-3 Duffy Power With Graham Bond Quartet– Summertime
1-4 Duffy Power With Graham Bond Quartet– Hallelujah, I Love Her So
Saturday Club (Probably), 1965
1-5 Duffy Power With The Fentones– Everything's Gonna Be Alright
1-6 Duffy Power With The Fentones– Money Honey
The Blues Roll On, Radio 3, 27 March 1968
1-7 Duffy Power– Gin House Blues
1-8 Duffy Power– Alexis Korner intro
1-9 Duffy Power– The La La Song
Blues Is Where You Hear It, World Service 8 July 1970
1-10 Duffy Power– Every Day Since You've Been Gone
1-11 Duffy Power– Halfway
1-12 Duffy Power– That's All Right Mama
1-13 Duffy Power– Swan Song
1-14 Duffy Power– Hell Hound
Mike Raven Show, Radio 1, 27 March 1971
1-15 Duffy Power– Lawdy Miss Clawdy
1-16 Duffy Power– Little Boy Blue
1-17 Duffy Power– Man In The Sky
1-18 Duffy Power– Swan Song
1-19 Duffy Power– Sally Plain
Mike Raven Show, Radio 1, 1 May 1971
1-20 Duffy Power's Thing– Milk Cow Blues

CD2

Live At The BBC 1971-97
Mike Raven Show, Radio 1 September 1971
2-1 Duffy Power– Give Me One
2-2 Duffy Power– City Women
2-3 Duffy Power– Louise
2-4 Duffy Power– The River
2-5 Duffy Power– Baby Let's Play House
2-6 Duffy Power– I Saw Her Standing There
John Peel (Alexis Korner Sitting In), Radio 1, 3 September 1973
2-7 Duffy Power With CWT– Dusty Road
2-8 Duffy Power With CWT– Love's Gonna Go
2-9 Duffy Power With CWT– Glad That You're Not Me
2-10 Duffy Power With CWT– Little Soldiers
Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show, Radio 2, 25 August 1994
2-11 Duffy Power– Sky Blues
2-12 Duffy Power– Duffy & Dick Heckstall-Smith Interview
2-13 Duffy Power– Little Boy Blue
2-14 Duffy Power– Every Day Since You've Been Gone
2-15 Duffy Power– Duffy Interview
Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show, Radio 2, 17 July 1997
2-16 Duffy Power– Mama, Talk To Your Daughter
2-17 Duffy Power– Rags And Old Iron
2-18 Duffy Power– Feeling Good
2-19 Duffy Power– My Soul's On Fire
Bonus (Lo-Fi): Pop Goes The Beatles, 16 July 1963
2-20 Duffy Power With Graham Bond Quartet– I Got A Woman
2-21 Duffy Power With Graham Bond Quartet– I Saw Her Standing There
Saturday Club, 10 October 1964
2-22 Duffy Power With The Fentones– Lawdy Miss Clawdy
2-23 Duffy Power With The Fentones– Brian Matthew Interview With Duffy
2-24 Duffy Power With The Fentones– Where Am I?
2-25 Duffy Power With The Fentones– Roll Over Beethoven

CD3
Studio Recordings 1995-2001
Unreleased Studio Session, January 1995
3-1 Duffy Power– Someone Like You (Camping With Billie)
3-2 Duffy Power– Stormy July
Mostly Unreleased Studio Sessions, 2000–2001
3-3 Duffy Power– Out On The Western Plain (Solo)
3-4 Duffy Power– I Can't Chase The Devil (Solo)
3-5 Duffy Power– I Am Lonely
3-6 Duffy Power– Stormy July
3-7 Duffy Power– Nine Lives Gone (Alt Mix)
3-8 Duffy Power– Will I Ever Be The Same?
3-9 Duffy Power– Out On The Western Plain (Band)
3-10 Duffy Power– One Day At A Time
3-11 Duffy Power– I Can't Chase The Devil (Band Arrangement)
Vocals – Terry Sharpe

Licensed From – BBC Studios
Licensed From – Marquis Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – BBC
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Repertoire Records (UK) Ltd
Copyright © – Repertoire Records (UK) Ltd

Musicians
Backing Vocals – Janet Holmes (tracks: 3-7)
Bass – Ali Mackenzie (tracks: 3-9, 3-11), Danny Thompson (tracks: 1-7 to 1-9, 3-1, 3-2), Graham Alexander (5) (tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 2-22 to 2-25), Jack Bruce (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-20, 2-21), Peter Kirke (tracks: 2-7 to 2-10)

Drums – Chris Bailey (19) (tracks: 2-7 to 2-10), Conor Shields (tracks: 3-9, 3-11), Ginger Baker (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-20, 2-21), Terry Cox (tracks: 1-7 to 1-9)
Drums  – Louis Borenius (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19)

Electric Guitar – Colin Harper  (tracks: 3-7, 3-9, 3-11)
Electric Piano – Brian Connor (tracks: 3-6, 3-8)

Guitar – Alexis Korner (tracks: 1-7, 1-10 to 1-14), Duffy Power (tracks: 1-9, 1-15 to 2-6, 2-11 to 2-15, 3-3 to 3-5, 3-7, 3-10), Graeme Quinton-Jones (tracks: 2-7 to 2-10), Jim Mullen (tracks: 3-1, 3-2), John McLaughlin (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-20, 2-21)
Guitar  – James Woodrow (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19)

Harmonica – Duffy Power (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6, 2-16 to 2-19, 3-3, 3-4), Mark McCluney (tracks: 3-11)

Keyboards [Keys] – Duffy Power (tracks: 3-8)
Lead Guitar – Alexis Korner (tracks: 1-10), Jerry Wilcock (tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 2-22 to 2-25)

Organ – Mike Hall (tracks: 2-1)
Organ [Hammond] – Graham Bond (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-20, 2-21)
Performer [Likely To Be] – Argent (tracks: 1-20)

Piano – Bob Hall (3) (tracks: 1-7 to 1-9), Brian Connor (tracks: 3-6, 3-8), Graeme Quinton-Jones (tracks: 2-7 to 2-10), Mike Hall (tracks: 2-2, 2-3), Rod Argent (tracks: 1-15 to 1-19)

Rhythm Guitar – Mick Bryant (tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 2-22 to 2-25), Mick Eyre (tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 2-22 to 2-25)
Saxophone [Saxes] – Dick Heckstall-Smith (tracks: 2-11 to 2-15)
Saxophone [Uncredited] – Mike Hobart (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19)
Vocals – Duffy Power (tracks: 1-1 to 3-10)

3 CDs in a slim jewel case with 24-page booklet in an O-Card slip case.

Catalog number appears as 'REPUK 1436' on the back cover and slip case and 'REPUK1436' on the spine and discs

Guitar, Bass, Drums and Saxophone on 2-16 to 2-19 credited to 'unknown' in the booklet confirmed by James Woodrow who played on the session.