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| Blue Matter | ||||
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| Released | May 1969 (UK)[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 19, 1968–January 1969; December 6, 1968 (tracks 7–9) | |||
| Venue | City of Leicester College of Education, Scraptoft, Leicestershire (tracks 7–9) | |||
| Genre | Blues rock[2] | |||
| Length | 49:27 | |||
| Label | Decca Records (UK) / Parrot Records (US/Canada) (original LP) Deram (CD release) | |||
| Producer | Mike Vernon | |||
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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 plays guitar here) as well as trombone.
This album featured a mix of live and studio recordings. The live tracks were recorded on December 6, 1968, at the now defunct City of Leicester College of Education, because the band was scheduled to tour the US and needed additional tracks to complete the album in time for the tour. The booking at the college represented their only chance to record the extra tracks in a live venue, before embarking on the tour. An offer to perform the concert free of charge was accepted by Chris Green, the college Social Secretary, who had made the original booking, and the concert was duly recorded, a number of the live tracks being added to the album. Because Chris Youlden was suffering from tonsillitis, Dave Peverett stood in as lead vocalist on the live tracks.
The album track "Vicksburg Blues" had first appeared as the B-side of Decca single F 12797 (released June 1968), fronted by "Walking by Myself".
Both Zigzag magazine and Rolling Stone magazine considered "Train to Nowhere" as the quintessential Savoy Brown song.
- ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). New Musical Express. 7 June 1969. p. 11. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Kurtz, Peter. Blue Matter at AllMusic