R&B from the Marquee

R&B from the Marquee
Studio album by Blues Incorporated
Released	November 1962 (1962-11)
Recorded	June 8, 1962
Studio	West Hampstead Studios, London
Genre	British blues
Length	34:31
Label	Decca
Producer	Jack Good
Blues Incorporated chronology
R&B from the Marquee (1962) Red Hot From Alex (1964)

R&B from the Marquee is an album by Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated released in November 1962 on Decca Records. Blues Incorporated was a British R&B band in the early 1960s, which was led by Alexis Korner and featured various musicians. Although never very successful commercially, it was extremely influential on the development of British rock music in the 1960s and later.^[1]

Track listing

Side One

1. "Gotta Move" (Korner) 2:28
2. "Rain is Such a Lonesome Sound" (Jimmy Witherspoon; Rachel Witherspoon) 2:49 Vocal: John Baldry
3. "I Got My Brand On You" (Muddy Waters) 3:46 Vocal: Cyril Davies
4. "Spooky But Nice" (Davies) 2:57
5. "Keep Your Hands Off" (Davies) 2:28 Vocal: Cyril Davies
6. "I Wanna Put a Tiger in Your Tank" (Muddy Waters) 2:52 Vocal: Cyril Davies

Side Two

1. "I Got My Mojo Working" (Preston Foster) 3:09 Vocal: Cyril Davies
2. "Finkle's Cafe" (Korner) 2:44
3. "Hoochie Coochie" (Muddy Waters) 3:02 Vocal: Cyril Davies
4. "Down Town" (Korner) 2:58
5. "How Long, How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) 3:00 Vocal: John Baldry
6. "I Thought I Heard That Train Whistle Blow" (Baldry) 2:18 Vocal: John Baldry

Re-releases

• The album was re-released by Decca on CD (UDCD 657) with a bonus track "I'm Built For Comfort" (Willie Dixon) Vocal: John Baldry.
• Remastered and Re-released by Castle Music on CD (CMRCD 137) with seven bonus tracks:

1. "She Fooled Me" (Williams) 2:19 — from Bootleg Him! (rec: January 1962)
2. "I'm Built For Comfort" (aka "Everything She Needs") (Dixon) 2:20 — from Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated (aka Profile) (rec: June 1962)
3. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Dixon) 3:26 — from Bootleg Him! (BBC session, rec: July,1962)
4. "Night Time is the Right Time" (Carr/Sykes) 4:21 — unreleased (BBC session, rec: 1962)
5. "Everything She Needs" (Dixon) 2:22 — unreleased (BBC session, rec: 1962)
6. "Up-Town" (Korner/Davies) 2:28 — Lyntone flexi-single LYN299, released December 1962 (rec: October 1962)
7. "Blaydon Races (with Nancy Spain)" (Ridley, arr.Korner) 2:21 — Lyntone flexi-single LYN298, released December 1962 (rec: October 1962)

• Limited re-issued CD in Japan in 2007 (24 January 2007) Strange Days Records (POCE-1087)

Personnel

• Alexis Korner: acoustic guitar
• Cyril Davies: vocal (3,5,6,7,9) harmonica (except for 6)
• Dick Heckstall-Smith: tenor saxophone (except for 3) vocal chorus (7)
• Keith Scott: piano
• Spike Heatley: string bass (except for 7)
• Graham Burbidge: drums
• Long John Baldry: vocal (2,11,12) vocal chorus (7)
• Teddy Wadmore: bass guitar (7)
• Big Jim Sullivan: vocal chorus (7) and uncredited guitar
• Recording Engineer: Jack Clegg
• Produced by Jack Good
• Recorded: Decca West Hampstead Studios, London, 8 June 1962
• Released in November 1962 (Decca Ace of Clubs LP, ACL 1130)

References

External links

• Alexis Korner
• Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated R&B From The Marquee
• Cyril Davis