A Step Further Explained

A Step Further
Type:studio
Longtype:(part live)
Artist:Savoy Brown
Cover:A Step Further - Savoy Brown.jpg
Released:September 1969 (US/Canada) / October 1969 (UK)[1]
Recorded:May 12, 1969 (side two)
Venue:Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (side two)
Genre:Blues rock, psychedelic rock
Length:38:25
Label:Decca Records (UK) / Parrot Records (US/Canada) (original LP)
Deram (CD release)
Producer:Mike Vernon
Prev Title:Blue Matter
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:Raw Sienna
Next Year:1970

A Step Further is the fourth album by the band Savoy Brown. It was released by Decca in the United Kingdom and by Parrot in the United States in the fall of 1969. It is the last of the band's albums on which their long-time pianist Bob Hall played. The album track "Made Up My Mind" had first appeared as the B-side of the U.S. single release on Parrot Records 45-40039 (released June 1969), fronted by "Train to Nowhere", from their album Blue Matter.[2] The track "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove" would later be released as the B-side of the U.K. single release on Decca F 13019 (released May 1970), of "A Hard Way To Go" from their album Raw Sienna.[3]

Side two was recorded live at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, on Monday 12 May 1969.[4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Made Up My Mind" (Chris Youlden) – 2:56
  2. "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove" (Kim Simmonds[5]) – 3:37
  3. "Life's One Act Play" (Youlden) – 6:29
  4. "I'm Tired" (Youlden) – 3:21
  5. "Where Am I" (Youlden) – 1:51

Side two

  1. "Savoy Brown Boogie" (Live) (Simmonds, Youlden) – 22:02. Includes "Feel So Good" (Chuck Willis), "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" (Sunny David, Dave Williams), "Little Queenie" (Chuck Berry), "Purple Haze" (Jimi Hendrix), "Hernando's Hideaway" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross).

Personnel

Savoy Brown

Technical

External links

Notes and References

  1. Album Reviews . Melody Maker. November 1, 1969 . 18 . 15 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Savoy Brown Discography - US . April 17, 2018.
  3. Web site: Savoy Brown Discography - UK . April 17, 2018.
  4. Web site: Cooks Ferry Inn Edmonton. Discogs. 29 January 2017.
  5. BGO Records Blue Matter / A Step Further