Another Fine Mess (Back Door album) explained

Another Fine Mess
Type:	studio
Artist:	Back Door
Cover:	Back Door - Another Fine Mess.jpg
Studio:	Nova Sound and CBS Studios, London
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Length:	36:02
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Peter Thorup
Prev Title:	8th Street Nites
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Activate
Next Year:	1976

Another Fine Mess is the third studio album by Back Door, released in 1975 by Warner Bros. Records.^[1] "Blakey Jones" is a tribute to Brian Jones, landlord of the Lion Inn on Blakey Ridge, an early supporter of the band who helped finance the recording of their first album. A display case of Back Door memorabilia still exists in the Lion Inn.

In 2014 it was re-released on CD, compiled with Back Door and 8th Street Nites, by BGO Records.^[2]

Personnel

Adapted from the Another Fine Mess liner notes.^[3] Back Door

• Ron Aspery – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, Wurlitzer electric piano, arrangements
• Tony Hicks – drums, percussion
• Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar, twelve-string guitar, lead vocals, arrangements

Production and additional personnel

• Rick Dodd – recording
• Michael Gibbs – arrangement (A5)
• Bernie Holland – guitar (B1, B2)
• Dave MacRae – keyboards, accordion
• Peter Thorup – production, mixing, backing vocals (A1, B3), lead vocals (B4)
• Steve Tyler – recording, mixing

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000895291|pure_url=yes}} Back Door: ''Another Fine Mess'' > Overview ]. Allmusic . 19 January 2016.
2. Web site: Mark . Gilbert . Review: Back Door, Back Door et al . . 2014 . 19 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126183614/http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/magazine/904/review-back-door-back-door-et-al . 26 January 2016 . dead .
3. Another Fine Mess . . 1975 . sleeve . . Burbank, California.