The Spencer Davis Group discography explained

Artist:The Spencer Davis Group
Studio:8
Live:5
Soundtrack:1
Compilation:27
Video:4
Ep:5
Singles:30

This article is the discography of British band The Spencer Davis Group.

Albums

The Spencer Davis Group's first three studio albums weren't released in the US and Canada. Instead, the first two albums released there were Gimme Some Lovin and I'm a Man in 1967, both of which compiled tracks from the three studio albums.

Studio albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
GER
[2]
1965Their First LP
  • Released: June 1965
  • Label: Fontana
6
1966The Second Album
  • Released: 7 January 1966
  • Label: Fontana
3
Autumn '66
  • Released: 26 August 1966
  • Label: Fontana
435
1968With Their New Face On
  • Released: April 1968
  • Label: United Artists
1970Funky
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Date
  • Originally planned for release in 1969 in the UK as Letters From Edith but withdrawn. Then was released in the US by Date in 1970 as Funky but quickly withdrawn due to the dissolution of the label.
1973Gluggo
1974Living in a Back Street
  • Released: February 1974
  • Label: Vertigo
1986Vibrate
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Victoria
  • Only released in Spain
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Live albums

YearTitleDetails
1995Catch You on the Rebop: Live in Europe 73
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: RPM
1997Payin' Them Blues Dues: The Spencer Davis Group...Alive in '97
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Südpol
  • Only released in Germany
2004Live in Manchester 2002
  • Released: 13 September 2004
  • Label: Angel Air
2006Live at Blues Garage 2006
2019Live in Finland '67
  • Released: January 2019
  • Label: London Calling
  • Limited unofficial release

Compilation albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart positions
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
US
[5]
1966Beat with Soul
  • Released: 1966
  • Label: Fontana
  • Only released in Germany
10
1967Gimme Some Lovin
  • Released: February 1967
  • Label: United Artists
  • Only released in the US and Canada
  • Compilation of the band's first three studio albums
254
I'm a Man
  • Released: June 1967
  • Label: United Artists
  • Only released in the US and Canada
  • Compilation of the band's first three studio albums plus the eponymous "I'm a Man" and its B-side
483
1968The Best of the Spencer Davis Group Featuring Stevie Winwood
  • Released: March 1968
  • Label: Island
Spencer Davis' Greatest Hits
  • Released: March 1968
  • Label: United Artists
  • Only released in the US
195
1969Heavies
  • Released: April 1969
  • Label: United Artists
  • Only released in the US
1972Somebody Help Me
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Island
  • Only released in Germany
1974Gimme Some Lovin
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Island
  • Only released in Germany and the Netherlands
1975The Very Best of the Spencer Davis Group
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: United Artists
  • Only released in the US
1984Best of the Spencer Davis Group
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Rhino
  • Only released in the US
1986Greatest & Latest
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: PAR
  • Compilation of re-recorded tracks in 1986
  • Only released in the US
1987The Best of the Spencer Davis Group
1991Keep On Running
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Object Enterprises
  • Has been re-released under various labels as I'm a Man and Give Me Some Lovin
1994Taking Out Time 1967–1969
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: RPM
1996Eight Gigs a Week: The Steve Winwood Years
  • Released: March 1996
  • Label: Island
1998The Best of Spencer Davis Group
1999The Spencer Davis Group
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Polydor/Island
——
2000Mulberry Bush
  • Released: January 2000
  • Label: RPM
Mojo Rhythms & Midnight Blues, Vol.1: Sessions 1965–1968
  • Released: August 2000
  • Label: RPM
Mojo Rhythms & Midnight Blues, Vol.2: Shows 1965–1968
  • Released: November 2000
  • Label: RPM
2001Live Anthology 1965–1968
200440th Anniversary: Keep on Running
2006Studio & Stage: Essential Recordings
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Metro
2007The Complete Hit Collection
  • Released: 8 February 2007
  • Label: Weton-Wesgram
2011Somebody Help Me: The Best of 1964–1968
  • Released: 27 September 2011
  • Label: Raven
  • Only released in Australia
2013Keep On Running: The Collection
  • Released: 5 June 2013
  • Label: Cherry Red
2016Taking Out Time: Complete Recordings 1967–1969
  • Released: 19 August 2016
  • Label: RPM
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

EPs

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
UK
[6]
1965You Put the Hurt on Me
  • Released: August 1965
  • Label: Fontana
4
Every Little Bit Hurts
  • Released: October 1965
  • Label: Fontana
1966Sittin' and Thinkin
  • Released: May 1966
  • Label: Fontana
3
1978Spencer Davis Group
  • Released: May 1978
  • Label: Island
  • Compilation EP
2017Rambling Rose
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
AUS
[7]
BE (WA)
[8]
CAN
[9]
GER
[10]
IRE
[11]
NL
[12]
NZ
[13]
SWE
[14]
US
[15] [16]
1964 "Dimples" Their First LP
"I Can't Stand It" 47
1965"Every Little Bit Hurts" 419
"Strong Love" 44The Second Album
"Keep On Running" 121
332283741876
1966"Somebody Help Me" 14837352047Autumn '66
"This Hammer" (Norway and Sweden-only release)The Second Album
"Sittin' and Thinkin'" (Netherlands-only release)Their First LP
"When I Come Home" 124920Autumn '66
"Together 'Til the End of Time" (Norway-only release)
"Take This Hurt Off Me" (Norway-only release)
"Georgia on My Mind" (Netherlands-only release)The Second Album
"Gimme Some Lovin'" 2610112735117rowspan="2"
"Det war in Schöneberg" (Germany-only release)
"High Time Baby" (Norway-only release)Autumn '66
1967"I'm a Man" 99221177410
"Time Seller" 30392100With Their New Face On
"It's Gonna Work Out Fine" (New Zealand-only release)Their First LP
"When a Man Loves a Woman" (Italy-only release)Autumn '66
"Mr. Second Class" 3533With Their New Face On
1968"After Tea" 56
"Looking Back" (US, Canada and Germany-only release)113Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush
"(Aquarius) Der Wassermann" (Germany and Netherlands-only release)rowspan="3"
"Short Change"
1971"Magpie" (as 'The Murgatroyd Band')
1973"Don't You Let It Bring You Down" (US and Canada-only release)Gluggo
"Catch You on the Rebop"
"Mr. Operator"
"Livin' in a Back Street"Living in the Back Street
1974"Another Day" (Spain-only release)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Videos

Video albums

YearTitleDetails
2004Live in Manchester
  • Released: 2 December 2004
  • Label: Angel Air
  • Medium: DVD
  • Live footage from Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in 2002
2005Gimme Some Lovin': Live 1966
  • Released: 8 March 2005
  • Label: Cherry Red/Music Video Distributors
  • Medium: DVD
2008Live
  • Released: November 2008
  • Label: Delta Music & Entertainment
  • Medium: DVD
  • Only released in Germany
  • Live footage from the Astor Theatre in Deal, Kent in 2006
2010Beat Beat Beat
  • Released: 14 July 2008
  • Label: ABC Entertainment
  • Medium: DVD
  • Footage from the German TV programme Beat Beat Beat in 1966

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SPENCER DAVIS GROUP full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2021-04-18. www.officialcharts.com.
  2. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2021-04-18. www.offiziellecharts.de.
  3. Peak positions for the Spencer Davis Group's albums in Canada:
  4. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2021-04-18. www.offiziellecharts.de.
  5. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955–1996. Record Research. 1996. 0898201179. 204.
  6. Peak positions for the Spencer Davis Group's EPs on the UK EP Chart:
  7. Peak positions for the Spencer Davis Group's singles in Australia:
  8. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. 2021-04-19. ultratop.be.
  9. Peak positions for the Spencer Davis Group's singles in Canada:
  10. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2021-04-19. www.offiziellecharts.de.
  11. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. 2021-04-19. irishcharts.ie.
  12. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2021-04-19. dutchcharts.nl.
  13. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search listener. 2021-04-19. www.flavourofnz.co.nz. 7 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015024/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=5#n_view_location. dead.
  14. Web site: SPENCER DAVIS GROUP. 2021-04-19. NostalgiListan. sv.
  15. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1993. Record Research. 1994. 9780898201048. 153.
  16. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 1959–1981. Record Research. 1982. 9780898200478. 46.