Inkpot (album) explained

Inkpot
Type:	Album
Artist:	Shocking Blue
Cover:	Shocking_Blue_Inkpot.jpg
Recorded:	1 – 25 October, 1 December 1971, 7 – 14 January 1972
Studio:	Sound Push Studios, Blaricum, Netherlands
Genre:	Rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, country rock
Length:	28:38
Label:	Pink Elephant
Producer:	Shocking Blue
Prev Title:	Third Album
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Attila
Next Year:	1972

Inkpot is the fifth studio album by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released in 1972.

The American and Dutch versions have different track listings.

Three tracks on the album are cover songs, more than usual.

The album's title song may be familiar to people in Hong Kong, as a version of it has been used as the longtime theme song of televised Mark Six lottery drawing programme, since the commencement of the programme on 13 July 1976.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Robbie van Leeuwen, except where noted.

Side one

1. "I Ain't Never" (Mel Tillis, Webb Pierce) - 2:15
2. "Navajo Tears" - 2:38
3. "Shadows" - 2:27
4. "Blue Jean" - 2:33
5. "Jambalaya" (Hank Williams) - 2:25
6. "Inkpot" - 2:37

Side two

1. "Tobacco Road" (John D. Loudermilk) - 2:31
2. "Hey" - 2:28
3. "Who Save My Soul" - 1:55
4. "Red Leaves I+II" - 2:35
5. "The Queen" - 2:03
6. "I Melt Like Butter" - 2:10

Personnel

Shocking Blue

• Mariska Veres - lead vocals
• Robbie van Leeuwen - lead vocals on "Hey", guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• Cor van der Beek - drums
• Henk Smitskamp - bass guitar

Notes and References

1. News: Beale . Maggie . When going Dutch is the thing to do . 12 March 2019 . . Speaking of winners and bringing a touch of the Netherlands even closer to Hong Kong, the background music featured in the television broadcasts of Hong Kong Jockey Club's Mark Six draws is a version of "Inkpot", a song written by the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue from the Hague..