Precious Little Explained

Precious Little
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jeremy Spencer
Cover:	Preciouslittle.jpg
Released:	18 July 2006
Recorded:	2005, during the Notodden Blues Festival, Juke Joint Studio
Genre:	Blues
Label:	Bluestown Records, Blind Pig Records
Producer:	Kjetil Draugedalen & Gaute Fredriksen
Prev Title:	Flee
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Bend in the Road
Next Year:	2012

Precious Little is an album by British blues musician Jeremy Spencer, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1967 to 1971. Released on 18 July 2006, this is his fourth official solo album (his first since 1979) and was released on the Bluestown Records label in Norway, though Bluestown Records later licensed it to Blind Pig Records. The album was recorded over five days in 2005 in at the Juke Joint Studio during the Notodden Blues Festival on an analog 24-track machine.^[1]

Local musicians were used to back Spencer on all tracks, because he believed that "they have retained the 'purity' of the old blues in their playing".^[2] Most of the tracks were self-penned, with the addition of covers of songs by Elmore James and Slim Rhodes.

The album was produced by Kjetil Draugedalen and Gaute Fredriksen, and the executive producer was Jostein Forsberg.^[3] It was mixed at the Supermono Studio, Oslo, and was mastered by Audun Strype at Strype Audio, Oslo.

Track listing

1. "Bitter Lemon" (Jeremy Spencer) – 4:03
2. "Psychic Waste" (Spencer, J. Phoenix) – 4:19
3. "It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James) – 4:49
4. "Please Don't Stop" (Gordon Galbraith) – 2:47
5. "Serene Serena" (Trad. arr. Spencer) – 4:43
6. "Dr. J" (Spencer) – 3:55
7. "Bleeding Heart" (James) – 4:47
8. "Many Sparrows" (Spencer) – 2:21
9. "Trouble and Woe" (Spencer) – 4:18
10. "Maria de Santiago" (Spencer) – 3:55
11. "Take and Give" (Ronnie Hesselbein, Slim Rhodes) – 2:21
12. "Precious Little" (Spencer) – 4:29

Personnel

• Jeremy Spencer – vocals, harmony vocals, slide guitar, resonator
• Trond Ytterbø – harmonica, mandolin, harmony vocals
• Rune Endal – bass guitar, double bass
• Runar Boyesen – keyboards
• Anders Viken – drums, percussion
• Espen Liland – guitar, graphic design
• Svenn Åge Frydenberg – trumpet
• Leif Winther – saxophone
• Marianne Tovsrud Knutsen – harmony vocals
• Margit Bakken – harmony vocals
• Roger Arntzen – additional bass guitar on "Many Sparrows"
• Kjetil Draugedalen – producer, engineer, mixing
• Jostein Forsberg – executive producer
• Gaute Fredriksen – producer, engineer, mixing
• Morten Gjerde – photography
• Audun Strype – mastering^[3]

Recorded at Juke Joint Studio, Notodden, Norway

Release information

• Bluestown Records (Norway) – BTR 1017 (CD)^[4]

References

• Sleeve notes for "Precious Little" by Jeremy Spencer and Jostein Forsberg

External links

• Bluestown Records
• Blues Matters! catalogue review

Notes and References

1. Book: Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters . . 2016 . 978-161373-234-2 . Egan . Sean . 337.
2. Web site: Jeremy Spencer. 2007-04-20 . Spencer. Jeremy. January 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20061010044658/http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm?section=artists&artistid=76. 2006-10-10. dead .
3. Web site: Precious Little - Jeremy Spencer | Credits | AllMusic. 16 May 2021. AllMusic.
4. Web site: Precious Little - Jeremy Spencer | Releases | AllMusic. 16 May 2021. AllMusic.