Sing Brother Sing Explained

Sing Brother Sing
Type:	Album
Artist:	Edgar Broughton Band
Cover:	Sing_Brother_Sing.jpg
Released:	June 1970
Recorded:	July 1969 – February 1970
Studio:	EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London
Genre:	Psychedelic rock, experimental rock
Length:	40:04 (LP): 77:11 (CD)
Label:	Harvest
Producer:	Peter Jenner
Prev Title:	Wasa Wasa
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Edgar Broughton Band
Next Year:	1971

Sing Brother Sing is the second album by English psychedelic rock band, Edgar Broughton Band. It was originally released as "Harvest SHVL 772" in June 1970. The 2004 CD reissue contains 8 bonus tracks.

There were no A-side singles released from this album, however "Momma's Reward (Keep Them Freak's a Rollin')" and "Officer Dan" were both featured as B-sides to "Out Demons Out" and "Up Yours" respectively. "Out Demons Out" charted as high as number 39 on the UK Official Charts.^[1]

Track listing

1. "There's No Vibrations, But Wait!" (Robert Edgar Broughton) – 4:10
2. "The Moth" – 5:11
   • "The Moth" (R. E. Broughton) – 1:45
   • "People" (R. E. Broughton, Steve Broughton, Arthur Grant) – 1:00
   • "Peter" (R. E. Broughton) – 2:26
3. "Momma's Reward (Keep Them Freak's a Rollin')" (R. E. Broughton) – 3:05
4. "Refugee" (R. E. Broughton) – 3:29
5. "Officer Dan" (S. Broughton) – 1:36
6. "Old Gopher" (S. Broughton) – 3:50
7. "Aphrodite" (R. E. Broughton) – 4:04
8. "Granma" (R. E. Broughton) – 2:24
9. "Psychopath" – 6:45
   • "The Psychopath" (R. E. Broughton) – 2:17
   • "Is for Butterflies" (S. Broughton, A. Grant) – 4:28
10. "It's Falling Away" (R. E. Broughton) – 5:30

2004 CD reissue bonus tracks

1. "Out Demons Out" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) – 4:47 (Released as A-side of "Harvest HAR 5015")
2. "Rag Doll" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) – 5:29 (Previously unreleased)
3. "There's No Vibrations, But Wait!" (R. E. Broughton) – 4:12 (Alternate version previously unreleased)
4. "The Locket" (R. E. Broughton) – 5:58 (Previously unreleased)
5. "We've Got the Power" (Grant, R.E. Broughton, S. Broughton) – 6:27 (Previously unreleased)
6. "Up Yours" (R. E. Broughton) – 3:00 (Released as A-side of "Harvest HAR 5021")
7. "Freedom" (R. E. Broughton) – 3:12 (Released as B-side of "Harvest HAR 5032")
8. "Apache Dropout" (Don Van Vliet, Jerry Lordan) – 3:02 (Previously unreleased Peter Jenner version)

Personnel

Edgar Broughton Band

• Edgar Broughton – vocals, guitar
• Arthur Grant – bass guitar, vocals
• Steve Broughton – drums

Technical

• Peter Jenner – producer
• Peter Mew – engineer
• Andy "Drop-in" Stephens – assistant engineer
• Neil Richmond – assistant engineer
• Edgar Broughton – artwork (inside drawings)
• Derick Carter – photography
• Lothar Schiffler – photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official Charts - Edgar Broughton Band. . January 24, 2018.