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The Mafia Stole My Guitar
Type:	Album
Artist:	Alex Harvey
Cover:	MafiaStoleMyGuitar_AlexHarveyalbum.gif
Released:	1979
Recorded:	Morgan Studios, London
Genre:	Rock
Length:	42:23
Label:	RCA
Producer:	Danny Beckerman, Matthew Cang
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Soldier on the Wall
Next Year:	1982

The Mafia Stole My Guitar is the second album by Alex Harvey.^{[1] [2]} The earlier was made while the rest of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were recording Fourplay. The Mafia Stole My Guitar was the last album Harvey released during his lifetime; he died in 1982.^[3]

Critical reception

The Canberra Times described the New Band as "a competent crew of old style blues-jazz orientated rock musicians" and suggested elements of the album were reminiscent of Colosseum and The Soft Machine.^[4] The Manchester Evening News deemed the album "gritty rock-rhythm and blues."^[5]

AllMusic called the album "the same unusual but intriguing blend of prog ambition and punk energy."

Track listing

1. "Don's Delight" (Don Weller)
2. "Back in The Depot" (Alex Harvey, Matthew Cang)
3. "Wait For Me Mama" (Alex Harvey, Don Weller, Matthew Cang, Hugh McKenna)
4. "The Mafia Stole My Guitar" (Alex Harvey)
5. "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd)
6. "The Whalers (Thar She Blows)" (Alex Harvey, Matthew Cang, Hugh McKenna)
7. "Oh Spartacus!" (Alex Harvey, Matthew Cang)
8. "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (Irving Caesar, Julius Brammer/Leonello Casucci)

Personnel

• Alex Harvey - lead vocals, lead guitar

The New Band

• Matthew Cang - lead guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Simon Charterton - drums, percussion, vocals
• Tommy Eyre - keyboards (main), vocals
• Gordon Sellar - bass guitar, vocals
• Don Weller - saxophone, horns on "Oh Spartacus!"

Technical

• Mike Hedges - engineer
• Mark Freegard - assistant engineer

References

1. Web site: Alex Harvey | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Alex HARVEY biography. The Great Rock Bible.
3. Alex Harvey - The Last of the Teenage Idols. April 4, 2016. Uncut.
4. Luis Feliu, 'Fresh and Frenzied' Canberra Times 18 April 1980 p. 27
5. News: Albums . Manchester Evening News . 28 Dec 1979 . 19.