THIS IS THE GERMAN ORIGINAL STEREO PRESSING on LIBERTY 'BLACK' label. FIRST or SECOND PRESSING [i don't know if blue labels for this title exist]. FRONT LAMINATED SINGLE COVER. The cover is in VG(+) condition, normal wear BUT creases on edges, surface ringwear, discolouration/wear on left/bottom spines/corners, 1 sticker mark on rear (top right corner), brownishing on rear (right edge), left spine is partially readable, for details see photos (with and without flashlight). The vinyl (despite noticeable surface lines) is in VG(+) condition, with light clicks/mild crackles but sounds great and without lessening in sound quality.

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THE AYNSLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION

Of the numerous British blues-rock bands to spring up in the late '60s, the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation was one of the better known, though solid reception on tours did not translate into heavy record sales. Musically, the group recalled John Mayall's Bluesbreakers during the 1966-1967 era that had produced that group's A Hard Road album, though with a somewhat more downbeat tone. The similarities were hardly coincidental, as the band's founder and leader, drummer Aynsley Dunbar, had been in the Bluesbreakers lineup that recorded the A Hard Road LP. Too, bassist Alex Dmochowski would go on to play with Mayall in the 1970s, and guitarist Jon Morshead was friendly with fellow axeman Peter Green (also in the Bluesbreakers' A Hard Road lineup), whom he had replaced in Shotgun Express.

[published in UK in 1968 but released in Germany in 1969]

Produced by Ian Samwell

1969    LP     LIBERTY RECORDS    LBS 83 177 I   STEREO

MADE IN GERMANY     ORIGINAL COPY

FIRST or SECOND PRESSING

[I don't know if early copies were issued on the blue Liberty label, 

if YES this is the 2nd, if NOT this is the 1st stereo pressing]

FRONT LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE

LABEL: LIBERTY - BLACK LABEL WITH RAINBOW SEGMENT TO THE LEFT - SILVER/WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: LBS 83 177 I

Catalog on labels: LBS 83 177 I

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): LBS 83177   A//1∇420   1  Made in Germany

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): LBS 83177   B//1∇420   1

On labels: rim text "Urheber.......Liberty Records GMBH, München"

GEMA (boxed)

Produced by Ian Samwell      Engineer: Philip Wade

On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits

Producer/Ian Samwell

Cover Design Hypgnosis

BAM-BAM       ®LIBERTY Trade Mark of Liberty Records Ltd

LIBERTY RECORDS GMBH, München 33.......Printed in Germany by C. v.d. Linnepe, Lüdenscheid

tracklisting

Side A: THE FUGITIVE - TILL' YOUR LOVIN' MAKES ME BLUE

NOW THAT I'VE LOST YOU - I TRIED - CHANGE YOUR LOW DOWN WAYS

Side B: CALL MY WOMAN - THE DEVIL DRIVES

LOW GEAR MAN - TUESDAY'S BLUES - MEAN OLD WORLD

grading

RECORD VG(+) (please, also read above description) 

SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation's second album was much the same as their first, offering competent late-'60s British blues, given a slightly darker cast than was usual for the style via Victor Brox's somber vocals. Like their debut, it was dominated by original material, and as on its predecessor, the compositions were rather routine blues-rock numbers, though they benefited from arrangements by highly skilled players. The best of these tracks were the ones that utilized Brox's gloomy, almost gothic organ, if only because it made them stand out more among the company of the many similar bands recording in the prime of the British blues boom...(AllMusic)