Aynsley Dunbar - Blue Whale 1st pressing WS 3010
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  $   53

 


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Feb 5, 2013 Sold Date
Jan 26, 2013 Start Date
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Very rare album. First pressing on Warner Bros lablel.

Wonderful jamming version the Zappa/Beefheart "Willie The Pimp" is worth the price alone..... 

Very rare 1970 first pressing in blue silver & blue laminated cover

Issued on Warner Brothers in 1971..WS 3010...UK pressing... It is a first pressing with A1/B1 matrix numbers..  

Liverpudlian Dunbar had played with The Mojos, John Mayall and Jeff Beck prior to forming his own blues-based band in 1967. An early version of the band comprised Dunbar, Peter Green, Jack Bruce and Rod Stewart recording a song called Stone Crazy for Blue Horizon but it was not issued at the time. It appeared several years later on History Of British Blues along with Cobwebs, the flip of their first 45.
The early albums are fairly routine blues records. Blue Whale veered more towards progressive rock with lots of improvisation. It includes four long tracks written by the band's vocalist Paul Williams and a version of Frank Zappa's Willie The Pimp. The best track is It's Your Turn.
Later in the seventies he moved to America. First, joining The Mothers Of Invention, then subsequently moving into session work for David Bowie among others. In 1974 he filled the drummer slot in Journey, a San Franciscan band, and in 1979 fulfilled the same role for Jefferson Starship.

A1 Willing To Fight 6:50 A2 Willie The Pimp Written-By – Frank Zappa 16:35 B1 It's Your Turn 10:00 B2 Days 6:15 B3 Going Home

Credits

  • Bass – Peter Friedberg
  • Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
  • Engineer – Colin Caldwell
  • Guitar – Ivan Zagni, Roger Sutton
  • Piano, Organ – Tommy Eyre
  • Producer – Aynsley Dunbar, Colin Caldwell
  • Saxophone – Charles Greetham
  • Trombone – Edward Reay-Smith
  • Vocals – Paul Williams (10)
  • Written-By – Paul Williams (10) (tracks: A1, B1 to B3)

Notes

Recorded March & April 1970 - Marquee Studios London


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