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FAT MATTRESS

Fat Mattress are primarily known as the just-post-Jimi Hendrix Experience band of Noel Redding, putting out a 

couple of albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Jimi Hendrix connection was probably responsible 

for gaining Fat Mattress much of whatever attention they managed to attract. It might have been a double-edged 

sword, however, as Fat Mattress' music wasn't at all similar to what Redding had played with Hendrix, 

being in far lighter folk-rock, psychedelic, and early prog rock styles, and integrating plenty of vocal harmonies. 

Too, Redding wasn't a dominant figure in the band, though he was an important one; Fat Mattress was a true 

group effort, with fellow members Neil Landon and Jim Leverton writing about as much of their material as Redding did.

Fat Mattress formed in late 1968 shortly before Redding's ultimate departure from Hendrix's band. Redding had been 

frustrated to an extent in the Experience, playing bass although he had more experience as a guitarist, 

and barely being allowed to write anything on their records. Fat Mattress would open up more opportunities 

for him to both play guitar (and sing), and to record more original material. The rest of the band were, 

like Redding, from Folkestone in England. Singer Landon had done a stint in the Ivy League, 

and multi-instrumentalist Leverton had been in the backing band of Engelbert Humperdinck, 

where he met Fat Mattress' drummer, Eric Dillon

"FAT MATTRESS"

Produced by The Fat Mattress

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LABEL: ATCO -  YELLOW LABEL WITH MULTICOLOUR LOGO - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: SD 33-309     

Catalog on labels: SD 33-309 (ST-C-691691 PR) / SD 33-309 (ST-C-691692 PR)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ST-C-691691-A  W  d  AT

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ST-C-691692-A  W  d  AT

On labels: rim text reads "Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y."

A PRODUCT OF POLYDOR-ENGLAND

On Front Cover: A PRODUCT OF POLYDOR-ENGLAND 

On Inside Cover: © 1969 Atlantic Recording Corporation   Printed in U.S.A.

All selections licensed through R.S.O. Publishing, ASCAP.

Released in the U.S.A. by special arrangement with Polydor Records, Ltd., London

ATCO RECORDS 1841 BROADWAY.....Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation

tracklisting

Side A: ALL NIGHT DRINKER* - I DON'T MIND - BRIGHT NEW WAY

PETROL PUMP ASSISTANT - MR. MOONSHINE

*Chris Wood flute

Side B: MAGIC FOREST - SHE CAME IN THE MORNING - EVERYTHING'S BLUE

WALKING THROUGH A GARDEN - HOW CAN I LIVE

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RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Fat Mattress' first album must have come as a surprise to fans expecting something at least somewhat related to the former activities of its most famous member, ex-Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding. But Fat Mattress doesn't sound at all like Jimi Hendrix (and, for that matter, Redding plays guitar on the album, not bass). Instead, it's pleasant late-'60s psychedelia with a far lighter touch than the hard bluesy psychedelic rock Redding played with Hendrix. From the sound of things, Redding (who had a hand in writing much of the material) and his new cohorts were doing some heavy listening to California psychedelic rock and folk-rock, as this is far breezier and more oriented toward harmony vocals. It's often like an amalgam of the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Moby Grape, and Love, with some passing nods to British psychedelia by Traffic (whose Chris Wood plays flute on "All Night Drinker"), the Move, and the Small Faces; there's even a bit of a Monkees-go-spacy feel to "I Don't Mind."...(AllMusic)