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Any Road Up
Studio album by
Released1976
Recorded1975
StudioEel Pie Studio, Ramport and Advision Studios, London
GenreRock, blues, rock and roll, folk, jazz, country, R&B
Length45:04
LabelMCA in US, Polydor in UK and Germany
ProducerPeter Meaden
Steve Gibbons Band chronology
Any Road Up
(1976)
Rollin' On
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic

Any Road Up is the debut studio album by The Steve Gibbons Band.[1] The band were under The Who's management stable and recording this album was released by Polydor in 1976.[2] This was followed by a tour with The Who in the UK, Europe and the United States. Playing the concert arenas, they shared the stage with Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Electric Light Orchestra, The J. Geils Band and Nils Lofgren.[3]

The album failed to chart while the song "Johnny Cool" (Based on the film of the same name) charted in The Billboard Hot 100 reaching and stalling at #72.[4]

The Story Of The "Steve Gibbons Band"

Steve Gibbons then new band worked at the pub and club circuits until 1975 when they were spotted by Peter Meaden, former manager of The Who. This led to The "Steve Gibbons Band" joining The Who's management stable and recording their first Polydor album Any Road Up in 1975 (With John Entwistle of The Who playing on a few tracks). This was followed in 1976 by a tour with The Who in the UK, Europe and the United States. Playing the concert arenas, they shared the stage with Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Electric Light Orchestra, The J. Geils Band and Nils Lofgren. Their next album, Rollin' On included their biggest hit single, "Tulane", a covered Chuck Berry song. They eventually made three more albums with Polydor.

In 1981, after a change in personnel, The Steve Gibbons Band recorded Saints & Sinners for MCA and later responded to an invitation from the German Democratic Republic to become one of the first western rock bands to tour the major cities of East Germany in 1982. Steve Gibbons played at the Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986 which featured George Harrison. Nine more albums were released in the 1980s and 1990s, and the touring continued.[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Steve Gibbons

No.TitleLength
1."Take Me Home"4:04
2."Johnny Cool"3:55
3."Rollin'"5:53
4."Spark of Love"4:14
5."Standing on the Bridge"3:13
6."Natural Thing"4:21
7."Speed Kills"3:33
8."Strange World"5:17
9."Sweetheart"4:20

1993 Reissue Tracks

No.TitleLength
1."Get up and Dance"3:15
2."Little Suzie"2:59

1997 Reissue Tracks

No.TitleLength
1."Back Street Cat" 
2."Dick Malone" 

Personnel

The Steve Gibbons Band

with:

Technical
  • Anton Matthews - associate producer, Advison Studios
  • Ken Laguna - remixing, Advision Studios; additional instrumentation
  • John Entwistle - mixing, Ramport Studios
  • Terry O'Neill - photography

References

1976 track listing on Discogs.com
1993 track listing on Discogs.com