Back Door (album)
| Back Door | ||||
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 3 June – 4 June 1972 in London, England | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 30:52 | |||
| Label | Blakey (original) Warner Bros. (re-issue) | |||
| Back Door chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Back Door is the eponymously titled debut studio album of Back Door, released independently in 1972 by Blakey Records. It received wider distribution when it was adopted by Warner Bros. the following year. It introduced the group's virtuoso approach to jazz, funk, soul, blues and hard rock music. In 2005, the album was listed on JazzTimes' top fifty albums released between 1970 and 2005.[2] In 2014 it was re-released on CD, compiled with 8th Street Nites and Another Fine Mess, by BGO Records.[3]
The original album cover shows a photograph of the back door of the Lion Inn at Blakey Ridge in the North York Moors. The Warner Brothers re-release shows the Lion Inn in the snow with an small inset picture of the band in front of the inn's back door.
The track "Catcote Rag" is a bass solo named after The Catcote, a pub in Hartlepool (now demolished) where Back Door played regularly.
“Slivadiv” was sampled by Beastie Boys as the intro to “Stand Together” on their 1992 album Check Your Head.
Track listing[edit]
All music is composed by Ron Aspery and Colin Hodgkinson
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vienna Breakdown" | 2:48 |
| 2. | "Plantagenet" | 2:25 |
| 3. | "Lieutenant Loose" | 1:55 |
| 4. | "Askin' the Way" | 2:21 |
| 5. | "Turning Point" | 3:03 |
| 6. | "Slivadiv" | 2:50 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jive Grind" | 2:20 |
| 2. | "Human Bed" | 1:39 |
| 3. | "Catcote Rag" | 2:39 |
| 4. | "Waltz for a Wollum" | 2:56 |
| 5. | "Folksong" | 2:11 |
| 6. | "Back Door" | 3:45 |
Personnel[edit]
Adapted from the Back Door liner notes.[4]
- Back Door
- Ron Aspery – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
- Tony Hicks – drums
- Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar
Release history[edit]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1972 | Blakey | LP | BLP. 5989 |
| 1973 | Warner Bros. | K 46231 | ||
| United States | BS 2716 | |||
| Europe | 2000 | CD | 936 247 759 |
References[edit]
- ^ Collins, Paul. "Back Door: Back Door > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "JazzTimes Top 50, 1970-2005". JazzTimes. 2005. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Gilbert, Mark (2014). "Review: Back Door, Back Door et al". Jazz Journal. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Back Door (sleeve). Back Door. Blakey Ridge, Yorkshire: Blakey Records. 1972.
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