THIS IS THE LATE-80s US(?) REPRESSING on WORLD PACIFIC Records. . IN SHRINK  SINGLE COVER. The cover is in VG+ condition, normal wear BUT light discolouration/wear on/near right corners (where missing shrink), brownish sticker mark on rear (top left corner), left spine is fully readable; for details see photos (with and without flashlight). The vinyl is in EX condition (some clicks) and plays wonderfully and without lessening in sound quality.

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DR. K'S BLUES BAND

GEOFF KRIVIT, ROGER ROLT, DOCTOR K, HAROLD VICKERS, ERIC PEACHY, MICK HASSE

As the name suggests, this was a blues band - a solid but not particularly original one. Dr. K's real name was/is Richard Kay. Their album contains a number of blues standards and particularly noteworthy is the piano boogie Crippled Clarence. Geoff Krivit had been in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Eric Peachey subsequently joined Steve Hillage's band Khan.

<reissue, originally published 1968>

LP     WORLD PACIFIC RECORDS      STEREO   WPS-21903

PRINTED IN U.S.A.(?)     LATE-80s REPRESSING

IN SHRINK SINGLE SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: WORLD PACIFIC -  BLACKBLUE LABEL w/LOGO at LEFT - SILVER/WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: WPS-21903  

Catalog on labels: WPS-21903

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): WPS 21903-A

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): WPS 21903 B

On labels: rim text reads "A Division of Liberty Records Inc., Los Angeles, California"

STEREO

Arranged by Dr. K's Blues Band

On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits

A product of spark Records, Ltd.

© Liberty/UA, Inc., Los Angels, Calif. - Printed in U.S.A.

tracklisting

Side A: I CAN'T LOSE - WALKING - KEY TO THE HIGHWAY

CRIPPLED CLARENCE - PET CREAM MAN

Side B: MESSIN' WITH THE KID - DON'T QUIT THE MAN YOU LOVE, FOR ME

ROLTY'S BANJO SHUFFLE - STROBE LEMMING'S LAMENT

LONG DISTANCE CALL - FEEL SO BAD

grading

RECORD EX but (please, also read above description) 

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

One of the great unsung legends of the late-'60s British blues boom, Dr. K's Blues Band's eponymous debut album is a heavyweight mix of original material (penned, for the most part, by pianist Richard Kay -- the Dr. K of the title), and well-arranged standards. "Key to the Highway" and "Messin' With the Kid" both receive invigorating workouts, with the star of the show being guitarist Geoff Krivit, a tastefully imaginative player cut firmly in a John Mayall's Bluesbreakers-type vein. The majority of the cuts are surprisingly short. Just three top three minutes, including Krivit's own brooding "Walking" and Kay's "Long Distance Call"; for the most part, the Blues Band simply throw themselves at a song, say everything that needs to be said, and then move on. This emphasis on brevity does hamstring the album somewhat, although there are a few grand surprises -- "Rolty's Banjo Shuffle," for example, doesn't actually feature a banjo, while the distinctly psychedelic title "Strobe Lemming's Lament" emerges a boogie-down Dr. K piano showpiece. Even the number most frequently cited as a highlight of the album, "Crippled Clarence" (another pounding piano boogie) is just 120 seconds long. It does, however, serve as a powerful introduction to the album's true pièce de résistance, slide player Roger Rolt's "Pet Cream Man," an echoey, atmospheric 12-bar blues that is as distinctive as any Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, or Groundhogs opus, and for which Dr. K's Blues Band merit so much more than the footnote they currently occupy...(AllMusic)