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Urban De Luxe - De Luxe Blues Band


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Urban De Luxe (1983) - De Luxe Blues Band


    Featuring »

Danny Adler, Bob Brunning, George Green, Bob (Robert) Hall

    Tracklisting »

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Side One:
Worried Life Blues
  Date Performance: 1983-01-00, Running Time: 4:54
Roll 'Em Pete
  Date Performance: 1983-01-00, Running Time: 4:11
Promised Land
  Date Performance: 1983-01-00, Running Time: 3:24
Sweet Little Angel
  Date Performance: 1983-01-00, Running Time: 6:47
The StumbleInstrumental
  Date Performance: 1983-01-00, Running Time: 2:44

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Side Two:
Cadillac Boogie
  Date Performance: 1983-01-00, Running Time: 3:27
Knocking At Your Door
  Date Performance: 1983-01-00, Running Time: 4:11
Did You Ever Love A Woman
  Date Performance: 1983-01-00, Running Time: 5:55
Wait Baby
  Date Performance: 1983-01-00, Running Time: 4:33
It Wasn't Me
  Date Performance: 1983-01-00, Running Time: 4:56
    Guest Appearances »

Ian Stewart, Charlie (Charles Robert) Watts

    Released »

1983

    Format »

Import Vinyl/CD Album

    Other Appearances »
Mark McKenna (Engineer), Chuck (Charles Edward) Berry (Anderson) (Songwriter), Pete Johnson (Songwriter), (Little) Johnny Jones (Songwriter), Sax Kari (Songwriter), Freddie/Freddy King (Songwriter), Jimmy Liggins (Songwriter), Big Maceo (Major) Merriweather (Songwriter), Gatemouth (Arnold Dwight) Moore (Songwriter), Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker) (Songwriter), Sonny (Alfonso) Thompson (Songwriter), Big Joe Turner(, Jr.) (Joseph Vernon) (Songwriter), Pick Up Studios (Cover Art), Dave Peabody (Photography), Franco Ratti (Executive Producer), Ian Stewart (Produced By)

    Record Label »
Appaloosa Records

    Catalogue Number »

AP 040

    Running Time »

45:02

    Liner Notes »

Recorded by The Mobile Studio Limited on Shepperton Sound Stage

Special thank to Les Morgan

(C) (P) 1983 Appaloosa

All rights of the producer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved.

Unauthorized public performance, broadcasting and copying prohibited.

Made in Italy

IREC

Milano

S.I.A.E.

33 RPM

    Reviews »
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3/5.03/5.03/5.03/5.03/5.0
Well stripped down but piano heavy makes it sluggish
Review written by John Fitzgerald, June 26th, 2005

With other De Luxe Blues Band albums such as "Motorvating", I had found that the sax parts, though perhaps played by well respected musicians like Dick Heckstall-Smith, often held back the DLBB from tearing their way out of the cage so thankfully "Urban deluxe" has rid of the sax/horns but the problem here is that the piano is too loud in the mix which makes things kind of sluggish overall. The most obvious case being the rocking "Roll 'em Pete" though this was probably supposed to be the case on this song but even on the others you'll notice it. Though the mopey opener "Worried life blues" sets the tone that this may have been the results had the piano (again though played by THE man Bob Hall) been mixed down anyways. The speedy chugger "Promised land" has the piano on top again and "The stumble" here is pretty standard though maybe a little slower. The slow blues of "Sweet little angel" feels, and actually is, long due to it's slow speed but it does work well, so maybe there should have been more slow burners enclosed, there is another
one called "Knocking at your door" but it's almost fast enough to have a slight stroll feel even though it's not intended as such though the best one here is "Did you ever love a woman" with that familiar, gentle though perhaps overused opening riff that seems to appear on many 80's DLBB albums somewhere and here's where it pops up on this one, sounding much like the way it was on "Half Moon blues" from the "Live at the Half Moon Putney" album. By contrast, there are a couple of Chuck Berry numbers though oddly "Cadillac boogie" (which isn't a Berry tune) sounds more Berry-ish than "Promised land" does (which was one) though the closing rocker "It wasn't me" is as typical a Berry tune as you can find anywhere and then there's the obligatory Elmore James styled shuffle in "Wait baby". So to sum up, you'll be happy the horns have been aced but get ready to hear some loud piano chunking when hearing this.

    Comments »

Charlie Watts is billed as Carlo Kilowatts.

    Last Modified »
2011-08-22
    Tracklisting »
Discography entry submitted by Dave, Jeff Kenney & Marty Adelson.