Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & The Trinity |
Brian Auger & The Trinity ♦ Brian Auger's Oblivion Express |
Gotta Start Somewhere...
Steampacket
Steampacket was a revue type of organization that played clubs and festivals in Britian. It was the forming ground of many of the stars of this time zone. Auge formed The Trinity, with Jools tagging along. Vic joined too, but quickly went with Eric Burdon's latest Animals configuration. Rod joined Jeff and Long John went solo. Due to contractual issues, no recordings were released legitimately until Brian Auger curated a two-CD set in 2013. See Discog's entry The Definitive Steampacket Recordings for details. The basic Steampacket line-up consisted of: Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Julie Driscoll-vocals Brian Auger-organ Vic Briggs-guitar Richard Brown aka Ricky Fenson-bass guitar Micky Waller-drums |
Save Me (Pt. 1) / Save Me (Pt. 2) Ousley-Franklin-Franklin (2:26) / Ousley-Franklin-Franklin (1:45) Marmalade 598004 [UK], 11/67 |
This Wheel's On Fire¹ / A Kind Of Love In Dylan (3:12) / Auger-Sutton (2:35) Atco 6593, 6/68 T20 |
Open | |
Atco SD33-258 | |
8/68 [UK: 5/68] T20 | |
Side One "Auge" | ||
In And Out | Montgomery | 3:06 |
Isola Natale | Auger | 5:27 |
Black Cat | Auger | 3:23 |
Lament For Miss Baker[Brian Auger piano solo] | Auger | 2:37 |
Goodbye Jungle Telegraph | Auger | 6:12 |
Side Two "Jools" | ||
Tramp | Fulsom-McCracklin | 4:04 |
Why (Am I Treated So Bad) | Staples | 3:33 |
A Kind Of Love In | Auger-Sutton | 2:32 |
Break It Up | Auger-Sutton | 3:00 |
Season Of The Witch | Leitch | 7:51 |
Note: The cover implies that one side is "Auge" and the other is "Jools," but the labels make no such distinction.
Side one is almost all jams, whilst Jools only vocalizes on side two, so that's why I labeled the sides per the cover.
Of course the cover is reversed to put the gorgeous babe on front
In And Out / Black Cat Montgomery (3:06) / Auger (3:23) Atco 6611, 9/68 |
Road To Cairo¹ / Shadows Of You¹ Ackles (5:19) / Auger-Driscoll (3:35) Atco 6629, 11/68 |
Definitely What | |
Atco SD33-273 | |
2/69 [UK: 4/69] | |
Side One | ||
A Day In The Life | Lennon-McCartney | 5:04 |
George Bruno Money | Auger | 4:06 |
Far Horizon | Auger | 5:10 |
John Brown's Body | arr Auger | 3:00 |
Side Two | ||
Red Beans And Rice | Cropper-Dunn-Jackson-Jones | 5:40 |
Bumpin' On Sunset | Montgomery | 4:55 |
If You Live | Allison | 3:48 |
Definitely What | Ambrose-Auger-Thacker | 7:55 |
A Day In The Life³ / Bumpin' On Sunset³ Lennon-McCartney (2:49) / Montgomery (2:47) Atco 6656, 3/69 |
3/21-22/69: Kinetic Playground, Chicago with Sam & Dave (headliners) |
Jools & Brian | |
Capitol DT-136 | |
4/69 BB [UK: 8/68] | |
Side One | ||
I Know You Love Me Not(UK 45 4/67) | Godding | 2:26 |
Kiko†(UK 45 10/65) | McGriff | 6:17 |
I Didn't Want To Have To Do It(UK 45 5/66) | Sebastian | 2:55 |
Fool Killer†(UK 45 5/65) | Allison | 1:59 |
Don't Do It No More(UK 45 6/65) | Fox-Fox | 2:34 |
Let's Do It Tonight†(UK 45 5/65) | Kack | 4:28 |
Side Two | ||
Green Onions '65†(UK 45 10/65) | Cropper-Jackson-Jones-Steinberg | 3:21 |
I Know You(UK 45 6/65) | Williams | 2:06 |
Tiger‡(UK 45 3/67) | Auger-Sutton | 2:28 |
If You Should Ever Leave Me(UK 45 4/67) | Newman | 3:14 |
Oh Baby Won't You Come Back Home To Croydon, Where Everybody Beedle An' Bo's‡(UK 45 3/67) |
Auger-Sutton | 2:19 |
Note: Capitol released this compliation of early solo Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll UK 45s (they do not appear together, Capitol):
†The Brian Auger Trinity
‡Brian Auger
rest issued by Julie Driscoll
The Monkees: 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, 4/14/69, NBC Jools, Auge & The Trinity perform The Young Rascal's Come On Up, which never made it to disc. Jools and Mickey dueted on I'm A Believer—must see TV! |
Streetnoise | |
Atco SD-2-701 | |
5/69 BB [UK: 7/69] | |
Side One: How Good It Would Feel To Be Free | ||
Tropic Of Capricorn | Auger | 5:30 |
Czechoslovakia | Driscoll | 6:45 |
Take Me To The Water | Simone | 4:00 |
A Word About Colour(Jools solo) | Driscoll | 1:35 |
Side Two: Kiss Him Quickly, He Has To Part | ||
Light My Fire | Morrison | 4:30 |
Indian Rope Man | Havens-Price-Roth | 3:00 |
When I Was A Young Girl | arr Driscoll | 8:00 |
Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) | McDermot-Rado-Ragni | 3:05 |
Side Three: Looking In The Eye Of The World | ||
Ellis Island | Auger | 4:10 |
In Search Of The Sun | Ambrose | 4:25 |
Finally Found You Out | Auger | 4:15 |
Looking In The Eye Of The World | Auger | 5:05 |
Side Four: Save The Country | ||
Vauxhall To Lambeth Bridge(Jools solo) | Driscoll | 6:20 |
All Blues | Davis-Brown | 5:40 |
I've Got Life | McDermot-Rado-Ragni | 4:30 |
Save The Country | Nyro | 4:00 |
Note: Czechoslovakia starts with Prague Spring and ends with the Soviets invasion in August
All Blues is based on Oscar Brown Jr's vocal version (1963) of Miles' groove from his 1959 album, Kind Of Blue.
Ellis Island was insipired by jazz guy Don Ellis, not that way station in New York Harbor.
Say, there are two songs from Hair on Streetnoise—any more info about that show around here ??
Save The Country / The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) Nyro (3:56) / Ragni-Rado-McDermot (3:05) Atco 45-6685, 6/69 |
Brian disbands Trinity, tries jazz-rock commune, then Oblivion Express. Julie experiments with vocals, marries jazz pianist/composer Keith Tippett. |
Befour | |
RCA LSP-4372 | |
7/70 BB [UK: 7/70] | |
Side One | ||
I Wanna Take You Higher | Stewart | 5:00 |
Pavane | arr Auger | 3:43 |
No Time To Live | Capaldi-Winwood | 5:25 |
Maiden Voyage | Hancock | 4:58 |
Side Two | ||
Listen Here | Harris | 9:24 |
Adagio per Archi e Organo | Auger | 3:27 |
Just You, Just Me | Mason | 6:26 |
Note: Adagio per Archi e Organo added for US release.
Listen Here³ / I Wanna Take You Higher Harris (3:34) / Stewart (5:08) RCA 0381, 10/70 BB |
Oblivion Express | |
RCA LSP-4462 | |
3/71 [UK: 6/71] | |
Side One | ||
Dragon Song | McLaughlin | 4:20 |
Total Eclipse | Ball | 11:27 |
The Light | Auger | 4:20 |
Side Two | ||
On The Road | Auger-Mullen | 5:20 |
The Sword | Auger | 6:30 |
Oblivion Express | Auger | 7:45 |
A Better Land | |
RCA LSP-4540 | |
10/71 [UK: 10/71] | |
Side One | ||
Dawn Of Another Day | Auger-Mullen | 4:18 |
Marai's Wedding | Trad, arr Mullen | 4:22 |
Trouble | Auger-Mullen | 8:12 |
Women Of The Seasons | Mackie-Mullen | 5:00 |
Side Two | ||
Fill Your Head With Laughter | Gorrie-Mullen | 3:49 |
On Thinking It Over | Auger-Mullen | 5:23 |
Tomorrow City | Auger | 3:30 |
All The Time There Is | Mackie-Mullen | 3:29 |
A Better Land | Gorrie-Mullen | 5:30 |
Marai's Wedding³ / Trouble³ Trad, arr Mullen (3:02) / Auger-Mullen (3:12) RCA 74-0579, 11/71 |
Brian continues with various line-ups, Eric Burdon joins for awhile in the 90s. Julie records album with hubby Keith Tippett in 1970. Redoes Wheels Of Fire for BBC show AbFab |