DR. DUNBAR'S PRESCRIPTION
1968 album
from the veteran
British drummer
and his band
Retaliation.
The second album
recorded in 1968
has a rather
spontaneous feel to it,
which comes from
the fact that,
unlike the
(also Ian Samwell-produced)
debut,
it had not been possible
to take time off
the road to routine it.
Hence the songs were
rather more
straightforward in nature.
It's title was a
sly reference to
Dr Ian Dunbar,
an (unrelated) doctor
who had
prescribed cannabis
as a medicine
in the late '60s
before it was
classed as
a banned substance.
BLUE WHALE
This fourth album
was released as
Aynsley Dunbar
formed to follow up from
The Ansley Dunbar Retaliation,
a blues-oriented group,
from which only
Tommy Eyre
was retained
for this album.
This album is more
jazz/rock oriented with
some excellent players
on board
and the
fabulous vocals
by Paul Williams
(of Juicy Lucy, Tempest).
Just five long tracks
with their rendition of
Zappa's classic
"Willie The Pimp"
going for over
15 minutes.
Plenty of space
for instrumental solo
s for everybody,
including the boss
and some
mighty guitar playing
by the great
Roger Sutton
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