Feelin' Alright? Mod, Rock, Funky Prog and Heavy Jazz 1967-1972

64-track box set of post mod grooves and heavy British R&B. Focusing on music from the late 1960s and early 1970s that avoided Tolkien-esque fantasy and flower power, instead drawing inspiration from the jazz, blues, and soul music of black America.

This musical journey takes the listener from the heavy Hammond organ groove of Deep Purple’s US hit ‘Hush’ to CCS’s funky ‘Brother’ via British blues from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack, jazz rock from Manfred Mann Chapter Three, The Johnny Almond Music Machine and Satisfaction, and the soulful vocals of Stevie Winwood, Sharon Tandy, and Rod Stewart.

Key artists include Deep Purple, Sharon Tandy (backed by Fleur De Lys), Small Faces, Faces, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Beck (with Rod Stewart & Ronnie Wood), Georgie Fame, Stevie Winwood with both The Spencer Davis Group and Traffic, Mighty Baby, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity, Blodwyn Pig and Graham Bond.

Many musicians here had been through the British R&B and soul scenes including Satisfaction’s Derek Griffiths and Deep Purple’s Jon Lord and Keef Hartley with The Artwoods, Jeff Beck with The Yardbirds and Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and Rod Stewart with Steampacket while Mighty Baby had evolved from The Action and Spooky Tooth from The V.I.P.s.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

1. Deep Purple – “Hush”

2. Sharon Tandy – “Hold On”

3. The Spencer Davis Group – “I’m A Man”

4. Love Affair – “So Sorry”

5. Spooky Tooth – “Sunshine Help Me”

6. Terry Reid – “Tinker Tailor”

7. The Creation – “Midway Down”

8. Love Sculpture – “Think Of Love”

9. The Lion Tamers – “Speak Your Mind”

10. John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – “Suspicions (Part One)”

11. Traffic – “Feelin’ Alright?”

12. Fleetwood Mac – “Shake Your Moneymaker”

13. Chicken Shack – “San-Ho-Zay”

14. Small Faces – “Song Of A Baker”

15. The Attack – “Feels Like Flying”

16. Curiosity Shoppe – “Baby I Need You”

17. Wynder K. Frog – “Jumping Jack Flash”

18. Free – “Trouble On Double Time”

19. Jeff Beck – “Let Me Love You”

20. The Alan Bown! – “Friends In St. Louis”

21. Colosseum - “Walking In The Park”

22. Blodwyn Pig – “Sing Me A Song That I Know”

23. Jethro Tull – “Serenade To A Cuckoo”

DISC TWO

1. Don Fardon – “I’m Alive”

2. Georgie Fame – “Somebody Stole My Thunder”

3. The Exceptions – “The Eagle Flies On Friday”

4. Manfred Mann Chapter Three – “One Way Glass”

5. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity – “Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In)”

6. Deep Purple – “Emmaretta”

7. Galliard – “Skillet”

8. Savoy Brown – “Waiting In The Bamboo Grove”

9. Mott The Hoople – “You Really Got Me”

10. The Open Mind – “Magic Potion”

11. Mighty Baby – “Egyptian Tomb”

12. Blonde On Blonde – “Conversationally Making The Grade”

13. Blue Mink – “Blue Mink”

14. Keef Hartley Band – “Don’t Be Afraid”

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