A_Step_Further_(album)

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A Step Further

1969 studio album (part live) by Savoy Brown

A Step Further is the fourth album by the band Savoy Brown. It was released by Decca in the United Kingdom and by Parrot in the United States in September 1969. It is the last of the band's albums on which their long-time pianist Bob Hall played. The album track "Made Up My Mind" had first appeared as the B-side of the U.S. single release on Parrot Records 45-40039 (released June 1969), fronted by "Train to Nowhere", from their album Blue Matter.[3] The track "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove" would later be released as the B-side of the U.K. single release on Decca F 13019 (released May 1970), of "A Hard Way To Go" from their album Raw Sienna.[4]

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Side two was recorded live at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, on Monday 12 May 1969.[5]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Made Up My Mind" (Chris Youlden) – 2:56
  2. "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove" (Kim Simmonds[6]) – 3:37
  3. "Life's One Act Play" (Youlden) – 6:29
  4. "I'm Tired" (Youlden) – 3:21
  5. "Where Am I" (Youlden) – 1:51

Side two

  1. "Savoy Brown Boogie" (Live) (Simmonds, Youlden) – 22:02. Includes "Feel So Good" (Chuck Willis), "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" (Sunny David, Dave Williams), "Little Queenie" (Chuck Berry), "Purple Haze" (Jimi Hendrix), "Hernando's Hideaway" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross).

Personnel

Savoy Brown

Technical

  • Mike Vernon – producer, liner notes
  • Dave Grinsted – engineer
  • Colin Freeman, John Punter, Michael Mailes – assistant engineers
  • Terry Noonan – musical arrangements on "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove", "Life's One Act Play" and "Where Am I"
  • Terence Ibbott – photography

Charts

Album

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Singles

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References

  1. [1]
    "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. 1 November 1969. p. 18. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. [2]
    DeGagne, Mike. A Step Further at AllMusic
  3. [3]
    "Savoy Brown Discography - US". Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Savoy Brown Discography - UK". Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Cooks Ferry Inn Edmonton". Discogs. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  6. [6]
    BGO Records Blue Matter / A Step Further
  7. [7]
    "Billboard 200 – Savoy Brown". Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. [8]
    "Billboard Hot 100 - Savoy Brown". Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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