Green Bullfrog - The Green Bullfrog Sessions (1971)

Green Bullfrog - The Green Bullfrog Sessions (1971) - feat. Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover & Ian Paice - ex-Deep Purple) (bonus tracks!)

 
 
 1 Ain't Nobody Home (Ragavoy) Previously unreleased.
 2 Bullfrog (Lawrence)    Written by Blackmore but
    credited to Lawrence due to contractual reasons
 3 Walk A Mile In My Shoes (South)
 4 My Baby Left Me (Crudup)
 5 Makin' Time (Pickett/Philips)
 6 Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Price)
 7 I'm A Free Man (Klingman)
 8 Lovin' You Is Good For My Baby
   (Lawrence/Corlett/Hutton)
 9 I Want You (White)
 10 Louisiana Man (Kershaw) Previously unreleased.
 11 Who Do You Love? (McDaniels) Previously unreleased.

A CD reissue, remixed at Abbey Road studios in London during 1991.
Re-produced by original producer Derek Lawrence.
Originally engineered by Martin Birch.
Re-mastered by Peter Vince.


Bevy [= Tony Ashton] - keyboards
Boots [= Ritchie Blackmore] - guitar
Boss [= Big Jim Sullivan] - guitar
Jordan [= Earl Jordan] - vocals
Pinta [= Albert Lee] - guitar
Sleepy [= Chas Hodges] - bass
Sorry [= Matthew Fisher] - keyboards
Speedy [= Ian Paice] - drums
Vicar [= Rod Alexander] - keyboards

ALBUM:
1(A) GREEN BULLFROG (MCA MKPS 2021) 1972 R1

NB: (1) reissued as The Green Bullfrog Sessions (Connoisseur NSPCD 503) 1991, also on LP (503) with three additional tracks. The original album was reissued by See For Miles (SEECD 227) in 1988, also on album (SEELP 227) 1988.

The above album was the work of a session group which comprised among others Deep Purple members, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover and Ian Paice and Albert Lee and Big Jim Sullivan. It was masterminded by producer Derek Lawrence. It's basically R&B played in a hard rock style. It's mostly comprised of cover versions, including Creation's Makin' Time, and is notable for Earl Jordan's strong vocals.

The CD reissue on Connoisseur has been remixed and remastered from the original tapes and also includes the bonus of three previously unissued tracks:- Louisiana Man, Ain't Nobody Home and Who Do You Love?. The magnum opus remains Bullfrog, though, a fast instrumental which is full of some superb guitar work. It has a Deep Purplish sound, especially when Ritchie Blackmore plays the leads.

**Enjoy**