RELEASED 28.2.2013
NEWLY REMASTERED & EXPANDED EDITION OF THE CLASSIC SECOND ALBUM BY THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND FEATURING FOUR RARE BONUS TRACKS, TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BOOKLET WITH FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK & ESSAY Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce a series of remastered and expanded reissues of the CLIMAX BLUES BAND catalogue, including this newly expanded edition of the band’s second album, issued originally in 1969. Formed in Stafford in 1968 by Colin Cooper, the band (originally known as the CLIMAX CHICAGO BLUES BAND) recorded their second album in 1969 with a line up of COLIN COOPER (Vocals, Saxophones, Harmonica), PETE HAYCOCK (Guitar, Vocals), ARTHUR WOOD (Keyboards), DEREK HOLT (Bass, Mellotron), RICHARD JONES (Bass) and GEORGE NEWSOME (Drums). This Esoteric Recordings release has been newly remastered and features four bonus tracks, two of which are drawn from the A & B sides of a single and two previously unreleased recordings, ‘Dance of the Mountain Queen’s Daughter’ and the first mix of ‘Flight’. The reissue includes a lavishly illustrated booklet that fully restores the original album artwork and a new essay.
1. FLIGHT 2. HEY BABY, EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT, YEH YEH YEH 3. CUBANO CHANT 4. LITTLE GIRL 5. MUM’S THE WORD 6. TWENTY PAST TWO / TEMPTATION RAG 7. SO MANY ROADS, SO MANY TRAINS 8. CITY WAYS 9. CRAZY ‘BOUT MY BABY BONUS TRACKS 10. LIKE UNCLE CHARLIE 11. LOVING MACHINE 12. DANCE OF THE MOUNTAIN KING’S DAUGHTER 13. FLIGHT (FIRST MIX)