Red Dirt (Self-Titled) Vinyl LP Red Colour 2024

Tracklist:

1. Memories
2. Death Letter
3. Problems
4. Song For Pauline
5. Ten Seconds To Go
6. In the Morning
7. Maybe I'm Right
8. Summer Madness Laced In Newbald Gold
9. Death Of A Dream
10. Gimme A Shot
11. Brain Worker
12. I've Been Down So Long
13. Time To Move
14. Easy To Come By
15. Hard Times
16. For Q
17. Frustration Boogie
18. Dreams And Nightmare Of A Plastic Ringworm
19. From End To End
20. Yesterday And Today
21. The Circle Song
22. I'd Rather Go back 15 Years
23. Tolly Cobbold

180 gram RED vinyl edition of the much sought after 1970 Red Dirt album. A psych blues classic, plus a second LP of bonus tracks. Red Dirt were a blues band formed in East Yorkshire around 1968 comprised of Dave Richardson (vocals), Steve Howden (guitar), Kenny Giles (bass) and Steve Jackson (drums) who built up an impressive live reputation in clubs and venues in the North of England. They were subsequently signed to Morgan Blue Town. When released in 1970, on the Fontana label, their self-titled debut album sunk without trace and legend - or rumour - has it sold something like 100 copies. 'Red Dirt' is now a lost classic. There is an element of the Doors Morrison Hotel period and a whiff of Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band in the rocking driving blues of tracks like "Death Letter" and "Problems". "Song For Pauline" on the other hand harks back to the Delta of Robert Johnston. There has been much speculation in recent years as to whether legendary record sleeve designer Barney Bubbles was responsible for the eye-catching sleeve image of a red indian with 4 bullet holes in his forehead dripping blood. The rear sleeve credits the design to Teenburger, Bubbles Notting Hill based company. As a number of people worked for Teenburger it is impossible to confirm if Bubbles had a hand in the sleeve design.