Delta Blues Band - Rare Blues & Beat From Denmark 1969-70 (2001)

Genre: Blues, beat
Album recording date: 1969-71
Year of release: 2001
Disc manufacturer, country: Rock-In-Beat (BR 214), Germany
Artist country: Denmark
Type: CD compilation
Audio codec: FLAC
Rip type: tracks+.cue+scans
Audio bitrate: lossless
Duration: 75:21

The only and very rare album by the Danish quartet. The band formed in May 1968 and performed under the name Delta Blues Boogie Band in various music clubs in Copenhagen. In the spring of '69, the team recorded an album at the Danish branch of EMI. The traditional blues-rock that the team members professed did not make an impression. The disc was expected to be a complete failure, which prompted the Puggaard-Miiller brothers to form the successful but short-lived project Pan. And the remaining musicians played at various festivals for several more years. The compact was re-released on the Rock-In-Beat label in 2001 and supplemented with 7 bonuses (18 tracks in total), which deserve special mention. The first bonus track features the 1971 DBB recording. The remaining additions feature national underground bands of those years, Hurdy Gurdy, Gnags, Gasolin', who professed a blues orientation. Moreover, bonuses, in my opinion, are sometimes more interesting than the main material.

Tracklist:
Delta Blues Band:
1. Delta Blues Band - The Return Of The Pink D.F. 1:02
2. Delta Blues Band - Clouds Covering The Sun 5:37
3. Delta Blues Band - We've Got Hard Times 2:56
4. Delta Blues Band - Shit On My Shoes 4:54
5. Delta Blues Band - Simple Sound 0:12
6. Delta Blues Band - You Don't Know My Mind 5:01
7. Delta Blues Band - Highway 51 5:29
8. Delta Blues Band - Lock Me Up In Jail 3:02
9. Delta Blues Band - The King Of Denmark 0:24
10.Delta Blues Band - Where The Water Tastes Of Wine 3:09
11.Delta Blues Band - Opus 4 9:09
Bonus Tracks:
12.Delta Blues Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken 3:32
13.Hurdy Gurdy - Tick Tock Man 4:13
14.Hurdy Gurdy - Lend Me Your Wings 5:03
15.Gnags - I Can't Talk About It 3:57
16.Gnags - Eyes And Ears 6:31
17.Gasolin - Harry The Loverman 7:12
18.Gasolin - Speedboss 3:49

Personnel :
- Troels Jensen (guitar, organ, piano, vocals)
- Thomas Puggaard-Muller (guitar, vocals)
- Bent Hesselman (flute, saxophone)
- Soren Engel (bass, vocals)
- Michael Puggaard-Muller (drums)
- Preben Feddersen (drums)

Track 1-11 originally released on Parlophone 6 E 062-37038 (1969)
Track 12 originally released on Polydor 2045045 (1971)
Track 13-14 originally released on Spectator MS 114 (1970)
Track 15-16 originally released on Jacks Beat Records BR 1082 (1969)
Track 17-18 recorded for Denmark Radio (1970)