Back Door (album)

Back Door
Studio album by Back Door
Released 1972 (1972)
Recorded 3 June – 4 June 1972 (1972-06-04) in London, England
Genre Jazz fusion, progressive rock
Length 33:22
Label Blakey (original)
Warner Bros. (re-issue)
Back Door chronology
Back Door
(1972)		 8th Street Nites
(1973)
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Allmusic[1]

Back Door is the eponymously titled debut studio album of Back Door, released independently in 1972 by Blakey Records. It received wider distribution when it was adopted by Warner Bros. the following year. It introduced the group's virtuoso approach to jazz, funk, soul, blues and hard rock music. In 2005, the album was listed on JazzTimes' top fifty albums released between 1970 and 2005.[2] In 2014 it was re-released on CD, compiled with 8th Street Nites and Another Fine Mess, by BGO Records.[3]

Track listing

All music composed by Ron Aspery and Colin Hodgkinson.

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Vienna Breakdown"   2:20
2. "Plantagenet"   1:38
3. "Lieutenant Loose"   2:37
4. "Askin' the Way"   2:55
5. "Turning Point"   2:10
6. "Slivadiv"   3:45
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Jive Grind"   2:46
2. "Human Bed"   2:25
3. "Catcote Rag"   1:55
4. "Waltz for a Wollum"   2:17
5. "Folksong"   3:00
6. "Back Door"   2:46

Personnel

Adapted from the Back Door liner notes.[4]

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Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1972 Blakey LP BLP. 5989
1973 Warner Bros. K 46231
United States BS 2716
Europe 2000 CD 936 247 759

References

  1. ↑ Collins, Paul. "Back Door: Back Door > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "JazzTimes Top 50, 1970-2005". JazzTimes. 2005. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Gilbert, Mark (2014). "Review: Back Door, Back Door et al". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Back Door (sleeve). Back Door. Blakey Ridge, Yorkshire: Blakey Records. 1972.

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