Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts Encore (Vinyl, Warner Bros Records, 1978) ***
Genre: Jazz fusion/ jazz rock
Places I remember: Amoeba Records (Los Angeles)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Just You Just Me (Befour)
Gear costume: Listen Here (Befour); Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood; Rope Ladder To The Moon (Encore)
Active compensatory factors: I managed to pick up a number of Brian Auger albums on our recent holiday in California.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Just You Just Me (Befour)
Gear costume: Listen Here (Befour); Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood; Rope Ladder To The Moon (Encore)
I've grouped these two together as both The Trinity and Julie Driscoll (now Julie Tippetts) were part of the early years before Brian's Oblivion Express and his solo years took place.
His discography is weird though - Befour features The Trinity but without input from Driscoll and the Encore album is Julie without any other members of The Trinity appearing. Okey dokey.
Befour is brilliant - a cohesive album, featuring light and shade. Sly Stone's Let Me Take You Higher kicks things off in energetic fashion. The eclectic set also includes songs from Herbie Hancock (Maiden Voyage), Traffic (No Time To Live), and French classical composer Gabriel Faure. And that's just side one!!
My favourite track is Listen Here - an experiment with four drummers. Brilliant!
Encore is a nice opportunity to hear Brian and Julie again. It's at its best for me when approaching the Animals/Jack Bruce songs (featured above). They also have another go at that Traffic song, eight years after it appeared on Befour.
Where do they all belong? A lot more Auger to come!
Where do they all belong? A lot more Auger to come!
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