Thursday, March 29, 2012

Hidden Masters | The Jess Roden Anthology CD 3 – Get Ta Steppin’



1. Raise Your Hand / The Jess Roden BandPreviously Unreleased, sourced from the ¼” Master, recorded July 2nd 1975 (produced by Steve Smith and from the original sessions for the first never-released JRB album)

2. Rat Race / The Jess Roden BandPreviously Unreleased sourced from the ¼” Master, recorded July 1st 1975 (produced by Steve Smith and from the original sessions for the first never-released JRB album)

3. In A Circle / The Jess Roden BandPreviously Unreleased Version, sourced from the ¼” Master, recorded August 9th 1975 (later recorded by Producer Geoff Haslam, this is the original version with Steve Winwood on Hammond Organ and produced by Steve Smith – taken from the original sessions for the first never-released JRB album)

4. Celebrate / The Jess Roden BandPreviously Unreleased, sourced from the ¼” Master, recorded July 1st 1975 (produced by Steve Smith and from the original sessions for the first never-released JRB album)

5. Send It To You / The Jess Roden BandPreviously Unreleased Mix, Source tape ¼” Master, recorded January 16th 1975 (later recorded by Geoff Haslam, this is the original version produced by Steve Smith)

6. Every Time A Man Gets Lonely / The Jess Roden Band
Previously Unreleased , sourced from the ¼” Master, recorded December 20th 1975 (produced by Geoff Haslam and originally recorded for the Keep You Hat On album)

7. Can’t Get By Without You / The Jess Roden BandPreviously Unreleased, sourced from the Acetate transfer to ¼”, recorded July 2nd 1975 (produced by Steve Smith and from the original sessions for the first never-released JRB album)

8. If You Don’t Get What You Want / The Jess Roden Band
– Previously Unreleased, sourced from the ¼” Master, recorded August 9th 1975 (with Steve Winwood on Hammond Organ, produced by Steve Smith and from the original sessions for the first never-released JRB album)

9. Work Out / The Jess Roden Band
Previously Unreleased sourced from the ¼” Master, recorded July 1st 1975 (produced by Steve Smith and from the original sessions for the first never-released JRB album)

10. What Took Me So Long? / The Jess Roden BandPreviously Unreleased sourced from the ¼” Master, recorded April 17th 1975 (produced by Chris Blackwell, recorded at Basing St)

11. Yes Indeed / The Jess Roden BandPreviously Unreleased, sourced from the Acetate transfer to ¼”, recorded October 2nd 1975 (with strings arranged by Harry Robinson – who’d similarly arranged the strings for Jess’ version of On Broadway and produced by Steve Smith)

12. Me And Crystal Eye / The Jess Roden BandSourced from the ¼” Cutting Master, recorded October 17th 1976

13. Honey Don’t Worry / The Jess Roden Band – Previously Unreleased Version, sourced from the ¼” Master, recorded April 11th 1975 (later recorded by Producer Geoff Haslam, this is one of the earliest takes produced by Steve Smith)

14. Stonechaser / The Jess Roden BandSourced from the ¼” Cutting Master, recorded October 17th 1976

15. Black Jack / The Jess Roden Band
Previously Unreleased, sourced from the ¼” Master, recorded December 20th 1975 (produced by Geoff Haslam and recorded originally for the Keep Your Hat On album)

16. Blowin’ (Gospel Version) / Jess Roden & Billy LiveseyPreviously Unreleased take, sourced from the 2” Multitrack, recorded January 21st 1977 (recorded during the mixing sessions for Blowin’ – the final, Live, JRB album)

(All track selections subject to change and final clearances. Recording dates listed have been sourced from tape box information – obviously, some relate to initial sessions while some are final-mix dates. Since some of the original multitracks haven't survived, this is the closest possible dating available).


3 comments:

propylaen2001 said...

Hey Neil,
This is soooo incredibly mouth-watering!!!

Cheers
Joerg

Anonymous said...

err - one word .... OMG ! .... cheers Julian

Kev Moore said...

Neil - I'm not sure how to convey speechless in a comment, but here goes:

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:-)