Blue Mink - s/t

Name: Blue Mink
Album: s/t
Year: 1973
Style: Classic Rock, Folk Pop
Similar Bands: Cold Blood, Jefferson Airplane, Partridge Family, Cowsills
"One-Word" Review: Folky Flower-Pop Soul
Based Out Of: UK
Label: MCA Records

 Cover & Record

Back & Record

Blue Mink (1973)

1. Watch Out 2:44
2. Randy 3:12
3. Another Day Without You 3:44
4. Daughter of Someone 3:50
5. God Only Knows 3:10 (Beach Boys cover)
6. Together 4:04 /
7. By The Devil I Was Tempted 3:38
8. You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder cover)
9. Harlem 2:41 (Bill Withers Cover)
10. Loneliness 3:47
11. Harmony 3:12
12. Where Did They Go 4:03

Album Rating (1-10): 7.0

Members & Other Bands:

• David MacKay - Producer
• Madeline Bell - Vox (Joe Cocker, Dusty Springfield, David & Jonathan, Elton John, Freedom Road Cast, New London Chorale, Orchester James Last, Space, Bradford Singers, Midnite Ladies, Power & Glory)
• Roger Cook - Vox (David & Jonathan, Elton John, Currant Kraze, CCW, Cook-Greenway, Jon and Julie, Kestrels, White Plains)
• Barry Morgan - Drums (many bands)
• Herbie Flowers - Bass (Sky, Lou Reed, Bounty, Frog, Ginger Baker & Friends, Hungry Wolf, NY Trouble, Rumplestiltskin, T.Rex, Magic Music Co, Philarmonics, Ugly Custard, Tony Visconti Orch.)
• Alan Parker - Guitar (The Congregation, Bounty, bullet, CCS, Congregation, Frog, Hungry Wolf, Jon Watts, Les Reed & his Orch. Mike Batt & Friends, Mike Cox, Rumplestiltskin, David Lindup Big Band, Phiarmonics, Rhythm Section, Troll, Ugly Custard)
• Roger Coulam - Keys (Jimmy Nicol & Shubdubs, Roger Coulam Quartet, Ugly Custard)
• Ann O'Dell - Keys, orchestral Arrangements (Chopyn, Roger Glover & Guests, Sphincter Ensemble, Shawn Phillips, Bryan Ferry, Andrew Lloyd Webber)
• Ray Cooper - Percussion (Elton John, Eric Clapton, Les Reed, Mike Batt, AllStar Band, House Band, Philarmonics, Singing Rebels Band)
• Martin Levan - Engineer
• Paul Tregurtha - Engineer
• Barry Authors - Personal Mgmt

Unknown-ness: Never heard of Blue Mink. But they look like a folky, southern bluesy band, like CCR or Allman Brothers with their denim band pict on the cover, and the beardy dude with the straw hat.

Album Review: The album, full with multiple covers, has a flower child, Woodstockian Hair feel to the majority of the album, They were originally designed to be a studio only instrumental band, but those layers slowly peeled away to where they just became a band. Apparently, this record came out at the peak, and begin of their downfall as a band, touring the US & adding members, and a shifting music culture as the blame. It was called Only When I Laugh on other versions, but is just self titled on this MCA-US release.

Stand Out Track: Randy

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