Green Bullfrog – Green Bullfrog
Label: Decca – DL 75269
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock
Tracklist
A1 My Baby Left Me 3:16
A2 Makin' Time 2:51
A3 Lawdy Miss Clawdy 3:15
A4 Bullfrog 7:15
B1 I Want You 3:38
B2 I'm A Free Man 4:30
B3 Walk A Mile In My Shoes 3:33
B4 Lovin' You Is Good For Me, Baby
Band:
Boots (Ritchie Blackmore) - guitar
Speedy (Ian Paice) - drums
Pinta (Albert Lee) - guitar
Sorry (Matthew Fisher) - keyboards
Bevy (Tony Ashton) - keyboards
Vicar (Rod Alexander) - guitar
Sleepy (Chas Hodges) - bass
Jordan (Earl Jordan) - vocals
Boss (Big Jim Sullivan) - guitar
Альбом "Green Bullfrog" был идеей Дерека Лоренса (Derek Lawrence) и первоначально задумывался как полномасштабный проект с соответствующей раскруткой фирмой MCA и предположительно хорошими продажами.
Запись состоялась на студии De Lane Lea в Лондоне в1970 году. Лоренс выступал как продюсер, звукоинженером был хорошо известный специалист своего дела Martin Birch. Однако коммерческим планам Лоренса
было не суждено сбыться по причине объективных обстоятельств.Как бы там ни было, альбом вышел в марте 1971 года на фирме Decca и только в марте 1972 года на MCA в Европе. По не решенным до конца
контрактным обстоятельствам музыканты на альбоме указаны не под своими настоящими именами, что самым пагубным образом сказалось на объемах продаж.Состав
музыкантов долгое время был предметом спора, так как было сделано несколько заявлений, долгое время сбивавших историков с толку. Например, в интервью журналу "Guitar Player" в сентябре 1978 года Блэкмор сказал, что "...That was me, Albert Lee and Jim Sullivan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover were on it and
whoever else was around at the time...", хотя на
самом деле Роджера там не было. Аналогичное заявление о своем участии сделал Джефф Бек (Jeff Beck), что так же не подтвердилось. Несколько виниловых переизданий в 80-х годах упоминали об участии в записи Джона Лорда, что так же не соответствует действительности. Существует несколько изданий "Green Bullfrog" на CD,
отличающихся как порядком треков, так и наличием-отсутствием бонусов.
Green Bullfrog - Green Bullfrog
Label: Decca - DL 75269
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock
Tracklist
A1 My Baby Left Me 3:16
A2 Makin 'Time 2:51
A3 Lawdy Miss Clawdy 3:15
A4 Bullfrog 7:15
B1 I Want You 3:38
B2 I'm A Free Man 4:30
B3 Walk A Mile In My Shoes 3:33
B4 Lovin 'You Is Good For Me, Baby
Band:
Boots (Ritchie Blackmore) - guitar
Speedy (Ian Paice) - drums
Pinta (Albert Lee) - guitar
Sorry (Matthew Fisher) - keyboards
Bevy (Tony Ashton) - keyboards
Vicar (Rod Alexander) - guitar
Sleepy (Chas Hodges) - bass
Jordan (Earl Jordan) - vocals
Boss (Big Jim Sullivan) - guitar
Green Bullfrog was the idea of Derek Lawrence and was originally conceived as a full-blown project with appropriate promotion by MCA and supposedly good sales.
The recording took place at De Lane Lea Studios in London in 1970. Lawrence acted as a producer, the sound engineer was a well-known specialist in his field, Martin Birch. However, Lawrence’s commercial plans
It was not destined to come true due to objective circumstances. Whatever the case, the album was released in March 1971 by Decca and only in March 1972 on the MCA in Europe. By not resolved to the end
contractual circumstances, the musicians on the album are not indicated under their real names, which has the most detrimental effect on sales.
The musicians have long been the subject of controversy, as several statements have been made that have confused historians for a long time. For example, in an interview with Guitar Player magazine in September 1978, Blackmore said that "... That was me, Albert Lee and Jim Sullivan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover were on it and
whoever else was around at the time ... ", although on
in fact Roger was not there. A similar statement about his participation was made by Jeff Beck, which was also not confirmed. Several vinyl reprints in the 80s mentioned John Lord's participation in the record, which is also not true. There are several editions of Green Bullfrog on CD,
differing in both the order of the tracks and the presence-absence of bonuses.
