BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS - COMPLETE OBLIVION Vinyl LP

Format: 6 x LP Catalogue No.: SBM25 Barcode: 4062548040159 Release Date: 20 Oct 2023 Genre: Funk 2-piece box set containing 6LP / 6CD in printed sleeves. Brian Auger's Oblivion Express was the Phoenix that rose from the ashes of sixties combo The Trinity. Fusing R&B, jazz, soul and funk, keyboard maestro Brian Auger created a new breed of music that took the US and the UK by storm. Auger's unique experimentation culminated in rhythm-infused jazz funk that united Black and white '70s audiences. The 6 studio albums that make up Complete Oblivion illustrate the group's diverse musical influences and progression, from the 1970 self titled debut's heavy jazz-rock to the jazz fusion, latin and disco tinged Reinforcements from 1975 - this process no doubt powered by the groups' evolving line up, which included guitarists Jim Mullen and Jack Mills, drummers Robbie McIntosh & Steve Ferrone, bassists Barry Dean and Clive Chaman and vocalist Alex Ligertwood. The musical highlights within Complete Oblivion are many, but particular highlights to mention have to be Total Eclipse (Oblivion Express), Fill Your Head With Laugher (A Better Land), the blistering cover of Eddie Harris' Freedom Jazz Dance (Second Wind), the Barry Dean composition Whenever You're Ready, the version of Marvin Gaye's Inner City Blues (Closer To It), Beginning Again (Straight Ahead) and the mind bending keyboard tour de force Brain Damage (Reinforcements). Given the groups legendary status among fellow musicians such as Zucchero and Herbie Hancock, DJ's like Kenny Dope and Gilles Peterson and Auger's legion of fans worldwide - that mission was fully accomplished - or to put it another way, in the words of super fans The Beastie Boys: "Those who remain oblivious to the obvious delights of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express do so at their own risk!"

Track List:

1.1 Dragon Song
1.2 Total Eclipse
1.3 The Light
2.1 On the Road
2.2 The Sword
2.3 Oblivion Express a Better Land
3.1 Dawn of Another Day
3.2 Marai's Wedding
3.3 Trouble
3.4 Women of the Seasons
4.1 Fill Your Head with Laughter
4.2 On Thinking It Over
4.3 Tomorrow City
4.4 All the Time There Is
4.5 A Better Land Second Wind
5.1 Truth
5.2 Don't Look Away
5.3 Somebody Help Us
6.1 Freedom Jazz Dance
6.2 Just Me Just You
6.3 Second Wind Closer to It!
7.1 Whenever You're Ready
7.2 Happiness Is Just Around the Bend
7.3 Light on the Path
8.1 Compared to What
8.2 Inner City Blues
8.3 Voices of Other Times Straight Ahead
9.1 Beginning Again
9.2 Bumpin' on Sunset
10.1 Straight Ahead
10.2 Change
10.3 You'll Stay in My Heart Reinforcements
11.1 Brain Damage
11.2 Thoughts from Afar
11.3 Foolish Girl
12.1 The Big Yin
12.2 Plum
12.3 Something Out of Nothing
12.4 Future Pilot

Label: Soul Bank Music