Toward the Blues

by Chain

Toward the Blues cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1971
  • Label: Festival
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 53:05
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A cornerstone of the Australian blues-rock movement, 'Toward the Blues' features the band's iconic national hit 'Black and Blue'. Chain's gritty, uncompromising sound was honed through relentless touring, resulting in a live-in-the-studio feel across these sessions. It authentically captures the working-class roots and muscular rhythm section that made them local legends.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Black and Blue - Single Version (3:55)
  2. Judgement (3:26)
  3. Blow in D (5:58)
  4. Thirty Two/twenty Blues (4:11)
  5. Snatch It Back and Hold It (5:04)
  6. Boogie (10:45)
  7. Booze Is Bad News Blues (7:46)
  8. Albert Gooses Gonna Turn the Blues (7:07)
  9. Black and Blue (4:49)

Credits

  • Barry Sullivan - bass
  • Ian McCausland - cover
  • Barry Harvey - drums
  • Phil Manning - guitar
  • Matt Taylor - harmonica, vocals
  • Robert Johnson - written-by
  • Junior Wells - written-by

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