Down by the Jetty
by Dr. Feelgood
- Type: Album
- Released: January 1975
- Label: United Artists
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 41:20
- Community rating: 3.5/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: aka "The Big Figure", Lee Brilleaux, Wilko Johnson, John B. Sparks
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Down by the Jetty' captures the raw, back-to-basics energy of the mid-1970s pub rock scene through its aggressive, stripped-down rhythm and blues. Produced by Vic Maile and unconventionally issued in mono, the album showcases Wilko Johnson’s influential, choppy fingerstyle guitar work alongside Lee Brilleaux's forceful vocals on a mix of originals and R&B covers. The record’s unpolished, high-energy sound proved to be a significant catalyst for the subsequent punk movements in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
Genres
Descriptors: bluesy, punchy, rhythmic, soulful, riffs
Tracklist
- She Does It Right (03:24)
- Boom Boom (02:45)
- The More I Give (03:27)
- Roxette (02:58)
- One Weekend (02:18)
- That Ain't the Way to Behave (04:00)
- I Don't Mind (02:35)
- Twenty Yards Behind (02:13)
- Keep It out of Sight (03:03)
- All Through the City (03:08)
- Cheque Book (04:08)
- Oyeh! (02:37)
- Bonie Moronie / Tequilla (04:44)
Credits
- Lee Brilleaux - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, slide guitar
- Wilko Johnson - guitar, piano, backing and lead vocals
- John B. Sparks - bass
- John Martin, aka "The Big Figure" - drums
- Bob Andrews - organ, saxophone
- Brinsley Schwarz - saxophone
- Vic Maile - producer
- Dave Charles - engineer
- Kingsley Ward - engineer
- Pat Moran - engineer