Green Bullfrog - The Green Bullfrog sessions (1971)

Country: UK

Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock

Released: 1971

Format: WAVPack (image + .cue)

Audio bitrate: lossless

Duration: 46:29



Tracklist:

1. Ain't Nobody Home (Ragavoy) Previously unreleased.

2. Bullfrog (Lawrence) Written by Blackmore but credited to Lawrence due to contractual reasons

3. Walk A Mile In My Shoes (South)

4. My Baby Left Me (Crudup)

5. Makin' Time (Pickett/Philips)

6. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Price)

7. I'm A Free Man (Klingman)

8. Lovin' You Is Good For My Baby(Lawrence/Corlett/Hutton)

9. I Want You (White)

10. Louisiana Man (Kershaw) Previously unreleased.

11. Who Do You Love? (McDaniels) Previously unreleased



Personnel:

Tony Ashton - keyboards

Ritchie Blackmore - guitar

Big Jim Sullivan - guitar

Earl Jordan - vocals

Albert Lee - guitar

Chas Hodges - bass

Matthew Fisher - keyboards

Ian Paice - drums

Rod Alexander - keyboards



The above album was the work of a session group which comprised among others Deep Purple members, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover and Ian Paice and Albert Lee and Big Jim Sullivan. It was masterminded by producer Derek Lawrence. It's basically R&B played in a hard rock style. It's mostly comprised of cover versions, including Creation's Makin' Time, and is notable for Earl Jordan's strong vocals.

The CD reissue on Connoisseur has been remixed and remastered from the original tapes and also includes the bonus of three previously unissued tracks:- Louisiana Man, Ain't Nobody Home and Who Do You Love?. The magnum opus remains Bullfrog, though, a fast instrumental which is full of some superb guitar work. It has a Deep Purplish sound, especially when Ritchie Blackmore plays the leads.