Toe Fat - BBC Sessions 1969-70 '2013

Tracks list

Toe Fat - the improbable teaming of a slick, classy, 60s Soulster and
three-quarters of an obscure Psychedelic/Blues outfit from the sticks - are one
of those bands who invariably turn up in the middle of one of Pete Frames Family
Trees, the soile raison detre for their existence apparently being to act as the
link between various seemingly disparate music and and groups. In Toes case they
provide the unlikely point of reference between Uriah Heep and Jethro Tull at
one end of the spectrum, Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers somewhere near the
center, and the Bee Gees and Chas & Dave at the other. And yet although they
were highly regarded, their albums critically well-received, and theyd begun to
make a significant commercial impact in the United States, the band was abruptly
terminated when their American management pulled the financial rug from under
them following a stock flotation. 

Consequently, Toe Fat have rather been consigned to the ranks rather more for
their album sleeve artwork and the subsequent career paths of their members than
for anything they achieved under their own steam. Furthermore, despite their
relatively short life-span (although they cut two albums they were together
little more than a year) their history is both convoluted and confusing, a 50\%
turnover in personnel allied to a curious staffing credit on their album sleeves
having led to mucho conjecture as to exactly who did actually play in the band.
And yet - as this CD readily confirms - with just a little kinder shake of the
dice they could so easily have evolved into one of that elite half-dozen or so
English bands who carved out spectacularly successful American careers, far
outstripping their popularity back home in dear ol Blighty.


Tracks:

1. Born To Be Wild (Mars Bonfire) - 3:23
2. Interview With Cliff Bennett - 1:01
3. Memphis Street (Neil Diamond) - 3:03
4. Im Yours And Im Hers (Johnny Winter) - 2:57
5. Thats My Love For You (Cliff Bennett, Frank Allen, M. Roberts) - 3:53
6. Bad Side Of The Moon (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) - 3:28
7. I Done Told You (Jimmy Witherspoon) - 5:01
8. Turns Out Like The Rest (Cliff Bennett, Alan Kendall) - 2:16
9. Idol (Alan Kendall) - 3:26
10.Gone (Cliff Bennett, Alan Kendall) - 3:14
11.Three Times (Alan Kendall, Cliff Bennett) - 4:00
12.Midnight Sun (Alan Kendall, Cliff Bennett) - 3:21
13.A New Way (Alan Kendall, Cliff Bennett) - 9:05
14.Well Be Travellin On (Alan Kendall, Cliff Bennett) - 6:10
15.I Love Everybody (Johnny Winter) - 4:03
16.There Will Be Changes (Alan Kendall, Cliff Bennett) - 6:40
17.Midnight Sun (Alan Kendall, Cliff Bennett) - 7:37
18.Come On Down To My Boat Baby (A-Side) (Jerry Goldstein, Wes Farrell) - 2:46
19.Garage Man (B-Side) (Ken Hensley) - 2:29

Personnel:

*Ken Hensley - Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals
*Cliff Bennett - Lead Vocals, Piano
*Alan Kendall - Guitar (Tracks 5-17) 
*Lee Kerslake - Drums, Vocals (Tracks 1-10)
*John Konas - Bass, Vocals (Tracks 5-17) 
*Brian Glascock - Drums (Tracks 11-17) 
*John Glascock - Bass (Tracks 5-17)

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