Access All Areas (Eric Burdon & Brian Auger Band album)

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Live album by
Released1 September 1993
Recorded10 May 1993; The Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, California
Genre Blues rock, jazz fusion, progressive rock
Label SPV
Eric Burdon & Brian Auger Band chronology
That's Live
(1992)
Access All Areas
(1993)
Lost Within the Halls of Fame
(1995)

Access All Areas is a live album by the Eric Burdon and Brian Auger Band recorded at the Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, California on 10 May 1993.

Contents

History

When they first met in 1991, Auger asked Burdon if he wanted to play with him. Burdon agreed and they formed the "Eric Burdon – Brian Auger Band". After several tours they disbanded in 1994. Drummer Karma Auger is Auger's son.

Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Introduction" – (0:11)
  2. "Don't Bring Me Down" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – (4:09)
  3. "Misunderstood Intro" – (1:55)
  4. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus) – (7:22)
  5. "Monterey" (Barry Jenkins, Eric Burdon, Ian McCulloch, John Weider, Vic Briggs) – (6:34)
  6. "We Gotta Get out of This Place" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – (13:11)
  7. "I Just Wanna Make Love To You" (Willie Dixon) – (11:28)
  8. "Roadhouse Blues" (Jim Morrison) – (8:35)
  9. "When I Was Young" (Burdon, Weider, Briggs) – (5:18)
  10. "It's My Life" (Carl D'Errico, Roger Atkins) – (3:50)
  11. "Spill the Wine" (War – (10:38)
Disc two
  1. "River Deep Mountain High" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) – (7:02)
  2. "Bring It On Home To Me" (Sam Cooke) – (8:31)
  3. "No More Elmore James" (Burdon) – (12:00)
  4. "Band Intro For Eric" – (1:23)
  5. "Tobacco Road" (John D. Loudermilk) – (11:57)
  6. "Sky Pilot" (Jenkins, Burdon, Weider, Briggs) – (9:24)
  7. "Rising Sun Guitar Intro" (Larry Wilkins) – (2:20)
  8. "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional; arranged by Burdon and Auger) – (8:49)
  9. "Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis) – (3:36)

Personnel

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