Beginnings (Ambrose Slade album)

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Beginnings
Beginlp.jpg
Studio album by
Released9 May 1969
Genre Rock
Length35:30
Label Fontana
Producer
  • Ambrose Slade
  • Roger Wake
Ambrose Slade chronology
Beginnings
(1969)
Play It Loud
(1970)
Singles from Beginnings
  1. "Genesis"
    Released: 14 May 1969
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Genesis" Dave Hill, Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Don Powell 3:16
2."Everybody's Next One" John Kay, Gabriel Mekler 2:45
3."Knocking Nails into My House" Jeff Lynne 2:24
4."Roach Daddy"Hill, Holder, Lea, Powell3:03
5."Ain't Got No Heart" Frank Zappa 2:37
6."Pity the Mother"Holder, Lea3:57
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Mad Dog Cole"Hill, Holder, Lea, Powell2:42
8."Fly Me High" Justin Hayward 2:56
9."If This World Were Mine" Marvin Gaye 3:16
10."Martha My Dear" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 2:19
11."Born to Be Wild" Mars Bonfire 3:24
12."Journey to the Centre of Your Mind" Ted Nugent, Steve Farmer2:46
Japanese '24 Bit remaster 2006' bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Wild Winds Are Blowing" (non-album single)Bob Saker, Jack Winsley2:39
14."C'Mon C'Mon" (B-side of "Shape of Things to Come")Holder2:38

Track listing (Beginnings of Slade)

'Beginnings of Slade' album cover Ambrose-Slade-Beginnings-Of-Slade.jpg
'Beginnings of Slade' album cover
No.TitleLength
1."Born to Be Wild"3:24
2."Genesis"3:16
3."Martha My Dear"2:19
4."Ain't Got No Heart"2:37
5."Roach Daddy"3:03
6."Everybody's Next One"2:45
7."Fly Me High"2:56
8."If This World Were Mine"3:16
9."Pity the Mother"3:57
10."Knocking Nails into My House"2:24
11."Mad Dog Cole"2:42
12."Journey to the Centre of Your Mind"2:46

Personnel

Ambrose Slade

Additional personnel

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