Halfbreed (album)

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Halfbreed
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ReleasedMarch 1969 (UK) / May 1969 (US/Canada) [1]
Recorded7, 9, 10 & 13 October, 11–12 December 1968
Studio Decca Studio No. 1, West Hampstead, London
Genre Blues rock
Length46:57
Label Deram
Producer Neil Slaven
Keef Hartley Band chronology
Halfbreed
(1969)
The Battle of North West Six
(1969)
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Halfbreed is the debut album by the Keef Hartley Band. The band was formed when Keef Hartley left John Mayall's band after touring and playing on seven albums (some issued later), including being the only performer besides Mayall on The Blues Alone . Halfbreed includes two spoken passages featuring Mayall, as well as several notable British jazz-rock players.

Contents

It was voted number 3 in the All-Time 50 Long Forgotten Gems from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums . [4]

Track listing

1969 LP

Deram SML 1037 (UK), DES 18024 (US)

  1. "Sacked (Introducing Hearts and Flowers)" (Arranged by Keef Hartley) – 0:40
  2. "Confusion Theme" (Hartley, Ian Cruikshank) – 1:05
  3. "The Halfbreed" (Hartley, Peter Dines, Cruikshank) – 6:07
  4. "Born to Die" (Dines, Hartley, Gary Thain, Fiona Hewitson) – 9:58
  5. "Sinnin' For You" (Hartley, Dines, Hewitson, Owen Finnegan) – 5:51
  6. "Leavin' Trunk" (Sleepy John Estes) – 5:55
  7. "Just to Cry" (Henry Lowther, Finnegan) – 6:20
  8. "Too Much Thinking" (Finnegan, Dines, Thain) – 5:30
  9. "Think it Over" (B.B. King) – 4:59
  10. "Too Much to Take (Speech)" – 0:32

1995 CD reissue

One Way Records OW 30332

  1. "Sacked (Introducing Hearts and Flowers)"
  2. "Confusion Theme"
  3. "Halfbreed"
  4. "Born to Die"
  5. "Sinnin' for you"
  6. "Leavin' Trunk"
  7. "Just to Cry"
  8. "Too Much Thinking"
  9. "Leave it 'til the Morning"
  10. "Think it Over"
  11. "Too Much to Take"

Personnel

The Keef Hartley Band

Technical

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References

  1. "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. 22 March 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. [Halfbreed at AllMusic
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0857125958.
  4. Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 27. ISBN   0-7535-0493-6.