Overdog

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Overdog
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Studio album by
Released8 April 1971
RecordedOctober–November 1970,
January 1971
Studio Trident Studios, London
Morgan Studios, London
A.I.R., London
Genre Blues rock
Length35:37
Label Deram
Producer Neil Slaven and Keef Hartley
Keef Hartley Band chronology
The Time is Near
(1970)
Overdog
(1971)
Seventy-Second Brave
(1972)
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Overdog is the fourth album by the Keef Hartley Band.

Contents

Track listing

1971 LP

Deram SDL 2 (UK), DES 18057 (US)

All songs written by Miller Anderson, except

  1. "You Can Choose" – 5:28
  2. "Plain Talkin" – 3:23
  3. "Theme Song / Enroute / Theme Song Reprise" – 8:05
  4. "Overdog" – 4:20
  5. "Roundabout" – 6:06
  6. "Imitations From Home" – 3:34
  7. "We Are All The Same" – 4:41

Tracks 2,3,4,7 recorded at Trident Studios in January 1971
Tracks 1,5 recorded at Morgan Studios in October 1970
Track 6 recorded at A.I.R. in November 1970

2005 CD reissue

Eclectic Discs ECLDCD 1026
Same track listing as the 1971 LP with Bonus Tracks

Personnel

Keef Hartley Band

Additional musicians

Technical

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References

  1. Greene, Jo-Ann. Overdog at AllMusic