The Battle of North West Six

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The Battle of North West Six
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1969 [1]
RecordedApril and July 1969
Studio Decca, London
Genre Blues rock
Length41:36
Label Deram
Producer Neil Slaven
Keef Hartley Band chronology
Halfbreed
(1969)
The Battle of North West Six
(1969)
The Time is Near
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone (positive) [3]

The Battle of North West Six is the second album by the Keef Hartley Band. At the time, Hartley's six-piece group was appearing augmented with a brass section as The Keef Hartley Big Band, and a number of songs on the album feature this extended line-up.

Contents

Track listing

1969 LP

Deram SML 1054 (UK), DES 18035 (US)

  1. "The Dansette Kid / "Hartley Jam for Bread" (Fiona Hewitson, Spit James, Keef Hartley, Gary Thain) – 3:59
  2. "Don't Give Up" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 4:07
  3. "Me and My Woman" (Gene Barge) – 4:24
  4. "Hickory" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 2:45
  5. "Don't Be Afraid" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Peter Dines, Thain) – 4:25
  6. "Not Foolish, Not Wise" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 3:56
  7. "Waiting Around" (Hewitson, Hartley, Thain) – 2:29
  8. "Tadpole" (Hewitson, Hartley, Thain) – 7:00
  9. "Poor Mabel (You're Just Like Me)" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 3:08
  10. "Believe In You" (Hewitson, Hartley, Thain) – 5:23

Fiona Hewitson is Miller Anderson writing under his wife's name for contractual reasons.

1995 CD reissue

One Way Records OW 30333
Same track listing as the 1969 LP

Personnel

Keef Hartley Band

Additional musicians

Technical

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References

  1. "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. 8 December 1969. p. 25. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. The Battle of North West Six at AllMusic
  3. Morthland, John (7 March 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone . San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (53): 46.