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Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Closer To It Vinyl LP Remastered
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Black Vinyl LP Remastered
Catalogue Number: SBM19LP
Barcode: 4062548040043
Record Grading: Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading: Mint (M)
Condition Note: Brand New
Track Listing / Description
A1 Whenever You're Ready
A2 Happiness Is Just Around The Bend
A3 Light On The Path
B1 Compared To What
B2 Inner City Blues
B3 Voices Of Other Times
Brian Auger formed The Oblivion Express in 1970 after the demise of his chart topping jazz & R&B combo Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger, and The Trinity. Deciding he would continue to defy creative expectations with his genre bending vision, Auger even based the groups name around this precarious anti-commercial approach; "I decided that I would like to push on and see whether I could develop that music" he recalls, "but maybe I'm headed the quickest way to oblivion!".
Auger needn't have worried, the bands first slew of albums; the heavy, jazz rock influenced debut 'Oblivion Express, ' 1971s laconic, folky 'A Better Land', the proto jazz funk of 'Straight Ahead' released in 1972, all made serious inroads into the United States, which proved to particularly fertile ground for the group.
By 1973, the London born Auger felt his various American influences of jazz, R&B, funk and soul had fermented into his own brand of fusion, and upon listening to the final mixes, was confident he was approaching his original musical mission, hence naming the album Closer To It.