Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (1970) {1991, Reissue}

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Artist: Mungo Jerry
Title: In The Summertime
Year Of Release: 1970 / 1991
Label: Repertoire Records #REP 4177-WZ
Genre: Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock, Classic Rock
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue, Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:56:05
Total Size: 371 / 146 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

"Mungo Jerry" is the debut album by Mungo Jerry, released in 1970. Mungo Jerry are a British rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued with a changing line-up that has always been fronted by Ray Dorset. The group's name was inspired by the poem "Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer", from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. They are identified with their biggest hit "In the Summertime". It remains their most successful and most recognisable song. They had nine charting singles in the UK, including two number ones, and five top 20 hits in South Africa.

The title-track is still one of the most beguiling (if casually sexist) hits of its era, but the other 14 songs are even more interesting: Jesse Fuller-influenced jug band ("San Francisco Bay Blues," "See Me") and Tampa Red-style kazoo blues ("Maggie"), as well as the influence of Piano Red ("Mighty Man") and credible instrumental blues-rock ("Mother Fucker Boogie"). The hit "Johnny B. Badde" is here, and the band also covers rock & roll standards like "Baby Let's Play House," done in a surprisingly authentic manner for 1970. One of the CD reissue's two bonus tracks, "Tramp," busts up the mood a bit, with its fiddle accompaniment and a decidedly mournful tone, but the other, the hard-driving Howlin' Wolf-style "Mungo's Blues," which offers a tastefully lean Hubert Sumlin-influenced guitar solo, fits in perfectly with the existing album. The transfers are clean and bright, and the annotation is extensive. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music

Track List:

01. In The Summertime [3:33]
02. See Me [3:55]
03. Movin' On [4:12]
04. Maggie [4:11]
05. Mother Fucker Boogie [2:50]
06. Daddie's Brew [3:39]
07. Mighty Man [4:46]
08. Baby Let's Play House [2:52]
09. Johnny B. Badde [3:04]
10. San Francisco Bay Blues [3:40]
11. Sad Eyed Joe [2:52]
12. My Friend [2:38]
13. Peace In The Country [3:03]
14. Tramp (Bonus Track) [5:01]
15. Mungo's Blues (Bonus Track) [5:48]

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