Dr. Feelgood - Down By The Jetty (2025 Remaster) (2025)

Artist: Dr. Feelgood
Title: Down By The Jetty (2025 Remaster)
Year Of Release: 1975 / 2025
Label: Rhino
Genre: Pub Rock, Blues Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 41:25
Total Size: 197 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Down By The Jetty (2025 Remaster)
Year Of Release: 1975 / 2025
Label: Rhino
Genre: Pub Rock, Blues Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 41:25
Total Size: 197 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Dr. Feelgood – She Does It Right (2025 Remaster) (03:24)
2. Dr. Feelgood – Boom Boom (2025 Remaster) (02:45)
3. Dr. Feelgood – The More I Give (2025 Remaster) (03:27)
4. Dr. Feelgood – Roxette (2025 Remaster) (02:58)
5. Dr. Feelgood – One Weekend (2025 Remaster) (02:18)
6. Dr. Feelgood – That Ain't the Way to Behave (2025 Remaster) (04:00)
7. Dr. Feelgood – I Don't Mind (2025 Remaster) (02:35)
8. Dr. Feelgood – Twenty Yards Behind (2025 Remaster) (02:13)
9. Dr. Feelgood – Keep It out of Sight (2025 Remaster) (03:03)
10. Dr. Feelgood – All Through the City (2025 Remaster) (03:08)
11. Dr. Feelgood – Cheque Book (2025 Remaster) (04:08)
12. Dr. Feelgood – Oyeh! (2025 Remaster) (02:37)
13. Dr. Feelgood – Bonie Moronie / Tequilla (2025 Remaster) (04:44)
Review by Bruce Eder
The CD reissue of this album is a must-own release, even for those who already have one of the Dr. Feelgood anthologies currently available, neither of which has more than three of the 13 tracks here. The 1975 album, a magnificent first album, recorded in pure mono, has been transferred to CD in exemplary form, a clean, sharp, crunchy, close sound that recalls the sonic textures of the Rolling Stones' first album, even as they cross swords with the Stones' arch-rivals of the era, the Animals, with a superb version of "Boom Boom." Released amid the burgeoning radio presence of acts like Thin Lizzy, Blue Öyster Cult, and Kansas, and the growing self-conscious profundity of Bruce Springsteen, Down by the Jetty was as refreshingly lean as anything the headline-grabbing '70s punks would later loose on the world, and as stripped down as the most basic roots rock. Lee Brilleaux's singing could go up against Eric Burdon's or Cyril Davies, and even take on elements of a thick rasp vaguely reminiscent of Howlin' Wolf (listen closely to "Roxette"), certainly better than Mick Jagger ever did; and guitarist Wilko Johnson could play Jimmy Reed, Chuck Berry, or Bo Diddley licks with equally imposing (and seemingly effortless) virtuosity. This record was one of the great '70s rock & roll albums, right up there with the Groovies' Shake Some Action and anything CCR left listeners, and ran circles around the Rolling Stones' post-Exile on Main Street output. The final cut, a killer live medley of "Bonie Maronie"/"Tequila" with guests Brinsley Schwarz and Bob Andrews blowing saxes, was a taste of what they did on stage with astonishing regularity, and could have sent the Ramones back to the drawing board if the Queens-based quartet had heard it.
The CD reissue of this album is a must-own release, even for those who already have one of the Dr. Feelgood anthologies currently available, neither of which has more than three of the 13 tracks here. The 1975 album, a magnificent first album, recorded in pure mono, has been transferred to CD in exemplary form, a clean, sharp, crunchy, close sound that recalls the sonic textures of the Rolling Stones' first album, even as they cross swords with the Stones' arch-rivals of the era, the Animals, with a superb version of "Boom Boom." Released amid the burgeoning radio presence of acts like Thin Lizzy, Blue Öyster Cult, and Kansas, and the growing self-conscious profundity of Bruce Springsteen, Down by the Jetty was as refreshingly lean as anything the headline-grabbing '70s punks would later loose on the world, and as stripped down as the most basic roots rock. Lee Brilleaux's singing could go up against Eric Burdon's or Cyril Davies, and even take on elements of a thick rasp vaguely reminiscent of Howlin' Wolf (listen closely to "Roxette"), certainly better than Mick Jagger ever did; and guitarist Wilko Johnson could play Jimmy Reed, Chuck Berry, or Bo Diddley licks with equally imposing (and seemingly effortless) virtuosity. This record was one of the great '70s rock & roll albums, right up there with the Groovies' Shake Some Action and anything CCR left listeners, and ran circles around the Rolling Stones' post-Exile on Main Street output. The final cut, a killer live medley of "Bonie Maronie"/"Tequila" with guests Brinsley Schwarz and Bob Andrews blowing saxes, was a taste of what they did on stage with astonishing regularity, and could have sent the Ramones back to the drawing board if the Queens-based quartet had heard it.