Another Fine Mess (Back Door album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Another Fine Mess
| type = studio
| artist = Back Door
| cover = Back Door - Another Fine Mess.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1975|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Nova Sound and CBS Studios, London
| genre = Jazz fusion
| length = 36:02
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = Peter Thorup
| prev_title = 8th Street Nites
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Activate
| next_year = 1976
}}
Another Fine Mess is the third studio album by Back Door, released in 1975 by Warner Bros. Records.{{cite web |first= |last= |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000895291|pure_url=yes}}|title=Back Door: Another Fine Mess > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=19 January 2016}} "Blakey Jones" is a tribute to Brian Jones, landlord of the Lion Inn on Blakey Ridge, an early supporter of the band who helped finance the recording of their first album. A display case of Back Door memorabilia still exists in the Lion Inn.
In 2014 it was re-released on CD, compiled with Back Door and 8th Street Nites, by BGO Records.{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Gilbert |url=http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/magazine/904/review-back-door-back-door-et-al |title=Review: Back Door, Back Door et al |publisher=Jazz Journal |date=2014 |accessdate=19 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126183614/http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/magazine/904/review-back-door-back-door-et-al |archive-date=26 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
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| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Ron Aspery and Colin Hodgkinson, except where noted.
| title1 = I'm Gonna Stay a Long, Long Time
| writer1 = Ron Aspery, Colin Hodgkinson, Dave MacRae
| length1 = 3:30
| title2 = Blakey Jones
| length2 = 4:16
| title3 = T.B. Blues
| writer3 = Jimmie Rodgers
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Candle Round Your Hat
| length4 = 4:45
| title5 = Detroit Blues
| length5 = 2:43
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = The Spoiler
| length1 = 4:53
| title2 = Shaken by Love
| length2 = 4:11
| title3 = Streamline Guitar
| length3 = 2:30
| title4 = Manager's Shirt
| length4 = 2:38
| title5 = The Dashing White Sergeant
| writer5 = Henry Rowley Bishop, John Burgoyne
| length5 = 3:05
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the Another Fine Mess liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Another Fine Mess |others=Back Door |year=1975 |type=sleeve |publisher=Warner Bros. Records |location=Burbank, California}}
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Back Door
- Ron Aspery – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, Wurlitzer electric piano, arrangements
- Tony Hicks – drums, percussion
- Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar, twelve-string guitar, lead vocals, arrangements
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Production and additional personnel
- Rick Dodd – recording
- Michael Gibbs – arrangement (A5)
- Bernie Holland – guitar (B1, B2)
- Dave MacRae – keyboards, accordion
- Peter Thorup – production, mixing, backing vocals (A1, B3), lead vocals (B4)
- Steve Tyler – recording, mixing
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Release history
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! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
United Kingdom
| 1975 | LP | K 56098 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=465976 |name=Another Fine Mess}}
{{Back Door (jazz trio)}}
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