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Vampers & Champers

by: Duffy Power

October 16, 2006

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Blues Power

by: Duffy Power

April 15, 1996
For Duffy Power, these recordings are probably a sore spot. He was lured into a studio to lay down a collection of his latest pennings ostensibly as demos with the promise of a proper studio album with full arrangements. Instead, the record label popped out the demos and reneged on the proper album.

What this means is that most of the tunes feature Duffy accompanying himself on guitar and harmonica, with occasional piano assistance. It's very stark material. However, Duffy Power's fine voice smokes as memorably as ever and the material includes a great new original "Lily" as well as reprises of numbers which had hardly been issued anyway, such as "Mary Open the Door" and "Little Boy Blue." His cover of "Little Man, You've Had ... Read More:

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Just Say Blue

by: Duffy Power

May 09, 2000
Duffy Power is unquestionably one of the very best of the British R & B artists, but he enjoyed no commercial success. Because of this very few of his recordings are available. This package combines a handful of his excellent recordings from the 1966-67 period with a shelved LP recorded with Rod Argent in the early 1970s. Power wrote a good deal of his own material and played guitar and harmonica; he was good on both instruments. His smokey voice employs phrasing suggestive of Ella Fitzgerald, an unusual influence for Power's generation of British singers. The best material here is the early stuff, featuring backing from the likes of Jack Bruce, Danny Thompson and John McLaughlin. The work with Argent contains some excellent Power originals, ... Read More:

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Leapers & Sleepers

by: Duffy Power

April 05, 2004
This excellent set starts at the beginning of Duffy Power's "freedom" from the Larry Parnes pop merry-go-round (in 1962). Included are a string of great performances with the early Graham Bond band circa 1963. That means with Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and John McLaughlin, folks. You should hear what he and the band do with "I Saw Her Standing There." His vocal style was still relatively callow at that point but by the end of the first disc (1964), the full Duffy Power vocal sound had evolved. The second disc reprises a good deal of material found on "Just Say Blue" but includes worthwhile additions and ends with a singularly inappropriate single from 1967--Duffy's desperate bid to get a hit.

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Sky Blues: Rare Radio Sessions

by: Duffy Power

June 03, 2002
This excellent set starts at the beginning of Duffy Power's "freedom" from the Larry Parnes pop merry-go-round (in 1962). Included are a string of great performances with the early Graham Bond band circa 1963. That means with Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and John McLaughlin, folks. You should hear what he and the band do with "I Saw Her Standing There." His vocal style was still relatively callow at that point but by the end of the first disc (1964), the full Duffy Power vocal sound had evolved. The second disc reprises a good deal of material found on "Just Say Blue" but includes worthwhile additions and ends with a singularly inappropriate single from 1967--Duffy's desperate bid to get a hit.

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Duffy Power

by: Duffy Power

May 28, 2007
This excellent set starts at the beginning of Duffy Power's "freedom" from the Larry Parnes pop merry-go-round (in 1962). Included are a string of great performances with the early Graham Bond band circa 1963. That means with Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and John McLaughlin, folks. You should hear what he and the band do with "I Saw Her Standing There." His vocal style was still relatively callow at that point but by the end of the first disc (1964), the full Duffy Power vocal sound had evolved. The second disc reprises a good deal of material found on "Just Say Blue" but includes worthwhile additions and ends with a singularly inappropriate single from 1967--Duffy's desperate bid to get a hit.

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Little Boy Blue

by: Duffy Power

July 05, 1994
This excellent set starts at the beginning of Duffy Power's "freedom" from the Larry Parnes pop merry-go-round (in 1962). Included are a string of great performances with the early Graham Bond band circa 1963. That means with Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and John McLaughlin, folks. You should hear what he and the band do with "I Saw Her Standing There." His vocal style was still relatively callow at that point but by the end of the first disc (1964), the full Duffy Power vocal sound had evolved. The second disc reprises a good deal of material found on "Just Say Blue" but includes worthwhile additions and ends with a singularly inappropriate single from 1967--Duffy's desperate bid to get a hit.

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Duffy

by: Duffy Power

February 05, 2007
This album represents Duffy's voice reasonably, but there was a killer album recorded in the early 70s with John McLaughlin on Guitar, that I've been scouring the web for since the end of days for Vinyl! Probably shutdown for cross-label and artist contractual reasons, but really worth hearing!

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Just Stay Blue

by: Duffy Powers

June 05, 2000
This album represents Duffy's voice reasonably, but there was a killer album recorded in the early 70s with John McLaughlin on Guitar, that I've been scouring the web for since the end of days for Vinyl! Probably shutdown for cross-label and artist contractual reasons, but really worth hearing!