Duffy Power - Live At The BBC Plus Other Innovations (2023)

The great unsung British Blues hero recorded live at the BBC together with previously unreleased studio tracks. The most comprehensive collection of Duffy Power’s BBC recordings available with sound restoration by Eroc. Showcases Duffy in a variety styles and line-ups with backing by the Graham Bond Quartet, the Fentones and CWT. Disc Three comprises unreleased studio recordings from the 90s/00s which cement his reputation as a Bluesman.

Duffy Power (1941-2014) was among Britain’s first wave of late 50s rock’n’rollers, a protégé of impresario Larry Parnes alongside Billy Fury, Marty Wilde and Georgie Fame. In 1963 a musical epiphany saw him become one of Britain’s greatest bluesmen – a singer, songwriter and harmonica virtuoso whose career thereafter would be a rollercoaster of amazing recordings, off/on record deals, and periods of withdrawal before bowing out of music-making in 1973. In the mid-60s, Duffy recorded with future members of Cream, Pentangle and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He never had any problem impressing fellow musicians, but a wider appreciation of his work would only come in the era of CD reissues and anthologies. This 3CD Live At The BBC set adds to the legend of Duffy Power. Beginning with a 1963 session backed by the Graham Bond Quartet (Bond, John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker), it more than doubles the content on Power’s only previous BBC set, Sky Blues (2001), adding performances from the 60s and 70s – including a 1971 Mike Raven session backed by Rod Argent – and ending with his last-known BBC session, a full-band set in 1997 for Paul Jones. In between, we have blues, jazz, soul and stadium rock, in the form of a 1973 session for John Peel with hard rock trio CWT. The third disc adds 11 non-BBC tracks (nine previously unreleased, two rare) from two periods of potential comeback sessions in 1995 and 2000-01, including four original songs not previously published. Songwriting legend Pete Brown, who produced the 1995 session, provides the booklet essay, with additional notes from Colin Harper.

Tracklist
Disc 1
01. I Saw Her Standing There (Live at Unknown Show, Mid-1963)
02. I Got A Woman (Live at Unknown Show, Mid-1963)
03. Summertime (Live at Unknown Show, Mid-1963)
04. Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Live at Unknown Show, Mid-1963)
05. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Live at Saturday Club 1965)
06. Money Honey (Live at Saturday Club 1965)
07. Gin House Blues (Live at The Blues Roll On, 27/3/68)
08. The La La Song (Intro by Alexis Korner) (Live at The Blues Roll On, 27/3/68)
09. Every Day Since You've Been Gone (Live at Blues Is Where You Hear It, 8/7/70)
10. Halfway (Live at Blues Is Where You Hear It, 8/7/70)
11. That's Alright Mama (Live at Blues Is Where You Hear It, 8/7/70)
12. Swan Song (Live at Blues Is Where You Hear It, 8/7/70)
13. Hell Hound (Live at Blues Is Where You Hear It, 8/7/70)
14. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Live at Mike Raven Show, 27/3/71)
15. Little Boy Blue (Live at Mike Raven Show, 27/3/71)
16. Man In The Sky (Live at Mike Raven Show, 27/3/71)
17. Swan Song (Live at Mike Raven Show, 27/3/71)
18. Sally Plain (Live at Mike Raven Show, 27/3/71)
19. Milk Cow Blues (Live at Mike Raven Show, 1 May 1971)

Disc 2
01. Give Me One (Live at Mike Raven Show, September 1971)
02. City Women (Live at Mike Raven Show, September 1971)
03. Louise (Live at Mike Raven Show, September 1971)
04. The River (Live at Mike Raven Show, September 1971)
05. Baby Let's Play House (Live at Mike Raven Show, September 1971)
06. I Saw Her Standing There (Live at Mike Raven Show, September 1971)
07. Dusty Road (Live at John Peel Radio 1, 3 September 1973)
08. Love's Gonna Go (Live at John Peel Radio 1, 3 September 1973)
09. Glad That You're Not Me (Live at John Peel Radio 1, 3 September 1973)
10. Little Soldiers (Live at John Peel Radio 1, 3 September 1973)
11. Sky Blues (Live at Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show, Radio 2, 25 August 1994)
12. Interview with Duffy & Dick Heckstall-Smith (Live at Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show, Radio 2, 25 August 1994)
13. Little Boy Blue (Live at Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show, Radio 2, 25 August 1994)
14. Every Day Since You've Been Gone (incl. interview) (Live at Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show, Radio 2, 25 August 1994)
15. Mama, Talk To Your Daughter (Live at Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show, Radio 2, 25 August 1994)
16. Rags And Old Iron (Live at Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show, Radio 2, 25 August 1994)
17. Feeling Good (Live at Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show, Radio 2, 25 August 1994)
18. My Soul's On Fire (Live at Paul Jones Rhythm & Blues Show, Radio 2, 25 August 1994)
19. I Got A Woman (Live at Pop Goes The Beatles, 16 July 1963)
20. I Saw Her Standing There (Live at Pop Goes The Beatles, 16 July 1963)
21. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (incl. interview) (Live at Saturday Club, 10 October 1964)
22. Where Am I.. (Live at Saturday Club, 10 October 1964)
23. Roll Over Beethoven (Live at Saturday Night, 10 October 1964)

Disc 3
01. Someone Like You (Live Unreleased Studio Session, January 1995)
02. Stormy July (Live Unreleased Studio Session, January 1995)
03. Out On The Western Plain (Live Unreleased Studio Session 2000-2001)
04. I Can't Chase The Devil (Live Unreleased Studio Sessions 2000-2001)
05. I Am Lonely (Live Unreleased Studio Session 2000-2001)
06. Stormy July (Live Unreleased Studio Session 2000-2001)
07. Nine Lives Gone (Live Unreleased Studio Session 2000-2001)
08. Now And Then (Will I Ever Be The Same) (Live Unreleased Studio Session 2000-2001)
09. Out On The Western Plain (Live Unreleased Session 2000-2001)
10. One Day At A Time (Live Unreleased Studio Session 2000-2001)
11. I Can't Chase The Devil (Live Unreleased Studio Session 2000-2001)