Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation + Dr. Dunbars' Prescription [320 KBPS

Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation + Dr. Dunbars' Prescription [1968,1969][2006]





Disc 1


01. Watch 'N' Chain
02. My Whiskey Head Woman
03. Trouble No More
04. Double Lovin'
05. See See Baby
06. Roamin' And Ramblin'
07. Sage Of Sidney Street
08. Memory Of Pain
09. Mutiny



Disc: 2


01. Change Your Low Down Ways
02. Fugitive
03. Till Your Lovin' Makes Me Blue
04. Now That You've Lost Me
05. I Tried
06. Call My Woman
07. Devil Drives
08. Low Gear Man
09. Tuesday's Blues
10. Mean Old World





320 KBPS [CBR]

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Two disc set. Disc one approximately 34 min./disc two approximately 38 min. Aynsley Dunbar formed his band Retaliation in the late sixties along with many others during the British blues boom. The name was a direct response to John Mayall who had recently fired him. The rest of the group all had backgrounds in various blues groups in England. Their music was not straight blues based,incorporating a jazz feel to the timing in their songs. All four members of the group were strong players on various instruments,and in Victor Brox they had a good song composer. Both albums contain mostly originals written by the group.

Their sound could sometimes be derivitive but at that time what British blues group's sound wasn't? Both albums are very much a group sound with individual solos held in check-refreshing for a change! This music is not the kind that hits you over the head on first play. It takes a few plays to really appreciate their music. They were one of the few groups playing their own style of music using the blues as a jumping off point.

Both of these albums were not originally available in the U.S. so had to be purchased as an import. Once again good music was deemed not commercial enough to be released in America. What a shame. Anyone with an interest in British blues would do well to pick up this package. Its not often that a blues group from this era follows their own path instead of being merely imitators.

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From Wikipedia:

Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born 10 January 1946) is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock, including Nils Lofgren, Eric Burdon, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, Michael Schenker, UFO, Flo & Eddie and Journey. Dunbar is ranked by Rolling Stone as the twenty-seventh greatest drummer of all time.

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Dunbar was born in Liverpool, England. He started his professional career in Derry Wilkie and the Pressmen in 1963. In December 1964 he joined Merseybeat group The Mojos, who were renamed Stu James & the Mojos, with original members vocalist Stu James and guitarist Nick Crouch. Bass player became Lewis Collins (later an actor in the Professionals). This line-up continued till 1966. Dunbar then auditioned for The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Hendrix had difficulty deciding between Dunbar and Mitch Mitchell - the latter won Hendrix's coin flip. Dunbar then joined John Mayall's Bluesbreakers replacing Hughie Flint in the summer of 1966. He stayed with Mayall until the spring of 1967 (playing on the A Hard Road album), being replaced by Mick Fleetwood.

After a short stint in The Jeff Beck Group Dunbar founded 'The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation', which issued a number of albums. Dunbar co-wrote the song "Warning" (later recorded by Black Sabbath on their first album). The Dunbar single version was recorded in 1967 for the Blue Horizon label,[2] prior to his band's first album release The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (circa 1969).

Subsequently, Dunbar founded a short-lived progressive rock band called Blue Whale, which debuted with a tour of Scandinavia in January 1970. Following the recent collapse of the original lineup of King Crimson, Dunbar unsuccessfully tried to recruit Robert Fripp as Blue Whale's guitarist. Fripp, in turn, unsuccessfully tried to recruit Dunbar as King Crimson's new drummer. Blue Whale recorded one album, which featured Paul Williams (vocals), Ivan Zagni (guitar), Roger Sutton (guitar), Tommy Eyre (from Retaliation, keys) and Peter Friedberg (bass).

Dunbar was later the drummer for Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, featuring on albums such as Waka/Jawaka, and The Grand Wazoo, as well as the film 200 Motels. In 1974 he played on the soundtrack for "Dirty Duck", a Chuck Swenson adult animated movie. In the mid-1970s, Dunbar played drums for former Grin leader, Nils Lofgren, before joining Journey for their first four albums. He joined Jefferson Starship for three albums. In 1985, Dunbar joined Whitesnake, and drummed on their 1987 album, Whitesnake. He also spent some time working with Eric Burdon, Michael Schenker and The Animals.

More recently, in 2005, he drummed on Jake E. Lee's solo Retraced album.

He has been the drummer for the World Classic Rockers since 2003.

In 2008, Dunbar recorded an album of material for Direct Music with Mickey Thomas of Starship, and musicians such as Jake E. Lee, former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne. The complete recordings of Dunbar's drumming with Frank Zappa at Carnegie Hall in October 1971 were released exactly 40 years later in a four-CD set.

In 2009, the blues album "The Bluesmasters featuring Mickey Thomas" was released, featuring Dunbar on drums along with Tim Tucker on guitar and Danny Miranda on bass as well as guest stars such as Magic Slim on guitar and vocals.