The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation-To Mum, from Aynsley and the boys-Remains To Beheard(1969-70)[FLAC]

This is the Remaster of the last 2 album of the great drummer Aynsley Dunbar and band.

Great English blues.



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To Mum, from Aynsley and the boys (1969 studio recording)



Although a fourth Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation album (Remains to Be Heard) would be cobbled together from outtakes and recordings done without Dunbar, their third LP, To Mum, From Aynsley and the Boys, was truly the final proper fulllength release by the original group. Dunbar had expressed some interest in moving further afield from the bluesrock format around the time the record was done, and the addition of keyboardist Tommy Eyre (from the Grease Band) to the lineup was one step in that direction. The enlistment of John Mayall as producer was perhaps another step in attempting to refine their sound. Still, much of To Mum, From Aynsley and the Boys is pretty standard late'60s British bluesrock, in line with the previous two albums by the band. Eyre does inject some of the arrangements with a jazzy, more RB feel, particularly on "Leaving Right Away" and the instrumental "Unheard," the latter of which sounds like a rock band trying to do modern jazz and finding themselves a bit out of their depth. You also hear the quintet trying to stretch boundaries a little with the eerie, trumpetoverlaid intro to "Don't Take the Power Away," which has the downcast ambience typical of quite a bit of the Victor Broxsung Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation material. There's also some exceptionally funereal organ in the marchplodding instrumental "Journey's End." Otherwise, though, much of this is ratherrunofthemill, if always well played, British bluesrock.



aynsley dunbar: drums

victor brox: vocals

john moorshead: guitar

tommy eyre: keyboards

alex dmochowski: bass



produced by john mayall





1-don't take the power away (v.brox

2-run you off the hill (a.dunbar, v.brox, j.moorshead, a.dmochowski)

3-let it ride (a.dunbar, v.brox, t.eyre)

4-journey's end (a.dunbar, j.moorshead, a.dmochowski, t.eyre)

5-down, down, down (a.dunbar, v.brox, j.moorshead, a.dmochowski)

6-unheard (a.dunbar, v.brox, t.eyre)

7-sugar on the line (a.dunbar, v.brox, j.moorshead)

8-leaving right away (a.dunbar, v.brox, t.eyre)





Remains To Be Heard (1970 studio recording)



Although the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation broke up in late 1969 after their third album, singer Victor Brox was convinced by manager Bryan Morrison to assemble a posthumous fourth LP. Unfortunately, Remains to Be Heard came close to being the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation in name only. For drummerfounder Dunbar is only on four of the ten tracks, and the rest include contributions by various musicians who weren't in the group, among them Brox's wife (singer Annette Brox), drummer Keith Bailey (who played with Graham Bond for a while), and some African drummers. The material isn't up to the group's usual standards either, with three of the tracks being leftovers from their third LP, 1969's To Mum from Aynsley and the Boys; cut by the quartet of Dunbar, Brox, guitarist Jon Morshead, and bassist Alex Dmochowski, the recordings had been left off that record since they were cut prior to Tommy Eyre (who appears on all of that LP's tracks) joining the band. Sadly, even some of the tracks with Dunbar aboard aren't up to snuff; you know an outtake should remain an outtake when it begins with the lyric "be my monkey woman, I'm gonna be your monkey man" (as "Invitation to a Lady" does), though "Downhearted" is a worthy effort in the downerblueswithorgan style that was perhaps the group's strongest suit. Many if not all of the postDunbar recordings sound kind of like demos and/or unfinished songs in progress, and none sound especially worthy of future attention, except maybe for the brooding, jazzy "Toga" (with violin, wordless hummed vocals and Africantinged percussion) though even this seems like a sketch with lyrics that have yet to be filled in. It all adds up to a sad and unrepresentative end for a worthy group, desirable only for completist collectors.



aynsley dunbar: drums

victor brox: keyboards, harmonica, trumpet, percussion, vocals

john moorshead: guitar

alex dmochowski: bass

annette brox: vocals



produced by victor brox





1-invitation to a lady (a.dunbar, v.brox, j.moorshead, a.dmochowski)

2-blood on your wheels (a.dunbar, v.brox, j.moorshead, a.dmochowski)

3-down hearted (a.dunbar, v.brox, j.moorshead, a.dmochowski)

4-whistlin' blues (v.brox)

5-keep your hands out (v.brox)

6-sleepy town sister (v.brox)

7-fortune city (v.brox)

8-put some love on you (v.brox)

9-bloody souvenir (v.brox)

10-toga (v.brox)