Prussian Blue (album)

Prussian Blue
Studio album by
Richard Clapton
ReleasedNovember 1973 (1973-11)
GenreRock
Length38:00
Label
ProducerRichard Batchens
Richard Clapton chronology
Prussian Blue
(1973) 		Girls on the Avenue
(1975)
Singles from Prussian Blue
  1. "Last Train to Marseilles"
    Released: October 1972
  2. "All the Prodigal Children"
    Released: October 1973
  3. "I Wanna Be a Survivor"
    Released: July 1974

Prussian Blue is the debut solo studio album by Australian rock musician, Richard Clapton, which was released in November 1973.[1][2][3] It includes three singles, "Last Train to Marseilles" (October 1972), "All the Prodigal Children" (October 1973) and "I Wanna Be a Survivor" (July 1974).[4][5] The album was produced by Richard Batchens, who later produced some of Sherbet's albums.[6] Prussian Blue failed to appear on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.[5]

Reception

Garry Raffaele of The Canberra Times reviewed Prussian Blue in December 1973, he observed, "Clapton sounds as though he's involved with the real issues of our time — pollution, man's inhumanity to those who share Spaceship Earth with him, communication difficulties. He writes of these things but his words are not likely to convince anybody. It's the simplistic trap again."[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard Clapton[8]

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Hardly Know Myself"3:32
2."Southern Germany"4:13
3."Poor Man's Saviour"3:22
4."Strange Days in Chippendale"3:31
5."Prussian Blue"5:41
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."I Wanna Be a Survivor"4:06
2."Last Train to Marseilles"3:34
3."All the Prodigal Children"4:03
4."Burning Ships"4:01
5."The Lonesome Voyager"2:36

Personnel

Musicians
  • Richard Clapton – vocals, acoustic guitar; harmonica (track 9)
  • Keith Barber – drums (track 1, 6)
  • Ian Bloxham – congas (track 1, 4), percussion (track 3)
  • Tony Bolton – drums (track 7)
  • Kevin Borich – lead guitar (track 1, 3, 6)
  • John Capek – piano (track 7)
  • John du Bois – bass guitar (track 7)
  • Russell Dunlop – drums (track 5, 8, 9)
  • the Fascinations – backing vocals (track 1, 8)
  • Glen Gardier – lead guitar (track 4)
  • Kenny Kitching – pedal steel guitar (track 2, 7, 8, 9)
  • Mike Lawler – bass guitar (track 5, 8, 9)
  • Mike McLelland – guitar (track 10)
  • Red McKelvie – lead guitar (track 2, 7)
  • Dave Ovenden – drums (track 2, 3)
  • Ronnie Peel – bass guitar (track 1, 6)
  • Mike Perjanik – piano (track 3), keyboards (track 5, 8), organ (track 6)
  • Don Read – saxophone (track 1, 4, 5)
  • Trevor Wilson – bass guitar (track 2, 3)
Recording details
  • Richard Batchens – producer at Festival Studios, Sydney
Artwork
  • Graham McCarter – cover photography
  • Phillip Morris – back cover photography
  • Stephen Nelson – design/art

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue
Australia November 1973 Infinity Records/Festival Records LP L 34956
Australia 1993 Infinity Records CD / Cassette C 19593 / D 19593
Australia 16 August 2024 Warner Music Australia CD / LP / digital 2173225822

References

  1. ^ "Richard Clapton – Prussian Blue" at Australian Music Database.
  2. ^ "Richard Clapton – Prussian Blue" at richardclapton.com
  3. ^ Richard Clapton – Pruussian Blue at Rate Your Music.
  4. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Richard Clapton'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004.
  5. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  6. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Meyer, Peer; Bouchard, Gary. "Richard Clapton". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. ^ Raffaele, Garry (31 December 1973). "Rock Music the Singer not the Song". The Canberra Times. Vol. 48, no. 13, 631. p. 9. Retrieved 15 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "'Hardly Know Myself' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 16 June 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.