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We're back to the beginning of the alphabet. Today's CoronaVinyl category is "A," and it's Brian Auger's Oblivion Express's 1973 album Closer To It! I'm not saying that exclamatorily. The album has an exclamation mark.
Anywho, Brian Auger is an English keyboardist/organist who got his start in the '60s. He played on The Yardbirds' classic "For Your Love," and then formed a band called The Steampacket with Rod Stewart, among others, though they never released any music before they broke up in 1966.
In 1970, he formed Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, which was kind of a jazz fusion band. Early incarnations included future Average White Band drummers Robbie McIntosh and Steve Ferrone. Closer To It! was the group's fourth album. By this time, the band included (other than Auger on keyboards and vocals), Barry Dean on bass (not to be confused with the country music songwriter of the same name), Jack Mills on guitar (not to be confused with the driver of the train in the Great Train Robbery of the same name), Lennox Laington on congas, and Godfrey MacLean on drums.
The album was pretty good -- kind of a combination of jazz, rock, and funk. It reminded me of early Santana, so I enjoyed it. The album isn't on Spotify, but I found the full album on YouTube, so there you go.
Favorite song from Side 1: "Light on the Path"
The last song on the first side is a Santana-esque jam.
Favorite song from Side 2: "Inner City Blues"
The band covered this Marvin Gaye classic and gave it a spacey funky makeover.
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