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Burning Up Yearsis the debut album byNew Zealandblues-rockbandThe Human Instinct.It was released in 1969 and reissued on CD by Ascension Records in 2001.
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| Studio albumby | ||||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | Astor Studios,Auckland | |||
| Genre | Acid rock,psychedelic rock,blues-rock,hard rock | |||
| Length | 36:50 | |||
| Label | Marble Arch | |||
| Producer | Guy Morris | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
The album's title track is a cover of a 1969 song byBirminghamprogressive rock trioHard Meat,whose original version was the B-side of their cover ofThe Beatles' "Rain".[2]
"Blues News", "Fall Down", and "Ashes and Matches" were covers of unreleased demos recorded by New Zealand guitarist Doug Jerebine under his stage name, Jesse Harper. (Jerebine's original versions were belatedly released in the 1990s.)[3]
Other cover versions on the album wereThe Kinks' "You Really Got Me",Neil Young's "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere"(listed as" I Think I'll Go Back Home "and miscredited in the liner notes to Jesse Harper), andAshton, Gardner & Dyke's "Maiden Voyage", misattributed to Maurice Greer.
"I Think I'll Go Back Home" b/w "You Really Got Me" was released as a single.
Track listing
edit- "Blues News" (Jesse Harper) – 3:35
- "Maiden Voyage" (Maurice Greer) – 5:21
- "Fall Down" (Harper) – 2:52
- "I Think I'll Go Back Home" (Harper) – 3:21
- "Ashes and Matches" (Harper) – 4:04
- "You Really Got Me"(Ray Davies) – 3:24
- "Burning Up Years" (Mike Dolan/Mick Carless/Steve Dolan) – 14:10
Personnel
edit- Maurice Greer — vocals, drums
- Billy TK— guitar
- Peter Barton - bass
- Larry Waide — bass
Recorded at Peach-Weymess Astor Recording Studios, Nugent St Auckland 1969 Engineered by Gary Potts and Wahanui Wynyard.
Album artwork and photography by Peter Lumb.
References
edit- ^"Burning up Years - The Human Instinct - Songs, Reviews, Credits".AllMusic.Retrieved15 January2019.
- ^"Dinosaurdays - Hard Meat".Dinosaurdays.co.za.Retrieved15 January2019.
- ^Schmidt, Andrew (19 December 2013)."The Human Instinct, Part 2".Audioculture.co.nz.Archived fromthe originalon 27 October 2014.Retrieved23 November2014.