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The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation / Doctor Dunbar's Prescription
Aynsley Dunbar
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation / Doctor Dunbar's Prescription
Genres: Blues, Pop, Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (10) - Disc #2

Originally released in 1969, The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation marked the debut of Aynsley Dunbar s legendary British Blues-Rock band. Stylistically similar to contemporaries John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and early Flee...  more »

     
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All Artists: Aynsley Dunbar
Title: The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation / Doctor Dunbar's Prescription
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Blue Label / SPV
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 10/21/2008
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Blues, Pop, Rock
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 693723978925, 0693723978925, 069372397892

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Originally released in 1969, The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation marked the debut of Aynsley Dunbar s legendary British Blues-Rock band. Stylistically similar to contemporaries John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and early Fleetwood Mac, Aynsley Dunbar s band drew a darker and heavier style. Also from 1969, Aynsley Dunbar s second release, Doctor Dunbar s Prescription found the band in similar mode as on the debut.

SPV s Blue Label present these first two legendary releases from Aynsley Dunbar digitally remastered and packaged in deluxe digipak format with informative sleevenotes by Harry Shapiro.

From the British blues boom of the 1960s emerged some exceptional individual musicians; Cyril Davies, Eric Clapton and Peter Green being among the most notable. But there was no doubt that the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation took the prize as the most talented blues band, one with no weak links. Although rarely mentioned in the same breath as Ginger Baker, Keith Moon or John Bonham, all the musicians knew that Aynsley Dunbar was a world-class drummer in any popular genre, easily a match for the better-known names. Together with bassist Alex Dmochowski, they formed a rhythm section unmatched on the blues scene for its drive, finesse and the ability to swing. In Victor Brox, the Retaliation had one of Britain s finest blues singers, a multi-instrumentalist and prolific composer. Uniquely among the blues bands, the majority of the Retaliation s recorded output was self-penned, most of it written by Brox. And guitarist John Morshead provided a master class in less is more ; a blues player of taste and fluency rivalled only by Peter Green.
 

CD Reviews

Retaliation/Dr Dunbar's Prescription
Stuart Jefferson | San Diego,Ca | 05/27/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Two disc set. Disc one approximately 34 min./disc two approximately 38 min. Digitally remastered. 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."
Great Blues Rock n' Roll
Alan R. Arnold | San Clemente, CA USA | 08/10/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is great and the digital remix is even better. Aynsley Dunbar is one of the greatest drummers of our time and this was his first effort to do his own thing. The AD Retaliation band was huge and had/has a world wide fan base. Aynsley was eventually recruited out of this band by Frank Zappa to become one of the Mothers and complete another successful chapter in his career.



This is GREAT music written and performed by a GREAT drummer! Thank you Aynsley for this fantastic CD!"