COMPLETE OBLIVION - THE OBLIVION EXPRESS BOXSET

TRACKLIST Brian Auger's Oblivion Express A1/01 Dragon Song A2/02 Total Eclipse A3/03 The Light B1/04 On The Road B2/05 The Sword B3/06 Oblivion Express A Better Land A1/01 Dawn Of Another Day A2/02 Marai's Wedding A3/03 Trouble A4/04 Women Of The Seasons B1/05 Fill Your Head With Laughter B2/06 On Thinking It Over B3/07 Tomorrow City B4/08 All The Time There Is B5/09 A Better Land Second Wind A1/01 Truth A2/02 Don't Look Away A3/03 Somebody Help Us B1/04 Freedom Jazz Dance B2/05 Just Me Just You B3/06 Second Wind Closer To It! A1/01 Whenever You're Ready A2/02 Happiness Is Just Around The Bend A3/03 Light On The Path B1/04 Compared To What B2/05 Inner City Blues B3/06 Voices Of Other Times Straight Ahead A1/01 Beginning Again A2/02 Bumpin' On Sunset B1/03 Straight Ahead B2/04 Change B3/05 You'll Stay In My Heart Reinforcements A1/01 Brain Damage A2/02 Thoughts From Afar A3/03 Foolish Girl B1/04 The Big Yin B2/05 Plum B3/06 Something Out Of Nothing B4/07 Future Pilot INFO Brian Auger™s Oblivion Express was the phoenix that rose from the ashes of sixties combo The Trinity. Fusing R&B, jazz, soul and funk, keyboard maestro Brian Auger created a new breed of music that took the US and the UK by storm. Auger™s unique experimentation culminated in rhythm-infused jazz funk that united Black and white ™70s audiences. The 6 studio albums that make up Complete Oblivion illustrate the group™s diverse musical influences and progression, from the 1970 self titled debut™s heavy jazz-rock to the jazz fusion, latin and disco tinged Reinforcements from 1975 - this process no doubt powered by the groups™ evolving line up, which included guitarists Jim Mullen and Jack Mills, drummers Robbie McIntosh & Steve Ferrone, bassists Barry Dean and Clive Chaman and vocalist Alex Ligertwood. The musical highlights within Complete Oblivion are many, but particular highlights to mention have to be Total Eclipse (Oblivion Express), Fill Your Head With Laugher (A Better Land), the blistering cover of Eddie Harris™ Freedom Jazz Dance (Second Wind), the Barry Dean composition Whenever You're Ready, the version of Marvin Gaye™s Inner City Blues (Closer To It), Beginning Again (Straight Ahead) and the mind bending keyboard tour de force Brain Damage (Reinforcements). Given the groups legendary status among fellow musicians such as Zucchero and Herbie Hancock, DJ™s like Kenny Dope and Gilles Peterson and Auger™s legion of fans worldwide - that mission was fully accomplished - or to put it another way, in the words of super fans The Beastie Boys: šThose who remain oblivious to the obvious delights of Brian Auger™s Oblivion Express do so at their own risk!›