6CD - Limited Edition Box Set featuring all the legendary group's classic studio albums fully remastered. 2-piece box set containing 6 CD's in printed sleeves.
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: “Those who remain oblivious to the obvious delights of Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express do so at their own risk!”
Tracklist:
CD 1 - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (Remastered):
01. Dragon Song
02. Total Eclipse
03. The Light
04. On The Road
05. The Sword
06. Oblivion Express
CD 2 - A Better Land (Remastered):
01. Dawn Of Another Day
02. Marai's Wedding
03. Trouble
04. Women Of The Seasons
05. Fill Your Head With Laughter
06. On Thinking It Over
07. Tomorrow City
08. All The Time There Is
09. A Better Land
CD 3 - Second Wind (Remastered):
01. Truth
02. Don't Look Away
03. Somebody Help Us
04. Freedom Jazz Dance
05. Just Me Just You
06. Second Wind
CD 4 - Closer To It! (Remastered):
01. Whenever You're Ready
02. Happiness Is Just Around The Bend
03. Light On The Path
04. Compared To What
05. Inner City Blues
06. Voices Of Other Times
CD 5 - Straight Ahead (Remastered):
01. Beginning Again
02. Bumpin' On Sunset
03. Straight Ahead
04. Change
05. You'll Stay In My Heart
CD 6 - Reinforcements (Remastered):
01. Brain Damage
02. Thoughts From Afar
03. Foolish Girl
04. The Big Yin
05. Plum
06. Something Out Of Nothing
07. Future Pilot