Beefeaters - Secret Tapes 1968, Denmark 1968 ,Blues ,Psych Prog

Beefeaters - Secret Tapes 1968, Denmark 1968 ,Blues ,Psych Prog

The Secret Tapes - Live Somewhere In Scandinavia November 1968
This is a gold-stroke. Tapes are from around '68. They were recorded privateley by af friend, and the sound is great due to the fact that it was reel-to reel and 2 mics: 1 at the soloist, another at the "group". Tapes are carefully cleaned up, and sound is matrixed in a way so there is both depth and wide stereo, plus the group plays superb.

This rare recordings shows what it was all about in the late sixties. The private (good) recordings reveals a band that take it’s time to do the things, and the ‘things’ are macnificent! Peter Thorup’s singing is in a class of its own, and the band is so well playing. This private recordings reveals also a more ‘free’an collective style than their studio recordings.

A precursor to this band was formed in Copenhagen in early 1964, but their strong orientation towards blues-rock began only with the arrival of Peter Thorup in 1966. In 1967, The Beefeaters played as support band for Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall and Pink Floyd during their concerts in Denmark. Both albums were top-notch "real" blues-rock efforts to file along albums by John Mayall, early Fleetwood Mac and even Cuby & The Blizzards. The first album was, along with Steppeulvene, the most important Danish album of 1967. The Beefeaters weren't entirely blues purists either, they also displayed beat and soul influences. The sound (very well developed for 1967) was largely based on Thorup's talents as vocalist and guitarist, but Kj?rumsgard's Farfisa organ (sometimes replaced by piano) obviously augmented the group’s sound. Burnin' Red Ivanhoe was one of many groups who later copied this distinctive organ sound.



Peter Thorup – flute, guitar, vocal
Morten Kj?rumgaard – organ
Keith Volkersen - bass
Max Nhuthzhi – drums

01. It’s Not That I Don’t Now 0:00
02. You Changed My Way Of Living 10:01
03. I Put A Spell On You 14:01
04. It Ain’t Necessarilly So 24:05
05. Mister You’re A Better Man 31:13
06. I Want To Know 37:08
07. Night Train 42:00
08. Parchman Farm 47:02
09. Tell About My Baby 52:49
10. I Thought That I Knew 1:05:07