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Definitely What!… (original Usa Cover Art)
Brian Auger & The Trinity
REFERENCE: DISC 1903 CD
BAR CODE: 0
Brian Auger's contribution to music has been considerable, someone who has demonstrated a rare devotion and dedication and who has always been prepared to make sacrifices for what he believed was right. Today, and perhaps belatedly, he is finally acknowledged as one of the most considerable influences in the development of new musical forms, based upon the fusion of two elements, pop and jazz.
Tracklisting:
1. A Day in the Life (Lennon/McCartney)
2. George Bruno Money (Auger)
3. Far Horizon (Auger)
4. John Brown's Body
5. Red Beans and Rice (Cropper/Dunn/Jackson/Jones)
6. Bumpin' on Sunset (Montgomery)
7. If You Live (Allison)
8. Definitely What (Ambrose/Auger/Thacker)
9. What You Gonna Do? [*]
Recorded in 1968
AMG review:
This was Auger's proper solo debut album. It's billed to Brian Auger & the Trinity, but Julie Driscoll, who sang with Brian Auger & the Trinity on the act's most popular and best late-'60s recordings, is not present. Auger dominates the record not just with his organ, but also as composer of most of the original material, and as the vocalist. Auger was a good organ player, but not up to the level of the best British rock electric keyboardists of the 1960s, like Alan Price, Rod Argent, Graham Bond, and Vincent Crane. He's also no more than adequate as a singer and songwriter, and the record is only adequate, sounding like a more progressive-minded Georgie Fame. Auger's principal influences are obvious in the songs he covers by Booker T. & the MG's, Wes Montgomery, and Mose Allison, although there's also an odd version of "A Day in the Life" that is bolstered by an orchestra's worth of horns and strings. He gets into a Roland Kirk vibe on the title track, which is the longest, most ambitious, and not necessarily best cut. The CD reissue on Disconforme has a bonus track, "What You Gonna Do?," of undisclosed origin; it's a standard Brian Auger soul-rock original, taken from a vinyl source by the sound of things, as surface noise can be heard.
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