Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & The Trinity

Brian Auger & The Trinity ♦ Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

Gotta Start Somewhere...

Steampacket

Steampacket was a revue type of organization that played clubs and festivals in Britian. It was the forming ground of many of the stars of this time zone. Auge formed The Trinity, with Jools tagging along. Vic joined too, but quickly went with Eric Burdon's latest Animals configuration. Rod joined Jeff and Long John went solo. Due to contractual issues, no recordings were released legitimately until Brian Auger curated a two-CD set in 2013. See Discog's entry The Definitive Steampacket Recordings for details. The basic Steampacket line-up consisted of: Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Julie Driscoll-vocals Brian Auger-organ Vic Briggs-guitar Richard Brown aka Ricky Fenson-bass guitar Micky Waller-drums

Save Me (Pt. 1) / Save Me (Pt. 2) Ousley-Franklin-Franklin (2:26) / Ousley-Franklin-Franklin (1:45) Marmalade 598004 [UK], 11/67 First single, not released here (shame)

This Wheel's On Fire¹ / A Kind Of Love In Dylan (3:12) / Auger-Sutton (2:35) Atco 6593, 6/68 T20

	Open
	Atco SD33-258
	8/68 [UK: 5/68] T20
	Back Cover   Inside Cover   UK Cover   UK Back Cover   UK Insert First issue ony, shows rest of group

Side One "Auge"
In And Out	Montgomery	3:06
Isola Natale	Auger	5:27
Black Cat	Auger	3:23
Lament For Miss Baker[Brian Auger piano solo]	Auger	2:37
Goodbye Jungle Telegraph	Auger	6:12
Side Two "Jools"
Tramp	Fulsom-McCracklin	4:04
Why (Am I Treated So Bad)	Staples	3:33
A Kind Of Love In	Auger-Sutton	2:32
Break It Up	Auger-Sutton	3:00
Season Of The Witch	Leitch	7:51

Note: The cover implies that one side is "Auge" and the other is "Jools," but the labels make no such distinction.
Side one is almost all jams, whilst Jools only vocalizes on side two, so that's why I labeled the sides per the cover.
Of course the cover is reversed to put the gorgeous babe on front
 

In And Out / Black Cat Montgomery (3:06) / Auger (3:23) Atco 6611, 9/68

Road To Cairo¹ / Shadows Of You¹ Ackles (5:19) / Auger-Driscoll (3:35) Atco 6629, 11/68

	Definitely What
	Atco SD33-273
	2/69 [UK: 4/69]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover   UK Cover   UK Back Cover

Side One
A Day In The Life	Lennon-McCartney	5:04
George Bruno Money	Auger	4:06
Far Horizon	Auger	5:10
John Brown's Body	arr Auger	3:00
Side Two
Red Beans And Rice	Cropper-Dunn-Jackson-Jones	5:40
Bumpin' On Sunset	Montgomery	4:55
If You Live	Allison	3:48
Definitely What	Ambrose-Auger-Thacker	7:55

A Day In The Life³ / Bumpin' On Sunset³ Lennon-McCartney (2:49) / Montgomery (2:47) Atco 6656, 3/69

3/21-22/69: Kinetic Playground, Chicago with Sam & Dave (headliners)

	Jools & Brian
	Capitol DT-136
	4/69 BB [UK: 8/68]
	Back Cover

Side One
I Know You Love Me Not(UK 45 4/67)	Godding	2:26
Kiko†(UK 45 10/65)	McGriff	6:17
I Didn't Want To Have To Do It(UK 45 5/66)	Sebastian	2:55
Fool Killer†(UK 45 5/65)	Allison	1:59
Don't Do It No More(UK 45 6/65)	Fox-Fox	2:34
Let's Do It Tonight†(UK 45 5/65)	Kack	4:28
Side Two
Green Onions '65†(UK 45 10/65)	Cropper-Jackson-Jones-Steinberg	3:21
I Know You(UK 45 6/65)	Williams	2:06
Tiger‡(UK 45 3/67)	Auger-Sutton	2:28
If You Should Ever Leave Me(UK 45 4/67)	Newman	3:14
Oh Baby Won't You Come Back Home To Croydon,   Where Everybody Beedle An' Bo's‡(UK 45 3/67)	Auger-Sutton	2:19

Note: Capitol released this compliation of early solo Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll UK 45s (they do not appear together, Capitol):
†The Brian Auger Trinity
‡Brian Auger
rest issued by Julie Driscoll
 

The Monkees: 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, 4/14/69, NBC Jools, Auge & The Trinity perform The Young Rascal's Come On Up, which never made it to disc. Jools and Mickey dueted on I'm A Believer—must see TV!

	Streetnoise
	Atco SD-2-701
	5/69 BB [UK: 7/69]
	Full Cover   Inside Cover   UK V1 Cover In England, you could buy them individually (this is Vol 1)  UK V1 Back Cover   UK V2 Cover

Side One: How Good It Would Feel To Be Free
Tropic Of Capricorn	Auger	5:30
Czechoslovakia	Driscoll	6:45
Take Me To The Water	Simone	4:00
A Word About Colour(Jools solo)	Driscoll	1:35
Side Two: Kiss Him Quickly, He Has To Part
Light My Fire	Morrison	4:30
Indian Rope Man	Havens-Price-Roth	3:00
When I Was A Young Girl	arr Driscoll	8:00
Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In)	McDermot-Rado-Ragni	3:05
Side Three: Looking In The Eye Of The World
Ellis Island	Auger	4:10
In Search Of The Sun	Ambrose	4:25
Finally Found You Out	Auger	4:15
Looking In The Eye Of The World	Auger	5:05
Side Four: Save The Country
Vauxhall To Lambeth Bridge(Jools solo)	Driscoll	6:20
All Blues	Davis-Brown	5:40
I've Got Life	McDermot-Rado-Ragni	4:30
Save The Country	Nyro	4:00

Note: Czechoslovakia starts with Prague Spring and ends with the Soviets invasion in August
All Blues is based on Oscar Brown Jr's vocal version (1963) of Miles' groove from his 1959 album, Kind Of Blue.
Ellis Island was insipired by jazz guy Don Ellis, not that way station in New York Harbor.

Say, there are two songs from Hair on Streetnoise—any more info about that show around here ?? 

Save The Country / The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) Nyro (3:56) / Ragni-Rado-McDermot (3:05) Atco 45-6685, 6/69

Brian disbands Trinity, tries jazz-rock commune, then Oblivion Express. Julie experiments with vocals, marries jazz pianist/composer Keith Tippett.

	Befour
	RCA LSP-4372
	7/70 BB [UK: 7/70]
	Back Cover   UK Cover   UK Back Cover

Side One
I Wanna Take You Higher	Stewart	5:00
Pavane	arr Auger	3:43
No Time To Live	Capaldi-Winwood	5:25
Maiden Voyage	Hancock	4:58
Side Two
Listen Here	Harris	9:24
Adagio per Archi e Organo	Auger	3:27
Just You, Just Me	Mason	6:26

Note: Adagio per Archi e Organo added for US release.
 

Listen Here³ / I Wanna Take You Higher Harris (3:34) / Stewart (5:08) RCA 0381, 10/70 BB

	Oblivion Express
	RCA LSP-4462
	3/71 [UK: 6/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Dragon Song	McLaughlin	4:20
Total Eclipse	Ball	11:27
The Light	Auger	4:20
Side Two
On The Road	Auger-Mullen	5:20
The Sword	Auger	6:30
Oblivion Express	Auger	7:45

	A Better Land
	RCA LSP-4540
	10/71 [UK: 10/71]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Dawn Of Another Day	Auger-Mullen	4:18
Marai's Wedding	Trad, arr Mullen	4:22
Trouble	Auger-Mullen	8:12
Women Of The Seasons	Mackie-Mullen	5:00
Side Two
Fill Your Head With Laughter	Gorrie-Mullen	3:49
On Thinking It Over	Auger-Mullen	5:23
Tomorrow City	Auger	3:30
All The Time There Is	Mackie-Mullen	3:29
A Better Land	Gorrie-Mullen	5:30

Marai's Wedding³ / Trouble³ Trad, arr Mullen (3:02) / Auger-Mullen (3:12) RCA 74-0579, 11/71

Brian continues with various line-ups, Eric Burdon joins for awhile in the 90s. Julie records album with hubby Keith Tippett in 1970. Redoes Wheels Of Fire for BBC show AbFab

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