Adults Only
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Adults Only is the first album recorded by Ray Dorset
, also known as Mungo Jerry
, with his German blues band. Some of the songs are blues standards that have been in his set for several years, others are new recordings of numbers from the Mungo back catalogue, including "I Just Can't Say Goodbye", originally on the 1977 album Ray Dorset and Mungo Jerry, an extended version of "Open Up", a worldwide hit for the band in 1972, recorded live in concert. Making its first appearance on record is Dorset's infectious yet uncompromising anti-war song, "We Gotta Get Out o’ the Army".
Ray Dorset – lead vocals, electric guitars, percussion; Michael Pohl – electric and acoustic guitars, percussion; Klaus Wenske – bass; Achim ‘Ako’ Patz – keyboards, blues harp; Klaus Otto – drums.
Ray Dorset
Ray Dorset is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founder of Mungo Jerry...
, also known as Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry is an English rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset. They are remembered above all for their hit "In the Summertime". It remains their most successful and most...
, with his German blues band. Some of the songs are blues standards that have been in his set for several years, others are new recordings of numbers from the Mungo back catalogue, including "I Just Can't Say Goodbye", originally on the 1977 album Ray Dorset and Mungo Jerry, an extended version of "Open Up", a worldwide hit for the band in 1972, recorded live in concert. Making its first appearance on record is Dorset's infectious yet uncompromising anti-war song, "We Gotta Get Out o’ the Army".
Ray Dorset – lead vocals, electric guitars, percussion; Michael Pohl – electric and acoustic guitars, percussion; Klaus Wenske – bass; Achim ‘Ako’ Patz – keyboards, blues harp; Klaus Otto – drums.
Track listing
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) – 4:48 - "With A Girl Like You" (Dorset) – 4:09
- "Goin’ Down Slow" (trad. arr. Dorset) – 6:32
- "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer' (John Lee HookerJohn Lee HookerJohn Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...
, new arrangement and lyrics Dorset) – 4:05 - "I Can’t Wait Until Tomorrow" (Dorset) – 5:35
- "She Loves Me Like a Woman" (Dorset) – 5:35
- "We Gotta Get Out o’ the Army" (Dorset) – 3:43
- "All I Wanna Do" (Dorset) – 4:49
- "Rock Me Mama" (trad. arr. Dorset) – 3:36
- "St. Pete Florida Blues" (trad. arr. Dorset) – 2:42
- "I Just Can’t Say Goodbye" (Dorset) – 2:59
- "Open Up" (Dorset) – live at the Vlotho Festival 9:39