Biography
Blue Mink were a British five-piece pop group that existed from 1969 to 1974. Over that period they had six Top 20 hit singles in the UK Singles Chart, and released five studio based albums. According to AllMusic: “they have been immortalised on a string of compilation albums, each recounting the string of effervescent hits that established them among Britain’s best-loved pop groups of the early 1970s. The album was renamed from Harvest to avoid confusion with Neil Young’s new LP. Roger Coulam (keyboards) formed the band in the autumn of 1969, with Madeline Bell (vocalist), Roger Cook (vocalist), Alan Parker (guitarist), Herbie Flowers (bassist), and Barry Morgan (drummer). Most of the songs were written by Cook and Roger Greenaway. Flowers, Morgan and Parker all worked with Coulam at London’s Morgan Studios. The four of them recorded several backing tracks, with which Coulam approached Bell and Greenaway, (who had been half of David and Jonathan), as vocalists. Greenaway declined, but put forward Cook (the other half of David and Jonathan). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mink
Album & Cover
Cover Location: Hipgnosis Studio, London, UK
Who Did What: Photography – A. Powell
Label: Regal Zonophone SRZA 8507(UK),
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Count Me In Sunday It Just Goes To Show We Will Get By |
Side Two Warm Days, Warm Nights One Smart Fellow John Brown’s Down Love And You And Me |
Credits
Arranged By [Strings] – Richard Hewson
Bass Guitar – Herbie Flowers
Drums, Percussion – Barry Morgan
Engineer – Paul Tregurtha
Harmonica – Allan Clarke
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Alan Parker
Piano, Organ – Roger Coulam
Producer – Blue Mink
Trumpet – Derek Watkins
Vocals – Madeline Bell, Roger Cook
Notes
First UK stereo pressing, red/silver ‘wide band’ labels, in embossed gatefold sleeve.
