'70 Super Pop Montreux

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

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Release Date: 02 May 2025

Label: Repertoire Records

Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units: 2

Barcode: 4009910148518

Genres: Rock

Release Date: 22 November 2024

Label: Repertoire Records

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 4009910148525

Genres: Rock

Description
* First ever release. Recorded live at Montreux Super Pop 1970.
* Restored and fully remastered from the original Montreux archive tapes
* Recorded at the beginning of the band's career, before their debut album, this features an early line up which included Keith Bailey on drums, the only recording he made with the band.
* Includes a 12-page booklet with a new interview of Brian Auger recalling this performance at the festival
* Sound quality restored and improved, fully remastered.
* Mono. Approx. 60 minutes of music
Recorded on October 17th, 1970, just months after his previous group Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll and The Trinity had split up, this the first ever live Oblivion Express recording, captured on tape a year before this influential group released their first album. The set list includes early versions of their debut album's tracks and amazing covers, including Herbie Hancock's 'Maiden Voyage,' Gabriel Faure's 'Pavane,' and Brian's take on Sly and The Family Stone's 'I Wanna Take You Higher,'. The 12-page booklet features the band's history from its formation, with Brian Auger recalling how festival organiser Claude Nobs gave the group this early opportunity.

Description
First official release. Recorded live at Montreux Super Pop 1970
Taken from the original archive tapes
Includes a 12-page booklet with an interview of Brian Auger on this performance
Sound quality restored and improved, fully remastered.
Mono. Approx. 60 minutes of music In October 1970, Brian Auger returned to Montreux with his new outfit, Oblivion Express for one of their Super Pop events. Sharing the bill with Ginger Baker's Air Force, this performance is available for the first time, and the sound quality has been restored and improved. Fully remastered.