MUD featuring LES GRAY

Released 1982

Runaway Records 841 942-1

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
(Let Me Be) Your Teddy Bear
Till I Kissed You
Save The Last Dance For Me
Only Sixteen
Sealed With A Kiss
Lipstick On Your Collar
From A Jack To A king
My Boy Lollipop
Ain’t That A Shame
Don’t Ever Change
Let’s Dance
Under The Boardwalk
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
Dream Lover
She Wears Red Feathers
Poetry In Motion
Blueberry Hill
Skaing All Over
Lucille

Album Cover

Partially re-issued as:

The Great Mud
album cover
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Tracks:
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear; ONly Sixteen; The Night Has A Thousand Eyes; ’Till I Kiised You; Save The Last Dance For Me; Sealed With A Kiss; From A JAck To A King; My Boy Lollipop; Ain’t That A Shame; Let’s Dance; Under The Boardwalk;Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini; Dream Lover; Poetry In Motion; Blueberry Hill; Shakin’ All Over

Sleeve Notes

Produced by Steve Colyer

Engineered by Terry Evenett and Steve COlyer

Research: Carol Gray and Adrian Rudge

Musicians:

Keyboards: Roger Cotton and Peter Giles
Bass: Ray Stiles
Guitars: Rib Davis
LA Percussion: ‘Strech’
Drums: Llopyd Courtenay
All vocals: Les Gray, Rob Davis, Ray Stiles, Roger Cotton

Special guests:
Mick Green on Shakin’ All Over
Q Tips: Brass on Lucille, Ain’t That A Shame, Blueberry Hill

Last but not least:
With love and thanks for brass arrangements and musicianship on Red Feathers, Lucille, Ain’t That A Shame , Blueberry Hill (great solo Al), Poetry In Motion: Alan Wakeman

Special thanks to Rob and Ray for all the overtime

This album was something of a mystery until very recently. I came across a copy of the CD during a record fair on Blackpool. Unfortunately the sleve gave no details at all and although I was convinced that Rob and Ray were there, I wasn’t sure. Thanks to Neil Tummon and Martin Peters I now have the missing details which I have added here.

Just how this fits in to the Mud story I’m still unlear about. Mud had split before it was recorded in 1982. Why they got back together for this recording I just don’t know.

As it features three of the original band it must be considered an official Mud recording, but the lack of original material is something of a disapointment. All the tracks were origianlly hits in the late 1950s or early 1960s and the quality of the musicianship and vocals is as good as ever.

Not one of my favourite albums, but it does contain several excellent recordings.

The album has been re-issued several times under slightly different names. The mpost recently available containes oonly 16 of the original 20 tracks (see above).