Jeff’s Playlist: ‘Hellbound Train’ (Savoy Brown)

Savoy Brown was a favorite of mine back in the ear­ly ‘70s. I col­lect­ed many of their albums when I was in high school and con­tin­ue to lis­ten to them today. Kim Simmons is the one con­stant band mem­ber through­out this group’s many dif­fer­ent lineups. 

Give this album a lis­ten, I think you might enjoy it.

As always, music/video is from YouTube; album info is from Wikipedia.

Hellbound Train is the eighth album by the band Savoy Brown. It was record­ed at Trident Studios, London, and was released by Parrot in 1972.

Track list­ing

“Doin’ Fine” (Andy Silvester, Kim Simmonds) – 2:46
“Lost and Lonely Child” (Simmonds) – 6:00
“I’ll Make Everything Alright” (Simmonds) – 3:18
“Troubled by these Days and Times” (Paul Raymond) – 5:43
“If I Could See an End” (Raymond, Simmonds) – 2:54
“It’ll Make You Happy” (Simmonds) – 3:26
“Hellbound Train” (Silvester, Simmonds) – 9:07

On the U.S. LP, the title track on Side 2 ends abrupt­ly, as if to add dra­mat­ic final­i­ty. On most cut­tings, the song ends just as the cut is brought to the runoff groove. On the Deram U.S. CD, the song fades out. The abrupt end­ing was restored on the BGO CD release, pair­ing this album with Street Corner Talking on a sin­gle CD.

Personnel

Savoy Brown
Kim Simmonds – gui­tar, har­mon­i­ca, vocals
Paul Raymond – gui­tar, key­boards, vocals
Andy Silvester – bass
Dave Walker – vocals
Dave Bidwell – drums

Additional

Neil Slaven – pro­duc­er (for Gruggy Woof)
Roy Thomas Baker – engi­neer
David Anstey – art­work (cov­er paint­ing and b&w gate­fold com­ic strip)

Released       February 1972
Recorded       1972
Studio             Trident Studios, London
Label              Decca, Parrot
Producer        Neil Slaven