Tony McPhee & Friends - I Asked For Water, She Gave Me Gasoline (Liberty 1969) 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip

I Asked for Water, She Gave Me Gasoline is the second album of (mostly) acoustic blues stylings from Tony McPhee and some talented friends – including Jo-Ann Kelly, Andy Fernbach, Graham Hines and Brett Marvin –, but it’s not quite a repeat of the prior album (Me and The Devil). The playing is more incisive and the boldness is ratcheted up at least half a notch, vocally as well as instrumentally. The overall effect, at times, is one of the "blackest"-sounding blues albums ever generated by white Englishmen (and Englishwomen), even if the presence of drums does present a slightly modernistic intrusion. This is distinctly a more late-'60s record at times, in sound and intent, than its predecessor, but that's not a problem when you're dealing with talent this prodigious, because it's all honest and unaffected. Bruce Eder AMG

This album is in 'as new' condition and sounds wonderful!

Track listing:
A1. Oh Death. Jo-Ann Kelly (vocal, guitar) Tony T.S. McPhee (vocal, guitar)
A2. She’s Gone. Andy Fernbach Connexion
A3. Factory Blues. Graham Hines (vocal, guitar)
A4. Boogie Woman. John Lewis (piano, vocal)
A5. Nervous. Jim Pitts (vocal, harmonica) John Lewis (piano)
A6. Crazy With The Blues. Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts
A7. Lord I Feel Tired. Jim James (vocal, guitar) Raphael Callaghan (harmonica)
A8. Gasoline. Tony T.S. McPhee (vocal, guitar)
B1. Rock Me. Jo-Ann Kelly (vocal), Groundhogs
B2. London’s Got The Blues. John Lewis (vocal, piano)
B3. Love’s In Vain. Graham Hines (vocal, guitar)
B4. Dust My Blues. Jo-Ann Kelly (vocal), Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts
B5. Built My Hopes Too High. Andy Fernbach Connexion
B6. Don’t Pass The Hat Around. Tony T.S. McPhee (vocal, guitar)
B7. When My Woman Is With Me. Jim James (vocal, guitar) Raphael Callaghan (harmonica)
B8. I’m So Tired. Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts

Andy Fernbach Connexion:
Andy Fernbach (vocal, guitar), J. D. Fanger (guitar)
Bob Rowe (bass), Philip Crowther (drums)
Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts:
Pete Gibson (vocal, trombone), Graham Hines (vocal, guitar)
Jim Pitts (vocal, mandolin, piano), John Randel (washboard)
Keith Truffell (zob stick)
Groundhogs:
Tony T.S. McPhee (guitar), Pete Cruickshank (bass), Ken Pustelnik (drums)

Produced by Tony T.S. McPhee for Groundhog Productions.
Recorded during June 1969 at Central Sound Studios, London.