Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll's Albums

It's time to give some well-deserved Attention and Open praise for Brian Auger, the Hammond organ maestro of Jazz-Rock. It's Definitely What's needed, as I believe this may be the first Brian Auger tribute thread. He formed a musical partnership with Julie Driscoll - affectionately known together as Jools and Brian - and they formed a band known as Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity back in 1967. They recorded some jazzy Streetnoise music together Befour Brian branched out away from Jools aboard his Oblivion Express train in search of A Better Land in 1970. Brian Auger now had a Second Wind with his new band and a new sound, and when it comes to powerhouse Jazz-Rock, Brian Auger's Oblivion Express was Closer To It than ever before. It was now full steam Straight Ahead with Reinforcements added to the band line-up at various stages, especially when it came to performing Live Oblivion. There were inevitable Happiness Heartaches along the way, but Brian reunited in an Encore album with Julie Driscoll (now known as Julie Tippetts, after marrying Jazz musician Keith Tippett) in 1978. Having temporarily left Oblivion Express behind, Brian Auger now set out on a Search Party for a new band in 1981, bringing  us up to the Here and Now in 1984. Brian realised his Keys to the Heart still lay with Oblivion Express and he reformed his band in 1987 with some Voices From Other Times. Finally, Looking in the Eye of the World in 2005, Brian Auger finally discovered the Language of the Heart in his most recent studio album in 2012.  All albums highlighted in Red in chronological order of release.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 25 2021 at 16:05

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Streetnoise is just plain groovy and the Oblivion express live at the Whiskey vols 1 & 2 are fab funky fests of Hammond! 'Straight ahead' and 'Closer to it!' are really cool lps too

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 20 2021 at 14:17

tszirmay wrote: Bumpin' on Sunset is a classic piece of bliss and groove.

I wasn't sure who you were talking about until I searched it on YouTube and found he was a part of Steampacket.

I have Open, Streetnoise, and the next 6 lp's all on old vinyl.

Edited by dr wu23 - January 20 2021 at 19:51

The original version of Cry Me a River on Brian Auger's  "Attention" (1965) album was performed by gravelly-voiced singer, Long John Baldry, but I much prefer this soft and sultry later version, sung beautifully by Brian's daughter, Savannah Grace Auger. 

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 22 2021 at 10:22

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity - A "Groovy" TV special from 1968.

kenethlevine wrote: The only one I know is supposedly not one of the better ones, "A Better Land", but I quite like it

   Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity - Jools & Brian (1969) I Didn't Want to Have to Do It -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLcWNyTcvXG5D4xjE3STyfy

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 22 2021 at 10:32

A (relatively) contemporary band with a obvious deep love of Mr Auger is 'London Underground'.. bizarrely mostly Italian musicians (with connections with the band 'Standarte' from the 90's who had a really Vincent Crane thing going on) but the music is cool, funky, Hammond-filled goodness (and i think they cover a couple of Streetnoise and Oblivion express numbers