Mungo Jerry - Somelight

Size: 120.8 MB
Time: 51:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues Rock, Rock
Art: Front

01. Midnight City (3:54)
02. Lord What Have We Done (4:03)
03. Whole Lotta Rhythm (5:23)
04. The Lockdown Thank You Song (3:01)
05. Happy To Be (3:34)
06. Country Woman (5:52)
07. Let's Do It Again (5:55)
08. The Colour Of Love (3:07)
09. The Right Song (3:33)
10. Home Alone (3:09)
11. Corona Virus Blues (3:54)
12. A Plea For The Planet (5:45)

Some Light is the latest Mungo Jerry album, and it is packed with a dozen life-affirming songs. It is a tour-de-force, triumphant celebration of life.

Overall, it is so good that it seems to contain much, much more than the dozen brilliantly crafted songs therein. You could even call it a concept album, if that’s not too cheesy a thing to say. It is arguably the best MJ album ever released.

Ray Dorset and Mungo Jerry are two sides of the same gold sovereign.

Music moves elementally through Ray Dorset, and it is hard to say who is in control on this album. The musician Ray Dorset? Or the Mungo Jerry Muse that has driven this irrepressible force of nature to produce his music for more than six decades.

This hypnotising album is a musical gem. Ray’s band grooves in harmonious sync, amid a framework of the highest production values.

Some Light was conceived, composed and recorded during the darkest days of the 2020/21 Pandemic and light itself is the energy that shines through this astonishing output.

Ray squared up to the modern plague by producing this truly classic Mungo Jerry collection. Some Light is his plea to humanity to stop destroying the planet and going against Nature, a cause he has been crusading since the late 1960s.

But have we left it too late? Some Light poses that question in a beautifully crafted way. The title tips a wink at the inclusion of uniquely ‘light’ Mungo Jerry songs. They defiantly and cheerfully proclaim the endurance of the human spirit in these strange times. ~Mick O’Hanlon

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Mungo Jerry - 100% Live In Baden Baden

Size: 162,7+98,8 MB
Time: 69:30+38:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. Let's Roll (Let 'er Roll) (6:08)
02. Rock Me Mama (2:51)
03. Kicking Back (3:01)
04. Morning Dew (5:22)
05. The Wind Is Blowing (6:32)
06. One More Night Without You (5:07)
07. That's Why I Sing The Blues (4:24)
08. Touch The Sky (5:28)
09. I Had A Bird (6:42)
10. All I Wanna Do (4:42)
11. With A Girl Like You (6:40)
12. Margarita (6:17)
13. I'll Be A Hippy 'til I Die (6:10)

CD 2:
01. Rhythm Is A Healer (9:58)
02. Lady Rose (7:00)
03. Feels Like I'm In Love (5:29)
04. In The Summertime (5:34)
05. Make Me Happy (5:34)
06. Baby Jump (2:39)
07. If You Had A Good Time Say Yeah (2:05)

Personnel:
Ray Dorset aka Mungo Jerry: Lead Vocals, Guitars, Blues Harp, Kazoo
Jon Playle: Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Bob White: Drums
Toby Hounshan: Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Good-time band, Mungo Jerry struck it big in the early 1970s with one of the classic summer hits, In The Summertime. Noted for their rhythmic approach shaped by old jug bands and skiffle music, they were formed by Ray Dorset and Colin Earl - both previously members of another group, The Good Earth - who recruited Paul King and Mike Cole and in 1970 formed Mungo Jerry, taking their name from T.S Eliot's poem Mungojerrie And Rumpelteazer. The irresistible In The Summertime was their first single, topping the charts in 26 countries and going on to sell 30 million copies. Mike Cole was soon replaced by John Godfrey on bass as they followed it with two more big summery hits, Baby Jump and Lady Rose. Instantly recognisable with his fuzzy hair and raspy voice, Ray Dorset was the unquestioned star of the band and, feeling restricted by their simplistic good-time format, he released a far more serious solo album Cold Blue Excursion in 1972. With dissension in the ranks, King and Earl left - going on to form King Earl Boogie Band - while Dorset and Godfrey continued to score Mungo Jerry hits with new members. In 1983 Dorset formed a blues group Katmandu with Peter Green and Vincent Crane, but intermittently revived Mungo Jerry, whose profile rose again when reggae singer Shaggy had a hit with a revival of In The Summertime. They continued to remain popular at European blues and jazz festivals and in 2012 released a new album, Cool Jesus.

100% Live In Baden Baden CD 1
100% Live In Baden Baden CD 2

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Mungo Jerry - Kicking Back

Size: 142,6 MB
Time: 61:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues Rock, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Wiggle And Waggle ( 4:54)
02. Kickin' Back ( 5:40)
03. One Hundred Miles ( 6:38)
04. I Had A Dream (10:01)
05. La, La, La ( 8:51)
06. One More Night Without You ( 4:51)
07. The Wind Is Blowin' ( 8:21)
08. Would You Like To Ride ( 4:58)
09. Wiggle And Waggle (Drum Solo Version) ( 7:08)

Mungo Jerry are one of rock's great one-hit successes. Outside of England, they're known for exactly one song, but that song, "In the Summertime," is a seasonal anthem known by listeners who weren't even born when it was released. Mungo Jerry was a solid blues outfit as well -- in fact, one suspects they were the kind of blues band that purists Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies would have loved, had they ever intersected -- and knew how to get the most out of their jug band sound, which helped them survive for decades.

Mungo Jerry were formed in 1970 by singer/guitarist Ray Dorset (born March 21, 1946), who had a fascination with early rock & roll sounds, as well as skiffle and blues. The other original members were Mike Cole on upright bass; Paul King on guitar, kazoo, and jug; Joe Rush playing washboard; and Colin Earl at the keyboards. Dorset and Earl had first hooked up in the Good Earth, a group with a mixed rock & roll and blues sound that cut some tracks for the mid-priced Saga label, none of which sold. Cole, King, and Rush came aboard and the lineup was complete. The name Mungo Jerry -- from a T.S. Eliot poem -- came next, with a contract from Pye Records.

Kicking Back

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