DR FEELGOOD – MALPRACTICE LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ A3/B1 UK 1975 WILKO JOHNSON

Dr Feelgood – Malpractice
(United Artists Records  1975  UAS29880)
Matrix No’s: A3/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges and sticker mark in top left corner

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

Dr. Feelgood are a British pub rock band formed in 1971. Hailing from Canvey Island, Essex, they are best known for early singles like “Back in the Night” and “Roxette“. The group’s original distinctively British R&B sound was centred on Wilko Johnson’s choppy guitar style. Along with Johnson, the original band line-up included singer Lee Brilleaux and the rhythm section of John B. Sparks, known as “Sparko”, on bass guitar and John Martin, known as “The Big Figure”, on drums. Although their most commercially productive years were the early to mid-1970s, and in spite of Brilleaux’s death in 1994 of lymphoma, a version of the band (featuring none of the original members) continues to tour and record to this day.

Malpractice was the second Dr. Feelgood album, released in October 1975.

The album reached number 17 in the UK Albums Chart in November 1975, and remained in that chart for six weeks. It was their first recording to chart, and appeared almost two years before their first single to do so in the corresponding UK Singles Chart – “Sneakin’ Suspicion” (June 1977).

Malpractice saw Dr. Feelgood break into the UK Top 20, the success of the release a gauge of a change in the musical climate. With their drainpipe suits, short hair, and surly demeanour, they were as influential as any at the inception of punk rock.

The album was re-issued in August 1990 on the Grand Records label in both vinyl and CD formats.

Track listing

1. “I Can Tell” (Ellas McDaniel, Samuel F. Smith) 2:46
2. “Going Back Home” (Mick Green, Wilko Johnson) 4:00
3. “Back in the Night” (Wilko Johnson) 3:18
4. “Another Man” (Wilko Johnson) 2:55
5. “Rolling and Tumbling” (McKinley Morganfield) 3:12
6. “Don’t Let Your Daddy Know” (Wilko Johnson) 2:57
7. “Watch Your Step” (Bobby Parker) 3:23
8. “Don’t You Just Know It” (Huey “Piano” Smith, Johnny Vincent) 3:49
9. “Riot in Cell Block No. 9” (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) 3:40
10. “Because You’re Mine” (Wilko Johnson, Nick Lowe, Sparks) 4:54
11. “You Shouldn’t Call the Doctor (If You Can’t Afford the Bills)” (Wilko Johnson) 2:36

Personnel

• Lee Brilleaux – guitar, harmonica, lead vocals
• Wilko Johnson – guitar, backing vocals
• The Big Figure – drums
• John B. Sparks – bass
• Vic Maile – producer
• Bob Andrews – piano, keyboards, saxophone
• Doug Bennett – engineer, advisor
• Keith Morris – photography