Scarabus

Infobox Album
Name = Scarabus
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Ian Gillan Band


Released = October 1977
Recorded = Kingsway Recorders, London, UK
Genre = Jazz-Rock fusion
Length = 41:20
Label = Island Records
Producer = Ian Gillan Band
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|1.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jsrb284c05oa link]
Last album =Clear Air Turbulence
(1977)
This album = "Scarabus"
(1977)
Next album = Live at the Budokan
(1978)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Cover of the 1989 release

"Scarabus" is an album by British jazz-rock fusion band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1977. The album was reissued in 1989 by Virgin Records on CD. The reissue also included an extra track, "My Baby Loves Me". This previously unreleased live track, recorded live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan on September 22 1977, was originally part of the double LP set Live at the Budokan, and had been omitted from the UK release in error.

Track listing

Side 1
# "Scarabus" (Ian Gillan, John Gustafson, Ray Fenwick, Colin Towns, Mark Nauseef)—4.53
# "Twin Exhausted" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—4.08
# "Poor Boy Hero" ((Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—3.08
# "Mercury High" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—3.31
# "Pre-release" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—4.22

Side 2
# "Slags To Bitches" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—5.09
# "Apathy" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—4.19
# "Mad Elaine" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—4.15
# "Country Lights" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—3.16
# "Fool's Mate" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—4.19

Personnel

* Ian Gillan - vocals
* Colin Towns - keyboards and flutes
* John Gustafson - bass and vocals
* Ray Fenwick - guitars and vocals
* Mark Nauseef - drums and percussion