- Burning Up Years
Infobox Album |
Name = Burning Up Years
Type = studio
Artist =The Human Instinct
Background = lightsteelblue
Released = 1969
Recorded = Stebbing Studios,Auckland
Genre =Blues-rock
Length = 36:50
Label = Marble Arch
Producer = Guy Morris
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39ftxqtkldfe link]
Last album =
This album = "Burning Up Years"
(1969)
Next album = "Stoned Guitar " (1970)"Burning Up Years" was the debut album by
New Zealand blues-rock bandThe Human Instinct . It was released in 1969 and reissued on CD by Ascension Records in 2001.The album's title track was a version of a 1969 song by
Birmingham progressive rock trioHard Meat . Hard Meat's original version appeared as the B-side of their cover ofThe Beatles ' "Rain"). [ [http://www.dinosaurdays.co.za/Groups/hardmeat.html Dinosaurdays - Hard Meat ] ]Other cover versions on the album were
The Kinks ' "You Really Got Me " andNeil Young 's "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere " (listed as "I Think I'll Go Back Home" and wrongly credited to New Zealand-born songwriter/guitaristJesse Harper ).Track listing
# "Blues News" (Jesse Harper) – 3:35
# "Maiden Voyage" (Maurice Greer) – 5:21
# "Fall Down" (Harper) – 2:52
# "I Think I'll Go Back Home" (Harper) – 3:21
# "Ashes and Matches" (Harper) – 4:04
# "You Really Got Me " (Ray Davies ) – 3:24
# "Burning Up Years" (Mike Dolan/Mick Carless/Steve Dolan) – 14:10)Personnel
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Billy TK — guitar
*Maurice Greer — vocals, drums
*Larry Waide — bassReferences
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