Jess Roden Band - You Can Leave Your Hat On b/w Under Suspicion (1976) - single

Jess Roden’s second solo album, the first to be credited to The Jess Roden Band was recorded at Island Studios in Hammersmith and features some quality musicians on nine well written tracks which are a mix of band member penned originals and covers.
Roden is joined by guitarists Steve Webb and Bruce Roberts, bass player John Cartwright, drummer Pete Hunt and the horn section of Chris Gower and Ronnie Taylor.
The album kicks off with a cover of Randy Newman’s ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On’.

A - You Can Leave Your Hat On
Written-By – Randy Newman / Producer – Geoffrey Haslam / Arranged By [Horns] – Derek Wadsworth
B - Under Suspicion
Written-By, Producer – Jess Roden

Genre:  Blues Rock
Label:  Island Records
Catalog#  16869 AT

(P) 1976

Jess Roden Band - All Night Long b/w Jump Mama (1976) - single

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He formed The Jess Roden Band (originally Iguana - based in Southampton). The initial album sessions were with Steve Smith (and featured Steve Winwood on Hammond) but these were eventually discarded in favour of producer Geoff Haslam with whom the group's first two studio albums were recorded. The second studio album from Jess Roden Band, “Play It Dirty . . Play It Class” featured the no charts record “All Night Long”.

Always a major touring draw, the band never achieved significant record sales and disbanded in early 1977 just after the release of their live album, “Blowin'”.

A - All Night Long
Written-By:  Jess Roden / Produdec-By: Geoffrey Haslam
B - Jump Mama
Written-By:  Jess Roden / Produdec-By: Geoffrey Haslam

Label:  Island Records
Genre:  Blues, Rock
Catalog#  17479 AT

℗ 1976