Green Bullfrog
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| Studio album by Green Bullfrog | |
| Released | 19 March 1971 |
| Recorded | 20 April & 23 May 1970, 4 January 1971 |
| Studio | De Lane Lea Studios, London |
| Genre | Rock |
| Label | Decca DL-75269 |
| Producer | Derek Lawrence, Engineer: Martin Birch |
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Green Bullfrog is a rock album recorded by an ad-hoc band of musicians under the guidance of producer Derek Lawrence. The bulk of the album was recorded over two sessions at De Lane Lea Studios, London in 1970, with later string and brass overdubs. It was originally released in 1971, with reissues in 1980 and 1991.
For contractual reasons, the original album listed pseudonyms in the credits, which led to speculation as to who actually performed on the record. The musicians were eventually confirmed as including Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Paice, Procol Harum's Matthew Fisher, and session guitarists Albert Lee and Big Jim Sullivan.
The album was the idea of producer Derek Lawrence, who assembled a group of musicians with whom he had worked in the 1960s. Guitarist Albert Lee had been working with Lawrence as a session player, and the original idea had been to record with former Screaming Lord Sutch bassist Tony Dangerfield. However, the sessions did not work out, so the pair decided to invite other session musicians and Sutch alumni and record a studio jam.
The album was recorded in two overnight sessions on 20 April and 23 May 1970 at Kingsway Studios (later De Lane Lea Studios), London, starting at 11pm.Deep Purple and former Lord Sutch guitarist Ritchie Blackmore had previously worked with Lawrence, and bought along Purple's drummer Ian Paice. Blackmore and Paice arrived at the studio directly from Deep Purple gigs on both occasions. Session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan was invited as he had originally taught Blackmore how to play guitar and was greatly admired by him. Guitarist Rod Alexander was friends with Blackmore and worked in a music shop on nearby Charing Cross Road. He arrived at the session to deliver some guitar strings, and was persuaded to stay. All the musicians had wanted to play together for some time, but were too busy with touring or session work to do so. Singer Earl Jordan had been doing sessions with the Les Humphries Singers. He put down guide vocals during the main session, then re-recorded all his parts after everyone else had left.
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