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Last Night of a Pub Rock Band is precisely what it says, a double-live album recorded at London's 100 Club on July 1, 1975, as Ducks Deluxe finally bowed out of the pub rock scene they had done so much to instigate. It's a rough and ready recording made on a basic two-track tape recorder and further embattled by poor sound. But if you want a taste of what made Ducks Deluxe such a great band and an inkling as to why their studio albums never cut the mustard, Last Night of a Pub Rock Band will tell you all you need to know -- and then some. The set is largely comprised of covers -- just four of the 18 songs are Sean Tyla originals and one more was written by former bassist Nick Garvey. But almost without exception, the group makes even the most distinctive song their own, be it a rumbling "Proud Mary," a desperate "Knocking on Heaven's Door," or a positively ferocious "Teenage Head," Ducks Deluxe's own acknowledgement that the Flamin' Groovies were the only band of the era that could even dream of staying in the same room as them.
Another treat is reserved for the final burst of songs, as a steady stream of guests mounted the stage to say their own goodbyes to the band: Lee Brilleaux, Martin Stone, Bob Andrews, and Nick Lowe. But the night and the album belong to Ducks Deluxe, and for anybody who remembers them fondly, it's still difficult to hear the closing number, "Going Down the Road," without shedding a tiny tear of regret -- regret that they didn't last, regret that they never "made it," and, most of all, regret that it's for those failures that they're best remembered. They were worth so much more.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Nick Garvey, Composer - Sean Tyla, Composer - Martin Belmont, Composer - Sean Tyler, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist - Tim Roper, Composer - Timothy Roper, Composer
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John Fogerty, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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Jerry Leiber, Composer - Mike Stoller, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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Sean Tyla, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, Composer, MainArtist
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Bob Dylan, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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BERT RUSSELL, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, Composer, MainArtist
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Bob Dylan, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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John Fogerty, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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Sean Tyla, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, Composer, MainArtist
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Sean Tyla, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, Composer, MainArtist
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Marvin Broadie, Composer - JOHN MARKS, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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Cyril Jordan, Composer - Roy Loney, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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Nick Garvey, Composer - Sean Tyla, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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Bobby Troup, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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Chuck Berry, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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MICK JAGGER, Composer - Keith Richard, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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MICK JAGGER, Composer - Keith Richard, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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Traditional, Composer - Lee Hays, Composer - Woody Guthrie, Composer - Ducks Deluxe, MainArtist
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Album review
Last Night of a Pub Rock Band is precisely what it says, a double-live album recorded at London's 100 Club on July 1, 1975, as Ducks Deluxe finally bowed out of the pub rock scene they had done so much to instigate. It's a rough and ready recording made on a basic two-track tape recorder and further embattled by poor sound. But if you want a taste of what made Ducks Deluxe such a great band and an inkling as to why their studio albums never cut the mustard, Last Night of a Pub Rock Band will tell you all you need to know -- and then some. The set is largely comprised of covers -- just four of the 18 songs are Sean Tyla originals and one more was written by former bassist Nick Garvey. But almost without exception, the group makes even the most distinctive song their own, be it a rumbling "Proud Mary," a desperate "Knocking on Heaven's Door," or a positively ferocious "Teenage Head," Ducks Deluxe's own acknowledgement that the Flamin' Groovies were the only band of the era that could even dream of staying in the same room as them.
Another treat is reserved for the final burst of songs, as a steady stream of guests mounted the stage to say their own goodbyes to the band: Lee Brilleaux, Martin Stone, Bob Andrews, and Nick Lowe. But the night and the album belong to Ducks Deluxe, and for anybody who remembers them fondly, it's still difficult to hear the closing number, "Going Down the Road," without shedding a tiny tear of regret -- regret that they didn't last, regret that they never "made it," and, most of all, regret that it's for those failures that they're best remembered. They were worth so much more.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:08
- Main artists: Ducks Deluxe
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Cherry Red Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
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