MUNGO JERRY - Electronically Tested (Red) Vinyl

Product Description 7A Records is proud to present our deluxe reissue of Mungo Jerry�s Electronically Tested. The album has been remastered and expanded with four bonus tracks and features extensive liner notes including Ray Dorset�s own recollections. Electronically Tested, Mungo Jerry�s second album, was first released in March 1971. Even the title clued in listeners that this was no ordinary record. As Ray Dorset reveals, �I came up with the name of the album. Durex used to have �electronically tested� written on their packets. I thought that was quite the talking point, if people in the know said, �That�s the same name as on the packet of condoms!� It was taboo to mention stuff like that.� Electronically Tested offered hints of the familiar via its inclusion of the UK #1 Hits �In the Summertime� and �Baby Jump,� but elsewhere, the album was pure, eclectic Mungo Jerry. Every side of Dorset�s talents as a singer, songwriter, and musician came to the fore on Electronically Tested, with his bandmates John Godfrey, Paul King, and Colin Earl�as well as producer Murray� joining him to create a joyful noise: �It�s got a lot of tracks that could have been singles in their own right. It was good for me to be able to play all that kind of stuff�. Mungo Jerry�s singular sound has been described as rock, folk, blues, country, good-time music, jug band music, pub rock, and gypsy rock�and that�s just a partial list. One can hear all of those elements in the disparate, timeless songs that form Electronically Tested. How would Mungo himself describe it? �It�s kind of rocky stuff. It�s got social commentary. It�s got all sorts of influences in there. It�s really best to say it�s Mungo Jerry music.� Electronically Tested originally peaked at # 14 on the U.K. Albums Chart the week of April 14, 1971. About the Artist Track listing - 1. She Rowed - 2. I Just Wanna Make Love To You - 3. In The Summertime - 4. Somebody Stole My Wife - 5. Baby Jump - 6. Follow Me Down - 7. Memoirs Of A Stockbroker - 8. You Better Leave That Whisky Alone - 9. Coming Back To You When The Time Comes - Bonus Tracks - 10. The Man Behind The Piano - 11. Lady Rose (Single Version) - 12. Have A Whiff On Me - 13. Little Louis