The Battle of North West Six
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The Battle of North West Six is the second album by the Keef Hartley Band. At the time, Hartley's six-piece group was appearing augmented with a brass section as The Keef Hartley Big Band, and a number of songs on the album feature this extended line-up.

1969 LP

Deram SML 1054 (UK), DES 18035 (US)
  1. "The Dansette Kid / "Hartley Jam for Bread" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 3:59
  2. "Don't Give Up" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 4:07
  3. "Me and My Woman" (Barge) – 4:24
  4. "Hickory" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 2:45
  5. "Don't Be Afraid" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Dines, Thain) – 4:25
  6. "Not Foolish, Not Wise" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 3:56
  7. "Waiting Around" (Hewitson, Hartley, Thain) – 2:29
  8. "Tadpole" (Hewitson, Hartley, Thain) – 7:00
  9. "Poor Mabel (You're Just Like Me)" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 3:08
  10. "Believe In You" (Hewitson, Hartley, Thain) – 5:23

Personnel

  • Keef Hartley
    Keef Hartley
    Keef Hartley was an English drummer and bandleader. He fronted the Keef Hartley Band, and played at Woodstock. Hartley was later a member of Dog Soldier, and variously worked with Rory Storm, The Artwoods and John Mayall.-Biography:Hartley was born in Preston, Lancashire, England...

     – Drums, Percussion
  • Miller Anderson
    Miller Anderson (musician)
    Miller Anderson is a UK based blues guitarist and singer.Apart from pursuing his own solo career, he was a member of the Keef Hartley Band. Other groups Anderson has been associated with are; the Spencer Davis Group, Broken Glass, The Dukes, Savoy Brown, T.Rex and Chicken Shack...

     – Vocals, Guitars (various)
  • Henry Lowther
    Henry Lowther (musician)
    Henry Lowther is an English jazz trumpeter.Lowther's first experience was on cornet in a Salvation Army band. He studied violin briefly at the Royal Academy of Music but returned to trumpet by 1960 though he sometimes played violin professionally...

     – Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Violin, Brass arrangements
  • Jim Jewell – Tenor Saxophone
  • Gary Thain
    Gary Thain
    Gary Mervin Thain was a rock bassist, best known for his work with British band, Uriah Heep.-Biography:Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thain was part of the rock trio The New Nadir, and with the drummer Peter Dawkins, he travelled from New Zealand to London, and once jammed with Jimi Hendrix...

     – Bass Guitar
  • Spit James – Guitar
  • Mick Weaver
    Mick Weaver
    Mick Weaver is a session musician best known for his playing of the Hammond B3 organ and is a much respected exponent of the Blues and Funk styles.-Career:...

     – Organ, Piano, Percussion
  • Mike Davis – Trumpet
  • Harry Beckett
    Harry Beckett
    Harold Winston "Harry" Beckett was a British trumpeter and flugelhorn player.-Biography:A resident in the UK since 1954, Harry Beckett had an international reputation. In 1961, he played with Charles Mingus in the film All Night Long. In the 1960s he worked and recorded within the band of bass...

     – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
  • Lyn Dobson
    Lyn Dobson
    Lyn Dobson is a British musician, noted as a jazz-rock flautist and saxophonist. He appeared with Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames and Manfred Mann in the mid 1960s and then with Soft Machine and Keef Hartley as well as playing on albums by Nick Drake and John Martyn.After the 1970s he worked in...

     – Tenor Saxophone, Flute
  • Chris Mercer – Tenor Saxophone
  • Barbara Thompson – Baritone Saxophone, Flute
  • Ray Warleigh
    Ray Warleigh
    Raymond 'Ray' Kenneth Warleigh , is a leading UK-based alto saxophonist and flautist...

     – Flute
  • Mick Taylor
    Mick Taylor
    Michael Kevin "Mick" Taylor is an English musician, best known as a former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and The Rolling Stones...

     – Guitar
  • Derek Varnals – Recording Engineer
  • Adrian Martins – Assistant Engineer
  • John Punter
    John Punter
    John Punter is an English music producer and recording engineer. He has worked with many bands and musicians, such as Japan, Procol Harum, Roxy Music and Slade. His career in music spanned over 30 years and many different genres...

    – Assistant Engineer
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