Artist: Climax Blues Band
Genre: Blues Rock
Climax Blues Band are an English blues rock band formed in Stafford in 1968. Originally called the Climax Chicago Blues Band, they shortened their name in the 1970s. The band achieved their greatest success in the late 1970s with their hit 'Couldn't Get It Right,' which reached the Top 10 in the US. Their music evolved from traditional blues to blues rock with pop elements. The band featured skilled musicianship and incorporated various influences including jazz and progressive rock into their blues foundation. Despite numerous lineup changes over the decades, Climax Blues Band has continued performing and recording. They represent British blues rock's evolution from purist blues to more commercially accessible blues-influenced rock. The band maintains a following particularly in Europe and continues to tour, demonstrating the enduring appeal of blues-based rock music.
Climax Blues Band vinyl records (20)
CLIMAX CHICAGO Towards The Sun (1971 UK A label demonstration vinyl 7 for the single release with intact four prong centre & release date of 13.8.71 on the label also featuring Every Day Harvest company die cut paper sleeve HAR5041)
£34.00 used
CLIMAX BLUES BAND Shine On (1978 UK Burbank label 8-track LP gatefold picture sleeve. The cover shows some faint edge discolouring & minor scuffing & the vinyl still looks barely played K56461) Track Listing: 1. Makin Love 2. Mistress Moonshine 3. When Talking Is Too Much Trouble 4. The Gospel Singer 5
£12.00 used
CLIMAX BLUES BAND Stamp Album (1975 UK 9-track LP from the British blues rockers including the single Using The Power picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signsof play BTM1004) Track Listing: Using The Power 4:28 Mr
£17.00 used
CLIMAX BLUES BAND Gold Plated (1976 UK 8-track LP gatefold picture sleeve with superb montage of band photos across the inner spread. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs ofplay BTM1009) Track Listing: 1. Together And Free 3:52 2
£20.00 used
CLIMAX BLUES BAND Sense Of Direction (1974 UK 8-track vinyl LP picture sleeve. The sleeve has some discolouring with age yet the vinyl appears seldom played) Track Listing: 1. Amerita 2. Sense Of Direction 3. Losin The Humbles 4. Shopping Bag People 5. Nogales 6. Reaching Out 7. Right Now 8. Before You Reach The Grave 9
£14.00 used
CLIMAX BLUES BAND Dance The Night Away (1980 UK 7 vinyl single also including Blackjack & Me picture sleeve. The sleeve has only minor storage wear and the vinyl looks barely played K17754)
£7.99 used
CLIMAX BLUES BAND Sample And Hold (1982 UK 10-track LP complete with illustrated lyric inner picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a bit of edge scuffing & the vinyl looks barely played V2258) Track Listing: Friends In High Places Sign Of the Times Walking On Sunset Shine Movie Queen Heaven & Hell Listen To The Night Doin Alright Im Ready The End Of the Seven Seas
£12.00 used
CLIMAX BLUES BAND Lucky For Some (1981 German 9-track LP glossy picture sleeve which shows a little wear to edges with barely played near as new vinyl within WBK56962) Track Listing: Victim Cuttin Up Rough Shake It Lucy Oceans Apart Breakdown Darlin This Time Youre The Singer Last Chance Saloon Theyd Never Believe Us
£12.00 used
CLIMAX CHICAGO Tightly Knit (Blues Rock Psych 1971 UK first press 9-track LP on the green Harvest label with EMI logo & Gramophone perimeter credit. Comes housed in an Hipgnosis designed sleeve with flipbacks & Harvest catalogue inner. The sleeve shows light ring wear scuffing & the vinyl is Excellent with very little sign of play SHSP4015) Track Listing: 1
£28.00 used
CLIMAX BLUES BAND Gotta Have More Love (1980 UK 7 vinyl single also featuring One For Me And You WEA company die cut paper sleeve K17733) Track Listing: Gotta Have More Love One For Me & You
£7.99 used