| WEST, BRUCE & LAING "Why Dontcha" | |
| Artist | West, Bruce & Laing |
| Album Title | Why Dontcha |
| Released: | 1973 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Styles: | Guitar Virtuoso, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll |
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Imagine the heaviness of Mountain, without much of the elastic interplay of Cream, and you have West, Bruce & Laing's Why Dontcha. Bruce's supple bass work helps elevate much of this beyond mere workman-like hard trio rock, particularly on "Shake Ma' Thing," "The Doctor," and the title cut. |
| TRACK | SONG |
| 1. | Why Dontcha? -- (Bruce/Laing/West) |
| 2. | Out into the Fields -- (Brown/Bruce/Laing/West) |
| 3. | Doctor -- (Bruce/Laing/Palmer/West) |
| 4. | Turn Me Over -- (Bruce/Laing/West) |
| 5. | Third Degree -- (Boyd) |
| 6. | Shake Ma Thing (Rollin Jack) -- (Bruce/Laing/West) |
| 7. | While You Sleep -- (Bruce/Laing/West) |
| 8. | Pleasure -- (Brown/Bruce/Laing/West) |
| 9. | Love Is Worth the Blues -- (Bruce/Laing/West) |
| 10. | Pollution Women -- (Brown/Bruce/Laing/West) |
| ALBUM RELEASES | |||
| YEAR | FORMAT | PUBLISHER | NUMBER |
| CD | Columbia | CK-31929 | |
| 1973 | LP | Columbia | CQ-31929 |
| MUSICIANS | |
| Jack Bruce | Organ, Synthesizer, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Harmonica, Piano, Harmonium, Harp, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Choir, Chorus, Producer |
| Corky Laing | Drums, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals |
| Leslie West | Guitar (Acoustic), Dobro, Guitar, Vocals |
| PRODUCTION CREDITS | |
| Corky Laing | Producer |
| Andy Johns | Producer, Engineer |
| Ed Lee | Art Direction, Design, Photography |
| Dan Turbeville | Assistant Engineer |
| Leslie West | Producer |
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