Dr Feelgood:‘All Through The City (With Wilko 1974-1977)’
Lee Brilleaux, Wilko Johnson, Sparko and The Big Figure came busting out of Canvey Island, on the Essex Delta, in 1971 - all cheap suits, an uneasy air of menace and some of the tightest and hardest R&B around.
Dr. Feelgood’s distinctive British R&B sound was centred on Wilko Johnson’s choppy guitar style, Lee Brilleaux’s sneering pre-punk growl and a solid rhythm section.
Their name derived from a slang term for heroin or for a doctor who was willing to overprescribe drugs. It is also a reference to a 1962 record by the American blues pianist and singer Willie Perryman.
Dr. Feelgood was known primarily for their high energy live performances, although studio albums like Down by the Jetty (1974) and Malpractice (1975) were also incredibly popular.
Their 1976 breakthrough live album, Stupidity reached No.1 in the Official UK Album Chart. Shortly after the band released their fourth album, Sneakin’ Suspicion (1977), Johnson departed to pursue a solo career.
The list of '70s New Wave bands who acknowledge the influence of Wilko and the Feelgoods is extensive and includes The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Jam, The Boomtown Rats, and across the Atlantic The Ramones and Blondie (who spent a whole night at a New York party wearing out their specially imported copy of the Feelgood's first album, 'Down by the Jetty').
In 2009 Julien Temple’s Oil City Confidential; a fascinating full-length feature film documentary about Dr. Feelgood, received many accolades including the MOJO Vision Award at the MOJO Honours List 2010.
Discs 1 and 2 are made up by their first four albums - Down By The Jetty, Malpractice, Stupidity and Sneakin’ Suspicion. Disc 3 features 16 previously unissued tracks - 13 studio recordings and three live tracks.
Tracklisting:
Disc 1:
1. She Does It Right (2006 - Remaster)
2. Boom Boom (2006 - Remaster)
3. The More I Give (2006 - Remaster)
4. Roxette (2006 - Remaster)
5. One Weekend (2006 - Remaster)
6. That Ain't the Way to Behave (2006 - Remaster)
7. I Don't Mind (2006 - Remaster)
8. Twenty Yards Behind (2006 - Remaster)
9. Keep It Out of Sight (2006 - Remaster)
10. All Through the City (2006 - Remaster)
11. Cheque Book (2006 - Remaster)
12. Oyeh! (2006 - Remaster)
13. Bonie Moronie/Tequila (2006 - Remaster)
14. I Can Tell (2012 - Remaster)
15. Going Back Home (2012 - Remaster)
16. Back in the Night (2012 - Remaster)
17. Another Man (2012 - Remaster)
18. Rolling and Tumbling (2012 - Remaster)
19. Don't Let Your Daddy Know (2012 - Remaster)
20. Watch Your Step (2012 - Remaster)
21. Don't You Just Know It (2012 - Remaster)
22. Riot in Cell Block Number Nine (2012 - Remaster)
23. Because You're Mine (2012 - Remaster)
24. You Shouldn't Call the Doctor (If You Can't Afford the Bills) (2012 - Remaster)
Disc 2:
1. I'm Talking About You (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
2. Twenty Yards Behind (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
3. Stupidity (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
4. All Through the City (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
5. I'm a Man (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
6. Walking the Dog (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
7. She Does It Right (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
8. Going Back Home (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
9. I Don't Mind (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
10. Back in the Night (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
11. I'm a Hog for You Baby (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
12. Checkin' Up On My Baby (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
13. Roxette (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
14. Sneakin' Suspicion (2012 - Remaster)
15. Paradise (2012 - Remaster)
16. Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves On the Trees) (2012 - Remaster)
17. Time and the Devil (2012 - Remaster)
18. Lights Out (2012 - Remaster)
19. Lucky Seven (2012 - Remaster)
20. All My Love (2012 - Remaster)
21. You'll Be Mine (2012 - Remaster)
22. Walking On the Edge (2012 - Remaster)
23. Hey Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut (2012 - Remaster)
Disc 3:
1. Dr. Feelgood
2. Everybody's Carrying a Gun (Olympic Version))
3. I'm a Hog for You Baby (Olympic Version)
4. Time and the Devil
5. Lights Out
6. Everybody's Carrying a Gun (Rockfield Version)
7. Sneakin' Suspicion (Demo)
8. Malamut (Featuring Wilko Johnson and Mick Green Guitars, Phil Thumpston Bass and The Big Figure Drums)
9. Casting My Spell On You (Featuring Wilko Johnson and Mick Green Guitars and Vocals, Phil Thumpston Bass and The Big Figure Drums)
10. Comin' Home Baby (Featuring Wilko Johnson and Mick Green Guitars, Phil Thumpston Bass and The Big Figure Drums)
11. I'm Talking About You
12. My Girl Josephine
13. Small Gains Corner
14. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (2006 Digital Remaster)
15. I'm a Hog for You Baby
16. Stupidity
17. She Said Alright
18. All Through the City (Live)
19. Roxette (Live)
20. Boom Boom (Live)
21. Keep It Out of Sight (Live) (2012 - Remaster)
22. Riot in Cell Block No. 9 (2012 - Remaster)
23. Johnny B Goode (2012 - Remaster)
DVD:
1. She Does It Right (Live) (The Geordie Scene - Tyne Tees February 1975)
2. Boom Boom (Live) (The Geordie Scene - Tyne Tees February 1975)
3. All Through the City (Live) (The Geordie Scene - Tyne Tees February 1975)
4. Roxette (Live) (The Geordie Scene - Tyne Tees February 1975)
5. Riot in Cell Block No 9 (Live) (The Geordie Scene - Tyne Tees February 1975)
6. I Don't Mind (Live) (The Geordie Scene - Tyne Tees February 1975)
7. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Live) (The Geordie Scene - Tyne Tees February 1975)
8. Keep It Out of Sight (Live) (Old Grey Whistle Test - BBC March 1975)
9. Roxette (Live) (Old Grey Whistle Test - BBC March 1975)
10. She Does It Right (Live) (Old Grey Whistle Test - BBC March 1975)
11. Back in the Night (45 With Kid Jensen - Granada July 1975)
12. Going Back Home (Live)
13. I Can Tell (Live)
14. All Through the City (Live) (2005 Digital Remaster)
15. I'm a Hog for You Baby (Live) (2005 Digital Remaster)
16. Riot in Cell Block Number Nine (Live) (2005 Digital Remaster)
17. Roxette (Live)
18. You Shouldn't Call the Doctor (If You Can't Afford The Bills) (Live) (2005 Digital Remaster)
19. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Live)
20. Back in the Night (Live) (2005 Digital Remaster)
21. She Does It Right (Live) (Kuusrock Festival July 1975 - Finland)
22. Roxette (Live) (Kuusrock Festival July 1975 - Finland)
23. Band Interview (Conducted by Matti Rosvall)