This was
Brian Auger's proper solo debut album. It's billed to
Brian Auger & the Trinity, but
Julie Driscoll, who sang with
Brian Auger & the Trinity on the act's most popular and best late-'60s recordings, is not present.
Auger dominates the record not just with his organ, but also as composer of most of the original material, and as the vocalist.
Auger was a good organ player, but not up to the level of the best British rock electric keyboardists of the 1960s, like
Alan Price,
Rod Argent,
Graham Bond, and
Vincent Crane. He's also no more than adequate as a singer and songwriter, and the record is only adequate, sounding like a more progressive-minded
Georgie Fame.
Auger's principal influences are obvious in the songs he covers by
Booker T. & the MG's,
Wes Montgomery, and
Mose Allison, although there's also an odd version of "A Day in the Life" that is bolstered by an orchestra's worth of horns and strings. He gets into a
Roland Kirk vibe on the title track, which is the longest, most ambitious, and not necessarily best cut. The CD reissue on Disconforme has a bonus track, "What You Gonna Do?," of undisclosed origin; it's a standard
Brian Auger soul-rock original, taken from a vinyl source by the sound of things, as surface noise can be heard.