Auger found a lot of success in the late 1960s as part of a musical group with the unwieldy name of "Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity." But Driscoll left in 1969, and the Trinity disbanded shortly after that. In 1970, Auger formed the Oblivion Express. Without a soulful female singer fronting most of the songs, this new band went in more of a jazz rock direction, with more instrumentals. Still, most of the songs here have lead vocals, generally sung by Auger.
Here's the Wikipedia page for Auger. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a lot to say about this phase of his career:
In 1973, the band has a commercial break through, thanks to a minor hit, "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend." This concert was part of a tour promoting the band's album "Straight Ahead," released a month earlier.
This album is an hour and 13 minutes long.
01 talk by emcee (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
02 talk (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
03 Beginning Again (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
04 talk (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
05 Don't Look Away (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
06 talk (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
07 Freedom Jazz Dance (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
08 talk (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
09 Happiness Is Just Around the Bend (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
10 talk (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
11 Maiden Voyage [Instrumental] (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
12 Compared to What (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
13 Second Wind (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
14 Listen Here [Edit] (Brian Auger & the Oblivion Express)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/qhkATZjP
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/n1MmI0x1dCke0BB/file
The cover image of Auger is from the Klaus Doldinger Jubilee at the Rheinhalle in Duesseldorf, Germany, on October 16, 1973. The original was in black and white, but I colorized it with the help of the Kolorize program.
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