Electronically Tested

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Electronically Tested
MungoJerryElectronicallyTestedAlbumCover.jpg
Studio album by
Mungo Jerry
ReleasedMarch 1971
Recorded1970-71
GenreFolk rock
Length38:56
LabelDawn
ProducerBarry Murray
Mungo Jerry chronology
Mungo Jerry
(1970) 		Electronically Tested
(1971) 		You Don’t Have to Be in the Army
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars [1]

Electronically Tested is the second album by Mungo Jerry. The UK release was on Dawn Records, and it appeared with slightly different track listings in other countries, as many territories outside the UK had already added the group’s first hit, "In The Summertime", to the running order on the eponymous first album. All songs were written by the group's front man Ray Dorset, apart from an extended version of the Willie Dixon blues standard "I Just Want to Make Love to You". In some other countries, pressings included the Paul King song, "Black Bubonic Plague", and the album was also retitled Memoirs of a Stockbroker, as the UK title (taken from an advertisement for contraceptives) was deemed too risqué. In others it was also called Baby Jump (Electronically Tested) with an alternate track sequence.

It peaked in the UK album charts at No. 13.

Recent reissues on CD have included bonus tracks featuring tracks from the maxi-singles that did not appear on album at the time.

Ray "Bizz" Bissiker, who guested on recorder, was also the group's roadie.

The album was reputedly named after the guarantee printed on every packet of Durex.[2]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Ray Dorset, except where noted.

  1. "She Rowed" – 3:15
  2. "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 9:01
  3. "In the Summertime" – 3:30
  4. "Somebody Stole My Wife" – 2:53
  5. "Baby Jump" – 4:09
  6. "Follow Me Down" – 3:17
  7. "Memoirs of a Stockbroker" – 4:00
  8. "You Better Leave That Whisky Alone" – 3:55
  9. "Coming Back to You When the Time Comes" – 3:38
Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."The Man Behind the Piano" (non-LP single)Paul King3:27
11."Lady Rose" (non-LP single)Ray Dorset3:13
12."Have a Whiff on Me [UK ver]" (non-LP single)Trad,. arr by Ray Dorset3:59
13."Little Louis" (non-LP single)Paul King3:53
14."Black Bubonic Plague" (bonus track)Paul King5:36
15."Have a Whiff on Me [US ver]" (non-LP single)Trad,. arr by Ray Dorset3:08

Personnel[]

  • Ray Dorset – lead vocals, electric and 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars, harmonica, kazoo, stomp, tambourine
  • Paul King – vocals, 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars, harmonica, banjo guitar, jug, recorder
  • Colin Earl – piano
  • John Godfrey – bass
  • Ray Bissiker – recorder
  • Roger Earl – drums on "Memoirs of a Stockbroker"

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Davis, S. (1998), Every Chart Topper Tells a Story: The Seventies, Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing, Chapter March 1971, ISBN 1-85158-837-X

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