The Battle of North West Six

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The Battle of North West Six
Studio album by Keef Hartley Band
Released	October 1969
Recorded	April and July 1969
Studio	Decca Studio West Hampstead, London
Genre	Blues rock
Length	41:36
Label	Deram
Producer
Keef Hartley Band chronology
Halfbreed (1969) The Battle of North West Six (1969) The Time is Near (1970)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(positive) [2]

The Battle of North West Six is the second album by the Keef Hartley Band. At the time, Hartley's six-piece group was appearing augmented with a brass section as The Keef Hartley Big Band, and a number of songs on the album feature this extended line-up.

Track listing[]

1969 LP[]

Deram SML 1054 (UK), DES 18035 (US)

1. "The Dansette Kid / "Hartley Jam for Bread" (Fiona Hewitson, Spit James, Keef Hartley, Gary Thain) – 3:59
2. "Don't Give Up" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 4:07
3. "Me and My Woman" (Gene Barge) – 4:24
4. "Hickory" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 2:45
5. "Don't Be Afraid" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Peter Dines, Thain) – 4:25
6. "Not Foolish, Not Wise" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 3:56
7. "Waiting Around" (Hewitson, Hartley, Thain) – 2:29
8. "Tadpole" (Hewitson, Hartley, Thain) – 7:00
9. "Poor Mabel (You're Just Like Me)" (Hewitson, James, Hartley, Thain) – 3:08
10. "Believe In You" (Hewitson, Hartley, Thain) – 5:23

Fiona Hewitson is Miller Anderson writing under his wife's name for contractual reasons.

1995 CD reissue[]

One Way Records OW 30333
Same track listing as the 1969 LP

Personnel[]

Keef Hartley Band[]

• Keef Hartley – drums, percussion
• Miller Anderson – vocals, guitars (various)
• Henry Lowther – trumpet, flugelhorn, violin, brass arrangements
• Jim Jewell – tenor saxophone
• Gary Thain – bass guitar
• "Spit James" (real name: Ian Cruickshank) – guitar (Tracks 1 & 5)

Additional musicians[]

• Mick Weaver – organ, piano, percussion
• Mike Davis – trumpet
• Harry Beckett – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Lyn Dobson – tenor saxophone, flute
• Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone
• Barbara Thompson – baritone saxophone, flute
• Ray Warleigh – flute
• Mick Taylor – guitar (Track 10)

Technical[]

• Neil Slaven – producer
• Derek Varnals – engineer
• Adrian Martins, John Punter – assistant engineers
• Art Wood - artwork
• Richard Sacks - photography

References[]