Cold Blue Excursion
Album by Ray Dorset
Released	March 1972
Recorded	1971
Genre	Rock
Length	41.29
Label	Dawn
Producer(s)	Barry Murray, Ray Dorset

Cold Blue Excursion was a solo album recorded by Ray Dorset, leader of Mungo Jerry. The majority of the group’s songs at the time were good-time blues, skiffle and rock’n’roll, and these songs on the solo album, written by him during the previous seven years, were designed to show his versatility as a songwriter away from the confines of the basic Mungo sound. The two photos of Dorset inside the gatefold sleeve — one of him sitting in a woodland clearing playing an acoustic guitar, the other of him onstage delivering an impassioned vocal performance with an electric guitar around his neck — summed the album up as well as the quotes from Woody Guthrie printed inside along the track list —"A song was just a song to me...In my own mind, a song is just a song..." Image File history File links Nocover. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ... Ray Dorset British guitarist and founder of the skiffle band Mungo Jerry. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dawn or civil dawn is the time at which the Sun is 6 degrees below the horizon in the morning. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ray Dorset British guitarist and founder of the skiffle band Mungo Jerry. ... Mungo Jerry is the name of a pop group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset. ... Woody Guthrie with Guitar Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912–October 3, 1967), known as Woody Guthrie was an influential and prolific American folk musician noted for his identification with the common man, the poor and the downtrodden, and for his abhorrence of fascism and exploitation. ...

All the songs were far removed from the group's style. Three other fellow members (John Godfrey, Colin Earl, Joe Rush) only appeared on one track, and the songs varied from gospel and soul to introspective ballads, mostly with full strings and brass accompaniments, and in one case a trad jazz band. Harmonica and kazoo, which Dorset used on most Mungo tracks, were noticeably absent.

The title track, backed with I Need It, was issued as a single, and Time Is Now had been covered as a single by contemporary group Jericho Jones on the A&M label the previous year. Although neither of these singles or the album ever made the UK charts, the latter received positive reviews from several music journalists who had never found Mungo Jerry to their personal taste. A&M may mean: Texas A&M University One of the flagship universities of the state of Texas and the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. ...

It was reissued by Beat Goes On in 1994.

Track listing

1. "Got To Be Free" (2.50)
2. "Cold Blue Excursion" (4.09)
3. "With Me" (3.15)
4. "Have Pity On Me" (2.57)
5. "Time Is Now" (3.30)
6. "Livin’ Ain’t Easy " (3.30)
7. "Help Your Friends" (4.11)
8. "I Need It" (3.23)
9. "Because I Want You" (4.17)
10. "Night Time" (3.30)
11. "Maybe That’s The Way" (3.04)
12. "Always On My Mind' (2.53)

Personnel

• Ray Dorset: vocals, 6-string acoustic, 12-string acoustic and electric guitars
• Mike McNaught: piano
• Dave Markee: bass
• Sue and Sunny: backing vocals
• Mike Travis: drums
• Joe Rush: washboard
• John Godfrey: bass
• Colin Earl: backing vocals

(last three, only on Have Pity On Me) Ray Dorset British guitarist and founder of the skiffle band Mungo Jerry. ...

• Various uncredited musicians: brass, strings, flutes
• Arranged by Mike McNaught, Ray Dorset