Prussian Blue is the debut solo studio album by Australian rock musician , Richard Clapton , which was released in November 1973.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] It includes three singles, "Last Train to Marseilles" (October 1972), "All the Prodigal Children" (October 1973) and "I Wanna Be a Survivor" (July 1974).[ 4] [ 5] The album was produced by Richard Batchens , who later produced some of Sherbet 's albums.[ 6] Prussian Blue failed to appear on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.[ 5]
Prussian Blue Released November 1973 (1973-11 ) Genre Rock Length 38 :00 Label Producer Richard Batchens
"Last Train to Marseilles" Released: October 1972
"All the Prodigal Children" Released: October 1973
"I Wanna Be a Survivor" Released: July 1974
Garry Raffaele of The Canberra Times reviewed Prussian Blue in December 1973, he observed, "Clapton sounds as though he's involved with the real issues of our time — pollution, man's inhumanity to those who share Spaceship Earth with him, communication difficulties. He writes of these things but his words are not likely to convince anybody. It's the simplistic trap again."[ 7]
All tracks are written by Richard Clapton [ 8]
Side A Title 1. "Hardly Know Myself" 3:32 2. "Southern Germany" 4:13 3. "Poor Man's Saviour" 3:22 4. "Strange Days in Chippendale" 3:31 5. "Prussian Blue" 5:41
Side B Title 1. "I Wanna Be a Survivor" 4:06 2. "Last Train to Marseilles" 3:34 3. "All the Prodigal Children" 4:03 4. "Burning Ships" 4:01 5. "The Lonesome Voyager" 2:36
Musicians
Richard Clapton – vocals, acoustic guitar; harmonica (track 9)
Keith Barber – drums (track 1, 6)
Ian Bloxham – congas (track 1, 4), percussion (track 3)
Tony Bolton – drums (track 7)
Kevin Borich – lead guitar (track 1, 3, 6)
John Capek – piano (track 7)
John du Bois – bass guitar (track 7)
Russell Dunlop – drums (track 5, 8, 9)
the Fascinations – backing vocals (track 1, 8)
Glen Gardier – lead guitar (track 4)
Kenny Kitching – pedal steel guitar (track 2, 7, 8, 9)
Mike Lawler – bass guitar (track 5, 8, 9)
Mike McLelland – guitar (track 10)
Red McKelvie – lead guitar (track 2, 7)
Dave Ovenden – drums (track 2, 3)
Ronnie Peel – bass guitar (track 1, 6)
Mike Perjanik – piano (track 3), keyboards (track 5, 8), organ (track 6)
Don Read – saxophone (track 1, 4, 5)
Trevor Wilson – bass guitar (track 2, 3)
Recording details
Richard Batchens – producer at Festival Studios, Sydney
Artwork
Graham McCarter – cover photography
Phillip Morris – back cover photography
Stephen Nelson – design/art
Country
Date
Label
Format
Catalogue
Australia
November 1973
Infinity Records/Festival Records
LP
L 34956
Australia
1993
Infinity Records
CD / Cassette
C 19593 / D 19593
Australia
16 August 2024
Warner Music Australia
CD / LP / digital
2173225822
^ "Richard Clapton – Prussian Blue " at Australian Music Database.
^ "Richard Clapton – Prussian Blue " at richardclapton.com
^ Richard Clapton – Pruussian Blue at Rate Your Music.
^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Richard Clapton' " . Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . St Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin . ISBN 1-86508-072-1 . Archived from the original on 19 April 2004.
^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW : Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 . Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
^ Holmgren, Magnus; Meyer, Peer; Bouchard, Gary. "Richard Clapton" . Australian Rock Database . Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2018 .
^ Raffaele, Garry (31 December 1973). "Rock Music the Singer not the Song" . The Canberra Times . Vol. 48, no. 13, 631. p. 9. Retrieved 15 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia .
^ " 'Hardly Know Myself' at APRA search engine" . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 16 June 2018 . Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'