Mad Dogs and Englishmen is Joe Cocker's 1970
live album, featuring a fusion of rock and soul. The album title is drawn from
the 1931 Noël Coward song of the same name. Mostly Cocker's album is made up of
covers, drawing equally from rock (The Rolling Stones, Traffic, Bob Dylan, The
Beatles) and soul (Ray Charles, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding). Accompanying
Cocker is an enormous choir, a two-piece horn section and several drummers.
According to the liner notes: "All elements of the Truth" are
included here. The album was originally issued as a deluxe 2-Record Set.
In 2005, Mad Dogs and Englishmen was released
as a 2-disc deluxe edition set through Universal Records to commemorate the
album's thirty-fifth anniversary.
In 2006, Mad Dogs and Englishmen was released
as a 6-disc box set under the title, "The Complete Fillmore East
Concerts" by Hip-O Select. Both early and late shows from March 27 and
March 28, 1970 were released in their entirety.
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