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Track 0129: HOSPITAL BLUES (detail) (Hodgson/Blackwell/Hylton) 2:04 (ADAMANTA CHUBB) (13th February 1977)
Musicians: John Hodgson – lead vocals, Dimmer Blackwell – guitar, Mick Hylton – bass guitar, Alan Lawrence – drums
Recorded: The Barn, Norton (room 2) stereo reel-to-reel tape recorder (7 ½ips)
So, less than 48 hours after my last gig with Erection at the International 58 Club in Leeds, I was in a freezing barn in Norton jamming with Dimmer after a crazy ten months with Erection. I recently wrote a blog account of this occasion, here is an excerpt:

...It’s February 1977, and I am walking down an icy farm track towards a small pre-fabricated building that forms part of a family farm on the outskirts of Norton-On-Tees. The dull thud of a bass drum and the screech of guitars get louder as I approach.
The band making the noise is Adamanta Chubb, a rock band I walked out on ten months previously to join a multi-racial soul/funk band called Erection. It had been a useful experience for me, seventy gigs in ten months, a perfect apprenticeship that honed my stage craft and eradicated my stage fright, but musically it had been a dishonest enterprise, particularly after having my mind blown in September 1976 when I first heard Anarchy In The UK by The Sex Pistols.
In my hand I clutched a dozen or so lyrics, scribbled on A4 sheets the night before, lyrics inspired by punk. Once inside the barn I was introduced by my old Chubb band mate Dimmer “Damian” Blackwell to bassist Mick Hylton and drummer Alan Lawrence.
Although it was barely discussed, it was assumed that here I was, a Rock & Roll soldier back from the front, with seventy gigs under my belt, ready to walk back into the band without protest. I eulogised about The Pistols, The Ramones and The Damned with evangelical zeal.
Dimmer lapped it up, Mick seemed slightly uneasy, and drummer Alan didn’t seem to care...
I eventually managed to get on the microphone and we started jamming. We discussed punk and explored some ideas in that direction, but the very first thing we recorded was a straight 12-bar jam called “Hospital Blues”. The mic I was singing into kept cutting out, but I am including this unremarkable artefact in the set as it was the first song.

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from Legend & Lunacy: 50th Anniversary Box Set Vol​.​7, released May 1, 2016

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