Hofner Blue Notes
2003 studio album by Chris Rea
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Hofner Blue Notes is the nineteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in July 2003 by his own record label, Jazzee Blue.[1][2]
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| Released | 28 July 2003 | |||
| Recorded | December 2002 – April 2003 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 50:29 | |||
| Label | Jazzee Blue | |||
| Producer | Kiadan Quinn | |||
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Background
The album was part of series of largely instrumental blues and jazz albums released by his label Jazzee Blue and mostly fronted by his band members,[3][4] of which this album was preceded by Rea's eighteenth studio and instrumental album Blue Street (Five Guitars) released on the same date in 2003 (peaked as #8 at the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart[5]).[6]
The album was part of Hofner Blue Notes, a project about Höfner guitar because Rea's first electric guitar was a 1961 Höfner V3 bought from a second-hand shop while he was working in his father's ice cream factory in early 1970s, and continued with The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Bluenotes in 2008.[7]
Track listing
- "Spy" – 5:05
- "Expectations" – 3:59
- "Hofner Blue Notes" – 2:52
- "Paris in Minneapolis" – 5:05
- "São Paulo Blue" – 4:58
- "What Became" – 4:44
- "Detroit" – 3:54
- "Goodnight Joe" – 4:15
- "Take the Mingus Train" – 4:24
- "Alone" – 3:39
- "Saudi Blue" – 4:06
- "Kestrel Avenue" – 3:28
Personnel
- Chris Rea – all instruments, paintings
- Kiadan Quinn – producer
- Stuart Epps – engineer
- Stewart Eales – engineer
- Mainartery – album design
- John Knowles – management
- Recorded at Sol Mill Studios (Berkshire, England)
- Mastered at The Soundmasters (London, UK)
