Short Cut Draw Blood
Original Release Date:
1975
Original Label:
Island
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TRACKLISTING
01 Goodbye Love
02 It’s All Up To You
03 Love Hurts
04 Johnny Too Bad
05 Short Cut Draw Blood
06 Living On A Marble
07 Boy With A Problem
08 Keep On Trying
09 Seagull
CREDITS
Produced by Jim Capaldi, Steve Smith and Chris Blackwell
All songs written by Jim Capaldi, except “Love Hurts” written by Boudleaux Bryant, and “Johnny Too Bad” written by Beckford / Bailey / Crooks.
Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Alabama (Engineer: Steve Melton), Island Studios, London (Engineer: Richard Digby Smith), and Basing Street Studios, London (Engineers: Phil Brown and Richard Digby Smith).
Musicians:
Lead Guitar: Pete Carr on “Johnny Too Bad” and “Short Cut Draw Blood”, Chris Spedding on “Living On A Marble” and Paul Kossoff on “Boy With A Problem”
Rhythm Guitar: Jimmy Johnson on “Johnny Too Bad”, “Living On A Marble” and “Boy With A Problem”, Chris Spedding on “Short Cut Draw Blood”
Acoustic Guitar: Steve Winwood on “Goodbye Love” and “Seagull”, Jess Roden on “It’s All Up To You”, Chris Spedding on “Love Hurts”, Peter Yarrow on “Johnny Too Bad”, and Pete Carr on “Living On A Marble” and “Boy With A Problem”,
Electric Guitar: Jimmy Johnson on “Short Cut Draw Blood”
Piano: Steve Winwood on “Goodbye Love”, “Love Hurts” and “Keep On Trying, Barry Beckett on “Johnny Too Bad”, “Short Cut Draw Blood”, “Living On A Marble” and “Boy With A Problem”, Rabbit on “It’s All Up To You”, and Jean Roussel on “Love Hurts”
Organ: Steve Winwood on “Goodbye Love” and “Keep On Trying”, Barry Beckett on “Johnny Too Bad”
Bass: David Hood, Steve Winwood on “Goodbye Love” and “Living On A Marble”, Philip Chen on “It’s All Up To You”, Rosko Gee on “Love Hurts” and “Keep On Trying”
Percussion: Remi Kabaka and Rebop Kwaku Baah on “Goodbye Love” and “Johnny Too Bad”, Ray Allen on “Love Hurts”, Jim Capaldi and Rebop Kwaku Baah on “Short Cut Draw Blood”, Jim Capaldi on “It’s All Up To You” and “Living On A Marble”, Rebop Kwaku Baah on “Boy With A Problem” and “Keep On Trying”
Drums: Roger Hawkins, Jim Capaldi on “It’s All Up To You”, Jerry Conway on “Love Hurts” and Remi Kabaka on “Keep On Trying” and “Seagull”.
Saxophone: Ray Allen on “Goodbye Love”, “Johnny Too Bad” and “Keep On Trying”
Clavinet: Rabbit on “It’s All Up To You”
Synthesizer: Steve Winwood on “Living On A Marble”
Trombone: Rico Rodrigues on “Keep On Trying”
Mellotron and Harpsichord: Steve Winwood on “Seagull”
Flute: Chris Wood
The Muscle Shoals Horns play on “Johnny Too Bad” (arranged by Jimmy Johnson)
String arrangements on “It’s All Up To You”, “Love Hurts” and “Boy With A Problem” by Harry Robinson
Photography: Dick Polak
Design: Eckford/Stimpson