Precious Little

Precious Little
Studio album by Jeremy Spencer
Released	18 July 2006
Recorded	2005, during the Notodden Blues Festival, in a studio in Norway
Genre	Blues
Label	Bluestown Records, Blind Pig Records
Producer	Kjetil Draugedalen & Gaute Fredriksen
Jeremy Spencer chronology
Flee (1979) Precious Little (2006) Bend in the Road (2012)

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ARTISTdirect	[2]

Precious Little is an album by British blues musician Jeremy Spencer, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1967–71. Released on 18 July 2006, this is his fourth official solo album (his first since 1979) and was released on the Bluestown Records label in Norway, though Bluestown Records later licensed it to Blind Pig Records. The album was recorded over five days in 2005 in a Norwegian studio during the Notodden Blues Festival.

Local musicians were used to back Spencer on all tracks, because he believed that "they have retained the 'purity' of the old blues in their playing".^[3] Most of the tracks were self-penned, with the addition of covers of songs by Elmore James and Slim Rhodes.

The album was produced by Kjetil Draugedalen and Gaute Fredriksen, and the executive producer was Jostein Forsberg. It was mixed at the Supermono Studio, Oslo, and was mastered by Audun Strype at Strype Audio, Oslo.

Track listing

1. "Bitter Lemon" (Jeremy Spencer) – 4:03
2. "Psychic Waste" (Spencer, J. Phoenix) – 4:19
3. "It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James) – 4:49
4. "Please Don't Stop" (Gordon Galbraith) – 2:47
5. "Serene Serena" (Trad. arr. Spencer) – 4:43
6. "Dr. J" (Spencer) – 3:55
7. "Bleeding Heart" (James) – 4:47
8. "Many Sparrows" (Spencer) – 2:21
9. "Trouble and Woe" (Spencer) – 4:18
10. "Maria de Santiago" (Spencer) – 3:55
11. "Take and Give" (Ronnie Hesselbein, Slim Rhodes) – 2:21
12. "Precious Little" (Spencer) – 4:29

Personnel

• Jeremy Spencer – vocals, harmony vocals, slide guitar, resonator
• Trond Ytterbø – harmonica, mandolin, harmony vocals
• Rune Endal – bass guitar, double bass
• Runar Boyesen – keyboards
• Anders Viken – drums, percussion
• Espen Liland – guitar, graphic design
• Svenn Åge Frydenberg – trumpet
• Leif Winther – saxophone
• Marianne Tovsrud Knutsen – harmony vocals
• Margit Bakken – harmony vocals
• Roger Arntzen – additional bass guitar on "Many Sparrows"
• Kjetil Draugedalen – producer, engineer, mixing
• Jostein Forsberg – executive producer
• Gaute Fredriksen – producer, engineer, mixing
• Morten Gjerde – photography
• Audun Strype – mastering

Recorded at Juke Joint Studio, Notodden, Norway

Release information

• Bluestown Records (Norway) – BTR 1017 (CD)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. ARTISTdirect review
3. Spencer, Jeremy (January 2006). "Jeremy Spencer". Retrieved 2007-04-20.

• Sleeve notes for "Precious Little" by Jeremy Spencer and Jostein Forsberg
• Bluestown Records
• Blues Matters! catalogue review