Brian Auger and the Trinity

Brian Auger and the Trinity was a British band led by keyboardist Brian Auger. His duet with Julie Driscoll, the Bob Dylan-penned "This Wheel's on Fire", was a number 5 hit on the 1968 UK Singles Chart.[1]

Brian Auger and the Trinity
The band in 1970.
Background information
OriginUnited Kingdom
GenresProgressive rock
Years active1966 (1966)–1970 (1970)
LabelsRCA Records

The song also reached number 13 in Canada.[2]

Their joint album, Open, billed as Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity, reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart the same year.[1]

The group and Driscoll opened for Led Zeppelin at the Rose Palace in Pasadena, California on 2 and 3 May 1969.[3]

Members

Recordings by label (country)

Singles

Columbia (UK) Records:

  • May 1965 - DB 7590 - Fool Killer // Let's Do It Tonight (w/o Driscoll)
  • Oct 1965 - DB 7715 - Green Onions '65 // Kiko (w/o Driscoll)
  • Apr 1966 - DB 7892 - Rod Stewart: Shake // I Just Got Some [featuring Brian Auger & The Trinity (w/o Driscoll)]
  • Mar 1967 - DB 8163 - Tiger // Oh Baby, Won't You Come Back Home To Croydon, Where Everybody Beedle An' Bo's (w/o Driscoll)

Marmalade/Polydor (UK) Records:

  • Oct 1967 - 598 003 - Red Beans And Rice (Pt. 1) // Red Beans And Rice (Pt. 2) (w/o Driscoll)
  • Nov 1967 - 598 004 - Save Me (Pt. 1) // Save Me (Pt. 2)
  • Apr 1968 - 598 006 - This Wheel's On Fire // A Kind Of Love-In
  • Oct 1968 - 598 011 - Road To Cairo // Shadows Of You
  • May 1969 - 598 015 - What You Gonna Do // Bumpin' On Sunset (w/o Driscoll)
  • Sep 1969 - 598 018 - Take Me To The Water // Indian Rope Man

Marmalade/Polydor (France) Records:

  • ??? 1967 - 421.165 - Save Me (Pt. 1) // Save Me (Pt. 2)
  • ??? 1967 - 421.168 - Tramp // Break It Up
  • ??? 1967 - 421.172 - Red Beans And Rice (Pt. 1) // Red Beans And Rice (Pt. 2) (w/o Driscoll)
  • ??? 1967 - 421.180 - I AM A LONESOME HOBO // A Kind Of Love-In
  • ??? 1968 - 421.187 - This Wheel's On Fire // Black Cat
  • ??? 1968 - 421.191 - Tiger // Beedle And Bo (w/o Driscoll)
  • ??? 1968 - 421.194 - Season Of The Witch (Pt. 1) // Season Of The Witch (Pt. 2)
  • ??? 1968 - 421.405 - Road To Cairo // Shadows Of You
  • ??? 1969 - 421.455 - Let The Sunshine In (Flesh Failures) // I've Got Life
  • ??? 1969 - 421.461 - What You Gonna Do // Bumpin' On Sunset (w/o Driscoll)

Polydor (Germany) Records:

  • Feb 1968 - 59 164 - Save Me (Pt. 1) // Save Me (Pt. 2)
  • May 1968 - 59 186 - This Wheel's On Fire // A Kind Of Love-In
  • ??? 1968 - 59 227 - Tiger // Beedle And Bo (w/o Driscoll)
  • Nov 1968 - 59 237 - Road To Cairo // Shadows Of You
  • Jul 1969 - 59 301 - Take Me To The Water // Let The Sunshine In (Flesh Failures)

Polydor (Spain) Records:

  • ??? 1968 - 60 024 - This Wheel's On Fire // A Kind Of Love-In
  • ??? 1968 - 60 036 - I AM A LONESOME HOBO // Black Cat
  • ??? 1969 - 60 061 - What You Gonna Do // Bumpin' On Sunset (w/o Driscoll)
  • ??? 1969 - 60 064 - Take Me To The Water // Let The Sunshine In (Flesh Failures)
  • ??? 1969 - 60 066 - Road To Cairo // Shadows Of You

Ricordi International (Italy) Records:

  • Oct 1967 - 20.056 - Black Cat // Goodbye Jungle Telegraph (w/o Driscoll)
  • Mar 1968 - 20.070 - Save Me (Pt. 1) // Save Me (Pt. 2)
  • Jun 1968 - 20.078 - This Wheel's On Fire // I AM A LONESOME HOBO
  • ??? 1968 - 20.083 - Tiger // Red Beans And Rice (w/o Driscoll)
  • Oct 1968 - 20.090 - Road To Cairo // Shadows Of You
  • Apr 1969 - 20-099 - Take Me To The Water // Let The Sunshine In (Flesh Failures)

Atco (US) Records:

  • Jun 1968 - 45-6593 - This Wheel's On Fire // A Kind Of Love-In
  • Sep 1968 - 45-6611 - Black Cat // In And Out (w/o Driscoll)
  • Nov 1968 - 45-6629 - Road To Cairo // Shadows Of You
  • Mar 1969 - 45-6656 - A Day In The Life [edit] // Bumpin' On Sunset [edit] (w/o Driscoll)
  • Jun 1969 - 45-6685 - Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) // Save The Country
  • Jul 1969 - 45-6685 - Save The Country [short version] // Light My Fire

RCA Victor (Germany) Records:

  • ??? 1970 - 74-16026 - I Want To Take You Higher // Just You Just Me
  • ??? 1970 - 74-16041 - Listen Here // Adagio Per Archi E Organo

RCA Victor (US) Records:

  • ??? 1970 - 74-0381 - Listen Here // I Want To Take You Higher

Albums

Marmalade/Polydor (UK) Records:

  • 1967 - 608 002 - Open
  • 1968 - 608 003 - Definitely What! (w/o Driscoll)
  • 1968 - 608 004 - Sonny Boy Williamson: Don't Send Me No Flowers (rec. January 1965) [featuring Brian Auger & The Trinity (w/o Driscoll), plus Jimmy Page, Joe Harriot, Alan Skidmore]
  • 1969 - 608 005/608 006 - Streetnoise (2LP)
  • 1970 – 2334 004 - The Best Of Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity – compilation (#94 Canada[4])

RCA Victor (UK) Records:

  • 1970 - SF 8101 - Befour (w/o Driscoll)

Atco (US) Records:

  • 1968 - SD 33-258 - Open
  • 1969 - SD 33-273 - Definitely What! (w/o Driscoll)
  • 1969 - SD 2-701 - Streetnoise (2LP)

Capitol (US) Records:

  • 1969 - DT-136 - Jools & Brian [compilation of early UK singles (rec. 1965-1967): 5 Parlophone titles by Julie Driscoll, and 6 Columbia titles by Brian Auger & The Trinity]

RCA Victor (US) Records:

  • 1970 - LSP-4372 - Befour (w/o Driscoll)

References

  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 169. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. "RPM Top 100 Singles - September 23, 1968" (PDF).
  3. "2 May 1969 show overview". LedZeppelin.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Albums - August 22, 1970" (PDF).


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