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In 1983 Lee Brilleaux recruited a new Dr Feelgood line-up: Gordon Russell on guitar, Phil Mitchell on bass and Kevin Morris on drums. Hard-driving, visceral rhythm & blues was, naturally, their stock-in trade and over the next half a dozen years they toured widely and recorded four albums (Doctor's Orders, Mad Man Blues, Brilleaux and Classic), the latter two on the celebrated Stiff label. This collection draws together the best of that era, including Brilleaux and Classic in their entirety. The booklet features sleevenotes by producer/songwriter and band confidant Will Birch, rare photos and memorabilia. Produced by Mike Vernon and released in 1984, Doctor's Orders comprised a number of R&B and blues chestnuts, complemented by some original songs, two of which were penned by the band with help from long-standing friend Larry Wallis.

The next album - or 'mini-album' - was the band-produced Mad Man Blues, a tribute to six great R&B classics including the titular John Lee Hooker number. Mad Man Blues was eventually expanded to full album length and we include the original six tracks plus Can't Find The Lady by the aforementioned Wallis and the hard-to-find studio version of Don't Start Me Talking that originated from the sessions.

Signing with Stiff, a label that Brilleaux had help to finance ten years earlier, the group issued the Brilleaux and Classic albums in 1986 and 1987 respectively. The former, produced by Will Birch, includes strong version's of Johnny Cash's Get Rhythm, John Hiatt's I'm A Real Man, Bobby Charles' Grow Too Old and The Undertones' You['ve] Got My Number, alongside some new songs from band members and associates. The latter was made with producer Pip Williams and also includes some interesting covers - notably Bob Dylan's Highway 61 [Revisited] and Jerry Lynn Williams' blues ballad (I Wanna) Make Love To You - to augment the new songs, four of which were co-written by Birch and various band members.

Special mention must also be made of the non-album single, See You Later Alligator (produced by Dave Edmunds in between the two Stiff albums), which was a notable hit in Europe and Australia.

Stiff supremo Dave Robinson invested heavily in the band while they were with the label, both in terms of their recordings and in promotion and marketing. 'Stiff really tried to elevate the group and to a certain extent it worked,' says drummer Kevin Morris (who has now been with the band for three decades). 'We were soon headlining at the Town & Country Club.'

CD 1
1. Close But No Cigar
2. So Long
3. You Don't Love Me
4. Neighbour Neighbour
5. Hit Git And Split
6. I Can't Be Satisfied
7. Saturday Night Fish Fry
8. It Ain't Right
9. I Don't Worry About A Thing
10. She's In The Middle
11. Dangerous
12. I Love You So You're Mine
13. You Got My Number
14. Big Enough
15. Don't Wait Up
16. Get Rhythm
17. Where Is The Next One
18. Play Dirty
19. Grow Too Old
20. Rough Ride
21. I'm A Real Man
22. Come Over Here
23. Take What You Can Get
24. See You Later Alligator

CD 2
1. Dust My Broom
2. Dimples
3. Tore Down
4. Mad Man Blues
5. My Babe
6. Can't Find The Lady
7. Rock Me Baby
8. Don't Start Me Talking
9. Hunting Shooting Fishing
10. Break These Chains
11. Heartbeat
12. (I Wanna) Make Love To You
13. Highway 61
14. Quit While You're Behind
15. Nothing Like It
16. Spy Vs Spy
17. Hurricane
18. Crack Me Up
19. Lights Of Downtown
20. Don't Underestimate Your Enemy

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