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The Alan Bown Set later known as The Alan Bown! or just Alan Bown, were a British band of the 1960s and 1970s whose music evolved from jazz and blues through soul and rhythm and blues and ended up as psychedelia and progressive rock. The band achieved limited chart success and is best known for the role it played in developing the careers of numerous musicians including Mel Collins, John Helliwell, Robert Palmer, Jess Roden and Dougie Thomson.

Alan Bown (born Alan James Bown, 21 July 1942, Slough, Berkshire died 16 December 2014, Slough), a trumpet player, joined The Embers in 1963, when he left the RAF. This group played both American rhythm and blues and jazz, and were a very successful live act, playing at venues like The Star-Club, Hamburg at the same time as The Beatles. In 1969 they changed to Deram Records where they had a minor hit with "Still as Stone". As with many bands at the time, they recorded cover versions for the BBC, appearing on the '’Jimmy Young Show'’, "The David Symonds Show" and others, as restricted needle time required "live" performances between the records. Their next album The Alan Bown! had been recorded when Roden left the band. The band achieved limited chart success and is best known the for the role it played in developing the careers of numerous musicians including Mel Collins, John Helliwell, Robert Palmer, Jess Roden and Dougie Thomson. Alan Bown made an improbable rock star - though it could be argued that he was never really a "star.

Tracklist: 1. Wanted Man (Bown, Bannister, Catchpole) - 3:30 2. Crash Landing (Bown, Bannister, Catchpole) - 5:55 3. Loosen Up (The Alan Bown) - 3:25 4. Pyramid (Bannister) - 4:27 5. Forever (The Alan Bown) - 2:54 6. Curfew (The Alan Bown, Bannister) - 4:01 7. Make Us All Believe (Bown, Bannister, Catchpole) - 4:33 8. Make Up Your Mind (The Alan Bown) -. 7:59 9. Get Myself Straight (Bown, Bannister, Palmer) - 4:01.

Though British Alan Bown gave his name to the group he put together, he's far from the dominant musical force; there are long stretches where you might think the band had no trumpet at all. Nonetheless, he shaped the band's sound and shepherded the group through shifts in style and personnel. They had already gone from beat-era mod pop to psych pop before turning toward a heavier, more progressive sound on their second album, Listen

Performer: Alan Bown Genre: Rock Album: Still As Stone, Wrong Idea Released: 1969 Style: Psychedelic Rock.