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. It was released in 1969 and reissued on CD by Ascension Records in 2001. The album's title track is a cover of a 1969 song by

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" (listed as "I Think I'll Go Back Home" and miscredited in the liner notes to Jesse Harper), and Ashton, Gardner & Dyke's "Maiden Voyage", misattributed to Maurice Greer. "I Think I'll Go Back Home" b/w "You Really Got Me" was released as a single.

Track listing

# "Blues News" (Jesse Harper) – 3:35 # "Maiden Voyage" (Maurice Greer) – 5:21 # "Fall Down" (Harper) – 2:52 # "I Think I'll Go Back Home" (Harper) – 3:21 # "Ashes and Matches" (Harper) – 4:04 # "

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) – 3:24 # "Burning Up Years" (Mike Dolan/Mick Carless/Steve Dolan) – 14:10

Personnel

* Maurice Greer — vocals, drums *

Billy TK Wiremu Te Kahika, better known as Billy Te Kahika or Billy TK Senior (born 1943), is a New Zealand Māori musician, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Early work As a child, Billy TK lived in Bunnythorpe, a small town near Palmerston North ...

— guitar * Peter Barton - bass * Larry Waide — bass Recorded at Peach-Weymess Astor Recording Studios, Nugent St Auckland 1969 Engineered by Gary Potts and Wahanui Wynyard. Album artwork and photography by Peter Lumb.

References

{{Authority control The Human Instinct albums 1969 debut albums Pye Records albums Acid rock albums