''Their First LP'' is the debut studio album by

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, released in the UK and Europe in June 1965. It peaked at number 6 on the

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. Although never released in its original incarnation in the US, a majority of the tracks from this album were later released in various

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s of the band marketed to US audiences.

Release

''Their First LP'' features the group's first three singles, "

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", "I Can't Stand It" and "

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". Whilst "Dimples" missed the charts, the other two briefly entered the charts, though didn't peak above the Top 40. The fourth single, "Sitin' and Thinkin'" was released in July 1966, but only in the Netherlands. The final single, "

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" was only released in New Zealand in July 1967. Despite being released at the beginning of June 1965, ''Their First LP'' didn't enter the UK Albums Chart until the first week of January 1966, when their single "

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", included on their second album, was in the charts. It reached its peak three weeks later and spent a total of eight week in the album chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Spencer Davis Spencer Davis (born Spencer David Nelson Davies; 17 July 193919 October 2020) was a Welsh singer and musician. He founded The Spencer Davis Group, a band that had several hits in the 1960s including "Keep On Running", "Gimme Some Lovin'", and ...

– vocals, guitar,

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Steve Winwood Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a keyboard player and vocalist prominent for his distin ...

– lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano *

Muff Winwood Mervyn "Muff" Winwood (born 15 June 1943, Erdington, Birmingham, England) is a British songwriter and record producer, and the older brother of Steve Winwood. Both were members of the Spencer Davis Group in the 1960s, in which Muff Winwood p ...

– vocals, bass guitar *

Pete York Peter York (born 15 August 1942 in Redcar, Yorkshire, England) is a British rock drummer who has been performing since the 1960s. Biography Born in Redcar, he attended the Nottingham High School and learnt to play the trumpet and snare drum ...

– drums *

Kenny Salmon Kenny Salmon (17 July 1933 – 5 November 1994) was an English keyboard player who played piano, organ and MiniMoog on many hit records, films, radio and television shows in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life and education Salmon was born in Hainaul ...

– organ (4, 8) *

Peter Asher Peter Asher, (born 22 June 1944) is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop music vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a manager and ...

– piano (5) *

Millie Small Millicent Dolly May Small CD (6 October 1947 – 5 May 2020) was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who is best known for her 1964 hit " My Boy Lollipop". The song reached number two in both the UK and US charts and sold over seven million ...

– vocals (5)

Charts

References

{{authority control 1965 debut albums The Spencer Davis Group albums Albums produced by Chris Blackwell Fontana Records albums