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Released
  
December 1975

Short Cut Draw Blood (1975)
  
The Contender (1978)

Release date
  
December 1975

Genre
  
Rock music

Length
  
44:06

Artist
  
Jim Capaldi

Label
  
Island Records

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Recorded
  
1974-75 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and Island Studios

Producers
  
Jim Capaldi, Chris Blackwell

Similar
  
Jim Capaldi albums, Rock music albums

Jim capaldi short cut draw blood full album


Short Cut Draw Blood is the third studio album by the British musician Jim Capaldi, released by Island Records in 1975. It marked a major turning point in Capaldi's career: it was his first album recorded after the breakup of Traffic, and more importantly it was his commercial breakthrough. While Capaldi's first two solo albums had been moderately successful in the United States (in fact, in Short Cut Draw Blood was his least successful album in the United States thus far, with both the album itself and the single "Love Hurts" barely scraping into the Billboard charts), Short Cut Draw Blood enteredthe charts in several other countries for the first time. This was particularly evident in his native United Kingdom; the single "It's All Up to You", released a year before the album, became his first top 40 hit there, only to be overshadowed the following year by his cover of "Love Hurts", which went all the way to number 4.

Contents

The title of the album was conceived by co-producer Chris Blackwell.

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Background

The song "Boy with a Problem" was written about former Traffic bandmate Chris Wood, whose self-destructive tendencies (particularly his drug addiction) were a cause of increasing concern for Capaldi.

Reception

Rolling Stone called the album slightly uneven but a promising step forward. Their review approved of both the session musicians and the arrangements, and was particularly complimentary towards his cover of "Love Hurts", saying "he brings a sense of pain very different from Roy Orbison's original."

Allmusic's retrospective review was more satisfied with the variety of styles, commenting "dipping into a wide range of musical styles, there is something for everyone on Short Cut Draw Blood", and saying the album is even better than his first.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jim Capaldi, except where indicated.

  1. "Goodbye Love"
  2. Jim Capaldi - vocals, drum machine
  3. Ray Allen - saxophone
  4. Steve Winwood - guitar, organ, piano, bass
  5. Remi Kabaka - percussion
  6. Rebop Kwaku Baah - percussion
  7. "It's All Up to You"
  8. Jim Capaldi - drums, vocals, percussion
  9. Jess Roden - guitar
  10. John "Rabbit" Bundrick - piano, clavinet
  11. Phil Chen - bass
  12. Harry Robinson - string arrangements
  13. "Love Hurts" (Boudleaux Bryant)
  14. Jim Capaldi - vocals
  15. Chris Spedding - guitar
  16. Steve Winwood - piano
  17. Jean Roussel - piano
  18. Rosko Gee - bass
  19. Gerry Conway - drums
  20. Ray Allen - percussion
  21. Harry Robinson - string arrangements
  22. "Johnny Too Bad" (The Slickers)
  23. Jim Capaldi - vocals
  24. Ray Allen - saxophone
  25. Muscle Shoals Horns - horns
  26. Pete Carr - lead guitar
  27. Jimmy Johnson - rhythm guitar, horn arrangements
  28. Peter Yarrow - acoustic guitar
  29. Barry Beckett - piano, organ
  30. David Hood - bass
  31. Roger Hawkins - drums, spoons
  32. Rebop Kwaku Baah - percussion
  33. Remi Kabaka - percussion
  34. "Short Cut Draw Blood"
  35. Jim Capaldi - vocals, percussion
  36. Pete Carr - lead guitar
  37. Chris Spedding - rhythm guitar
  38. Jimmy Johnson - electric guitar
  39. Barry Beckett - piano
  40. David Hood - bass
  41. Roger Hawkins - drums
  42. Rebop Kwaku Baah - percussion
  43. "Living on a Marble"
  44. Jim Capaldi - vocals, percussion
  45. Chris Spedding - lead guitar
  46. Jimmy Johnson - rhythm guitar
  47. Pete Carr - acoustic guitar
  48. Barry Beckett - piano
  49. Steve Winwood - bass
  50. Roger Hawkins - drums
  51. "Boy With A Problem"
  52. Jim Capaldi - vocals
  53. Paul Kossoff - lead guitar
  54. Jimmy Johnson - rhythm guitar
  55. Pete Carr - acoustic guitar
  56. Steve Winwood - synthesizer
  57. Barry Beckett - piano
  58. David Hood - bass
  59. Roger Hawkins - drums
  60. Rebop Kwaku Baah - percussion
  61. Harry Robinson - string arrangements
  62. "Keep On Trying"
  63. Jim Capaldi - vocals
  64. Ray Allen - saxophone
  65. Rico Rodriguez - trombone
  66. Phil - guitar
  67. Steve Winwood - piano, organ
  68. Rosko Gee - bass
  69. Remi Kabaka - drums
  70. Rebop Kwaku Baah - percussion
  71. "Seagull"
  72. Jim Capaldi - vocals
  73. Steve Winwood - acoustic guitar, Mellotron, harpsichord
  74. Chris Wood - flute
  75. Remi Kabaka - percussion

One further track from the sessions, "Sugar Honey", was released as a b-side. Aside from Jim Capaldi on vocals, the performing personnel on the track are not known.

2012 Reissue

In March 2012 Raven an Australian label reissued Short Cut Draw Blood along with The Contender as a 2 for 1 CD release with 8 bonus tracks, all of them previously released recordings: "Tricky Dicky Rides Again", "Sugar Honey", "If You Think You Know How To Love Me", "Good Night & Good Morning", "Talkin' Bout My Baby", "Still Talkin'", "Goodbye My Love", "Baby You're Not My Problem". The second disc included all the tracks from both the UK The Contender and its USA counterpart Daughter of the Night. The reissue was remastered by Warren Barnett and featured a booklet that discussed the making of both albums.

Songs

1Goodbye Love4:43
2It's All Up to You4:09
3Love Hurts3:30

References

Short Cut Draw Blood Wikipedia
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