SIMON DUPREE & THE BIG SOUND - At The BBC RSD24 Citizen (which recently expanded to

Citizen (which recently expanded to a full quintet with the addition of former touring members drummer Ben Russin and guitarist Mason Mercer) has an incredible knack for channeling raw emotion and energy into singalong songs

It is perhaps best summed up by the epitaph that now adorns Joe’s gravestone

here's your chance

until we're in a deeply spiritual

Remaining true to his Virginia roots

SIMON DUPREE & THE BIG SOUND - At The BBC RSD24 Citizen (which recently expanded toLP Limited Edition Black Vinyl. Comes with full credits and extensive sleeve notes. Nineteen tracks recorded for the BBC in excellent sound quality explore the variety of music made by Derek, Phil and Ray Shulman aka Simon Dupree and the Big Sound. Material varies from the psychedelic 1967 hit Kites, via soul based material by such as Homer Banks and Jackie Edwards through to grungier cover versions of Mouse & The Traps and Spirit. The band split in