Child in Time (album)

Child in Time is the debut album by British jazz rock band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1976. The album took its title from the Deep Purple 1970 song "Child in Time", a version of which appears on side two of the LP. The album reached No. 36 on Swedish charts[2] and No. 55 in UK.[3]

Child in Time
Studio album by
Ian Gillan Band
ReleasedJuly 1976
RecordedMusicland Studios, Munich, December 1975 – January 1976, mixed at Mountain Studio, Montreux, February 1976
GenreJazz fusion
Length36:04
LabelPolydor / Oyster
ProducerRoger Glover
Ian Gillan Band chronology
Child in Time
(1976)		 Clear Air Turbulence
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

This was Ian Gillan's first release after leaving Deep Purple, and also features his former Deep Purple colleague bassist Roger Glover as album's producer. Before Ian returned full-time to the rock music industry, he made one brief, but significant, live appearance on the performance of Roger Glover's "The Butterfly Ball", on 16 October 1975 at Royal Albert Hall, London. Ian sang "Sitting in a Dream". A film of the event was originally shown in UK cinemas in 1977. Later released on video, it was quickly deleted.

Although Ian Gillan Band went on to produce material more suited to their jazz-rock label, this first album has much more of a harder rhythm and blues style.

Production

Although not credited with playing on the album, Dave Wintour (bass player), Andy Steele (drummer) and Bernie Holland (guitarist), are listed among the songs' composers. In fact, Gillan had been recording demo tapes with non-Deep Purple material as early as 1972, and some of the Child in Time material was taken from the period September 1972 to April 1974. Parts of these early sessions can be heard on the Ian Gillan compilation CD Cherkazoo and Other Stories released in 1992 and on the DVD bonus tracks from Live at the Rainbow 1977 (released in 2002).

The album was recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany between December 1975 and January 1976 and mixed at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland in February 1976. One single was released from the album, "You Make Me Feel So Good"/"Shame" in the UK in July 1976, on the Oyster label.

Releases

The album was reissued on CD when Virgin Records reissued the entire Ian Gillan Band catalogue in 1989, but there was some doubt as to whether they had the rights to reissue this album, or what tape they used. A remastered CD of the album was released in May 2007 by Edsel with extensive sleeve notes written by Ian Gillan.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Lay Me Down" (Ian Gillan, Ray Fenwick, Mark Nauseef, John Gustafson) – 2:55
  2. "You Make Me Feel So Good" (Gillan, Mike Moran, Dave Wintour, Bernie Holland, Andy Steele) – 3:41
  3. "Shame" (Gillan, Fenwick, Nauseef, Gustafson) – 2:47
  4. "My Baby Loves Me" (Gillan, Fenwick, Nauseef, Roger Glover) – 3:35
  5. "Down the Road" (Gillan, Fenwick, Nauseef, Gustafson, Glover) – 3:27

Side 2

  1. "Child in Time" (Ritchie Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 7:23
  2. "Let It Slide" (Gillan, Fenwick, Nauseef, Gustafson, Moran) – 11:41

Personnel
Ian Gillan Band
  • Ian Gillan – vocals and harmonica
  • Mike Moran – keyboards (Fender Rhodes, Hohner Clavinet, Hammond organ, ARP 2600, piano, ARP string ensemble)
  • Ray Fenwick – guitars, slide guitar and vocals
  • John Gustafson – bass guitar and vocals
  • Mark Nauseef – drums and percussion
Additional musicians

Chart performance
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Sweden 36
UK 55

References
  1. Thompson, Dave. Child in Time at AllMusic
  2. "Child in Time – Charts". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  3. "Gillan – Charts". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
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