Dave Clark & Friends

Dave Clark & Friends is a British album from 1972. It is partly an album by the Dave Clark Five, and partly a solo project by singer Mike Smith and producer Dave Clark.[2] It contains the Dave Clark Five's 1969 UK Top 50 hit "Put a Little Love in Your Heart".

Dave Clark & Friends
Studio album by
The Dave Clark Five, Mike Smith
ReleasedSeptember 1972[1]
GenrePop rock, soul
Length44:39
Label Columbia
SCX 6494
ProducerDave Clark
The Dave Clark Five UK chronology
The Dave Clark Five Play Good Old Rock & Roll
(1971)		 Dave Clark & Friends
(1972)
Singles from Dave Clark & Friends
  1. "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" / "34-06"
  2. "Bring It On Home to Me" (US only) / "Darling, I Love You"
  3. "Southern Man" / "If You Wanna See Me Cry"
  4. "Won't You Be My Lady" / "Into Your Life""

Overview

The album was created to fulfill a contract between Dave Clark and EMI Records after the Dave Clark Five had already broken up.[3] The LP therefore contains five tracks originally released under the band's name ("Southern Man", "Bring It On Home To Me", "Paradise", "Won't You Be My Lady", "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"). The others were recorded as a studio project with Eric Ford (bass guitar) and Blue Mink band members guitarist Alan Parker and backing vocalist Madeline Bell.[4]

All the songs were sung by Mike Smith, who also composed half of the album. Dave Clark is listed as a co-writer of the songs, but it is generally believed that he was only involved in the production side. Although Mike Smith has dodged questions about whether Clark was involved as a writer, he confirmed in 2003 that he was not.[5] The second part of the record contains cover versions of some successful songs such as "Southern Man" by Neil Young, "Bring It On Home To Me" by Sam Cooke, "Draggin' the Line" by Tommy James, "Signs" by Five Man Electrical Band and "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" (under the title "Paradise") by Amen Corner. The album was released in the UK, Germany, Japan and New Zealand. The previously released single "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" (originally by Jackie DeShannon) reached No. 31 in the UK chart.[6]

Along with the UK album "5 By 5", this is the only album Dave Clark hasn't released in a remastered collection on Spotify in 2019.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]

In his AllMusic retrospective review of the release, Richie Unterberger wrote, "There are too many run-of-the-mill covers in the circa 1970 mainstream rock style (...) Some of the other material sounds a little like the harder edge of early-'70s AM radio pop, though not attached to memorable songs."[7]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Southern Man""Neil Young3:55
2."Bring It On Home To Me"Sam Cooke3:05
3."Signs"Les Emmerson2:46
4."Won't You Be My Lady"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:24
5."The Time Has Come"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:32
6."If You Got A Little Love To Give"Jim McCarty3:43
7."Officer McKirk"Peter Moffit5:46
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Paradise"Lucio Battisti, Jack Fishman2:55
2."Draggin' the Line"Tommy James, Bob King2:42
3."Think Of Me"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:49
4."One-Eyed, Blue-Suited, Gun-Totin’ Man"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:48
5."Right Or Wrong"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:23
6."I Don't Know"Dave Clark, Mike Smith3:09
7."Put A Little Love in Your Heart"Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers2:56

Personnel
The Dave Clark Five

Additional musician

References
  1. "Dave Clark Five Complete Discography". Record Collector. June 1993. p. 123.
  2. "Dave Clark & Friends". Discogs. 1972.
  3. "From the music capitals of the world". Billboard. 22 August 1970. p. 82.
  4. Harry, Bill (2004). The British Invasion: How the Beatles and Other UK Bands Conquered America. Chrome Dreams. p. 62. ISBN 978-1842402474.
  5. "Mike Smith interview with Paul Freeman: Fated For Greatness". Pop Culture Classics.
  6. "UK Charts". Official Charts Company.
  7. Unterberger, Richie. Dave Clark & Friends Review at AllMusic
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