Scarabus

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Scarabus
Studio album by Ian Gillan Band
Released	October 1977
Recorded	Kingsway Recorders, London, UK
Genre	Jazz-Rock fusion
Length	41:20
Label	Island Records
Producer	Ian Gillan Band
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Ian Gillan Band chronology
Clear Air Turbulence (1977) Scarabus (1977) Live at the Budokan (1978)
Alternate cover
Cover of the 1989 release

Scarabus is an album by British jazz-rock fusion band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1977. The album was reissued in 1989 by Virgin Records on CD. The reissue also included an extra track, "My Baby Loves Me". This previously unreleased live track, recorded live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan on September 22 1977, was originally part of the double LP set Live at the Budokan, and had been omitted from the UK release in error.

[edit] Track listing

Side 1

1. "Scarabus" (Ian Gillan, John Gustafson, Ray Fenwick, Colin Towns, Mark Nauseef)—4.53
2. "Twin Exhausted" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—4.08
3. "Poor Boy Hero" ((Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—3.08
4. "Mercury High" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—3.31
5. "Pre-release" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—4.22

Side 2

1. "Slags To Bitches" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—5.09
2. "Apathy" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—4.19
3. "Mad Elaine" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—4.15
4. "Country Lights" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—3.16
5. "Fool's Mate" (Gillan, Gustafson, Fenwick, Towns, Nauseef)—4.19

[edit] Personnel

• Ian Gillan - vocals
• Colin Towns - keyboards and flutes
• John Gustafson - bass and vocals
• Ray Fenwick - guitars and vocals
• Mark Nauseef - drums and percussion