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"Down at the Doctors" 
Single by Dr. Feelgood from the album Private Practice B-side "Take a Tip" Released September 1978 Recorded 1978 Genre Rock and roll, pub rock Length 3:19 Label United Artists Records - UP 36444 Writer(s) Mickey Jupp Producer Richard Gottehrer Dr. Feelgood singles chronology "Baby Jane"
(1977)"Down at the Doctors"
(1979)"Milk and Alcohol"
(1979)"Down at the Doctors" is a song by the band Dr. Feelgood. The track was recorded in 1978,[1] and appeared on Private Practice, an album by Dr. Feelgood that was released in October that year.[1]
"Down at the Doctors" was also released as a single in the UK in September 1978, a month prior to the album's issue. Written by Mickey Jupp, and produced by Richard Gottehrer,[2] the song was Dr. Feelgood's third hit single[3] and continues to be played by the band.
It reached number 48 in the UK Singles Chart, and spent five weeks in the listing.[3]
Songwriter Mickey Jupp did not like Dr. Feelgood's version of the track.Consequently, the band re-recorded the title live for the B-side of their April 1979 single release, "As Long As The Price Is Right".
In addition to Private Practice, versions of the song appear on numerous other Dr. Feelgood albums, including Casebook, Case History, Live in London, Stupidity Plus, Finely Tuned and the eponymous album Down at the Doctors; the final album recorded by Lee Brilleaux, in January 1994, shortly before his death. It also appears on most of the band's compilation albums. [4]
References
- ^ a b Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 290–291. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ^ "Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r35917. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 162. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Moon, Tony (2002). Down by the Jetty (2nd ed.). Borden, Hants: Northdown Publishing Ltd.. pp. 104 & 125–127. ISBN 1-90071-115-X.
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Lee Brilleaux • Wilko Johnson • John B Sparks • The Big Figure • John 'Gypie' Mayo • Johnny Guitar • Buzz Barwell • Pat McMullen • Gordon Russell • Dave Bronze • Pete GageStudio albums Down by the Jetty • Malpractice • Sneakin' Suspicion • Be Seeing You • Private Practice • Let It Roll • A Case Of The Shakes • Fast Women and Slow Horses • Doctor's Orders • Mad Man Blues • Brilleaux • Primo • The Feelgood Factor • On The Road Again • Chess Masters • Speeding Thru Europe • Repeat PrescriptionLive albums Stupidity • As It Happens • On The Job • Live In London • Stupidity Plus (Live 1976-1990) • Down At The Doctors • Live at the BBC 1974-75 • BBC Sessions 1973 - 1978 • Down at the BBC: In Concert 1977-78Compilation albums Casebook • Case History - The Best of Dr. Feelgood • Singles - The UA Years • Looking Back • Twenty Five Years of Dr. Feelgood • Centenary Collection (The Best Of Dr. Feelgood) • Singled Out - UA/Liberty As, Bs & Rarities • Finely Tuned • The Complete Stiff recordings 2CDSingles "Roxette" • "She Does It Right" • "Back in the Night" • "Roxette" (live) • "Sneakin' Suspicion" • "She's A Wind Up" • "Baby Jane" • "Down at the Doctors" • "Milk and Alcohol" • "As Long as the Price Is Right" (live) • "Put Him Out of Your Mind" • "Hong Kong Money" • "No Mo Do Yakamo" • "Jumping From Love to Love" • "Violent Love" • "Waiting For Saturday Night" • "Trying To Live My Life Without You" • "Crazy About Girls" • "Dangerous" • "My Way" • "Don't Wait Up" •Categories:- 1978 singles
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