The BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND Leans into R&B Fervor on

the Brassy Keep on Moving: Album Features a Horn

Section with David Sanborn and Prioritizes the Art of

the Groove

Hear the 1969 Record in Audiophile Sound for the

First Time: Strictly Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies,

Mobile Fidelity's 180g Vinyl LP Plays with Dynamic

Liveliness and Involving Presence

And then there was one. Paul Butterfield stands as the last

remaining original member of his namesake collective on Keep on

Moving. It's hard to imagine it being any other way. Picking up where

it left off on In My Own Dream, the BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND wholly

embraces R&B fervor - and indirectly dares any horn-accompanied

ensemble of the era to match it's energy, pulse, tightness, and flair.

While going all-in on soul with a crack support cast on this 1969 set,

Butterfield would pull the plug on the band just two years later. The

group's pursuit of funky, bluesy paths carved by rolling bass lines,

stacked horns, buttoned-up rhythms, and harmonica blasts almost

makes that decision unthinkable.

Sourced from the original analog master tapes, pressed at Fidelity

Record Pressing in California, and housed in a Stoughton jacket,

Mobile Fidelity's 180g LP makes Keep on Moving available in

audiophile quality. Open, clear, and balanced, it underlines the

dynamic liveliness and organic feel of Jerry Ragovoy's production.

As well as the palpable chemistry of the sessions recorded at his

then-brand-new Hit Factory studio in New York. The prominence

and positioning of the horn section - comprised of a young

David Sanborn, Gene Dinwiddie, Trevor Lawrence, Keith Johnson,

and Steve Madaio - particularly benefit from the newfound

transparency and presence. This reissue's quiet surfaces and

black backgrounds also expose key details, accents, and textures

germane to the music. Keep on moving, indeed.