Out of the Storm (Jack Bruce album)

Bruce, and the photographer Roger Phillips, traveled to Oban (Scotland) hoping for stormy weather, relating to Bruce's original album title Into the Storm. They were unable to find suitable weather and, as daylight was fading, Jack and Roger found their way to a forest clearing where they decided to create the image. Roger had elected to bring phosphorus flash bulbs (notoriously unreliable and difficult to calculate exposure) and created the atmosphere where Bruce seemed to be sheltering, out of the storm, which led to Bruce changing the album title. Bruce is in the background sitting partially in the dark with the landscape and a rusty old bike (left by some previous traveller) leaning against a tree in the foreground. Author Harry Shapiro in his book on Bruce suggested that the photo represented Bruce's state of mind at the time, wanting to disappear into the background and avoid all of the difficulties he was then facing. ==2003 and 2011 reissues==

The reissue of the album in 2003 (put out again by Esoteric Records in 2011) included a handful of the original mixes prepared for the album. In contrast to the finished album, the early mixes sound muddy and lack the studio polish that was added to the final version of the album. The reissue includes full liner notes on the recording and production of the album, but mistakenly credits "Pieces of Mind" as "Peaces of Mind". == Track listing ==

All lyrics written by Pete Brown, music by Jack Bruce, except track 3 – music co-authored by Janet Godfrey. • "Pieces of Mind" – 5:39 • "Golden Days" – 5:14 • "Running Through Our Hands" – 4:14 • "Keep on Wondering" – 3:10 • "Keep It Down" – 3:46 • "Into the Storm" – 4:45 • "One" – 5:03 • "Timeslip" – 6:33 2003 CD bonus tracks "Pieces of Mind" (First Mix) "Keep On Wondering" (First Mix) "Keep It Down" (First Mix) "Into the Storm" (First Mix) "One" (First Mix) == Personnel ==

;Performance • Jack Bruce – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, harmonica • Steve Hunter – electric & acoustic guitars • Jim Keltner – drums (tracks: 2–6, 10–12) • Jim Gordon – drums (tracks: 1, 7–9, 13) ;Production • Jack Bruce – producer, arranger • Andy Johns – engineer, producer • Austin – engineer • Dennis Weinreich – remix engineer Recorded at Record Plant in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mixed at Record Plant in Los Angeles and San Francisco and at Olympic and Scorpio Studios in London. == References ==