Curtis Jones
Now Resident In Europe

Listening notes

Released in 1969, Curtis Jones’ Now Resident In Europe is a vinyl album on the Blue Horizon label, catalog number BH 7703. Classified under Blues and Rhythm & Blues, the record presents eleven tracks divided across two sides.

Side A comprises five titles running approximately 18:35 in total. It opens with You Don’t Have To Go (3:36) and continues with I Want To Be Your Slave (4:55), Morocco Blues (2:55), Cherie (3:24), and Please Believe Me (3:45). Within this sequence, I Want To Be Your Slave is the longest selection on the album at 4:55, while the side overall balances mid-length pieces with shorter cuts under four minutes.

Side B contains six tracks with a combined runtime of about 16:38. The sequence features Gee, Pretty Baby (4:05), Let Your Hair Down (2:25), Jane (2:45), Born In Naples, Texas (1:46), Soul Brother Blues (3:00), and Dryburgh Drive (2:37). Born In Naples, Texas is the shortest track on the record at 1:46. This side’s arrangement places its longest entry up front and concludes with two sub-three-minute pieces.

Across both sides, the album spans approximately 35:13. Track titles include references to personal names and locales, such as Morocco Blues and Born In Naples, Texas, alongside direct-address and declarative titles like Please Believe Me and Let Your Hair Down. The distribution of durations ranges from under two minutes to just under five, with Side A running slightly longer than Side B by roughly 1:57.

Now Resident In Europe documents this set of material by Curtis Jones in the late-1969 Blue Horizon catalog, identifiable by its BH 7703 designation. Presented in the Blues and Rhythm & Blues genres and issued on vinyl, it offers an 11-track program structured across two sides with clearly marked positions (A1–A5, B1–B6) and printed timings for each track. This draft summarizes the release details and track sequence as labeled for reference and verification.