Doctor Downtrip was a five-piece hard rock band from Brussels, Belgium, formed in 1969. After a few successful single releases and a number of live performances at major festivals – including as support acts for Golden Earring and Genesis – they were offered the chance to record an LP. Between 29. October and 2. November 1973, they recorded their self-titled debut album at Start Studios in Buizingen near Brussels, produced by Jean Huysmans, who had previously supervised Burning Plague’s only album. The multinational band consisted of singer Jean-Paul Goosens, British guitarist and singer Michael Heslop (from the band Burning Plague), guitarist Serge Paul, American bassist John Hastry and Dutch drummer Paul Van der Velden. The quintet played rousing blues and boogie rock with southern rock riffs and AOR influences.

Their debut album was released that same year on the major label CBS, with cover art designed by Hastry and Van der Velden, exclusively in Belgium. They continued to perform regularly in rock clubs and at festivals across the country. However, the two guitarists, Heslop and Paul, left the band in 1975, after which it made a fresh start with two new members under the shortened name Downtrip. Like Burning Plague’s first and only album, this debut LP by Doctor Downtrip is also regarded as a groundbreaking Belgian blues-rock album. It is highly sought after by collectors as an original Belgian vinyl pressing.