Purely coincidental but having just written a few words on Milk and Honey, out of the bag comes an offering from 20 years earlier by the same chap. It was an interesting experience listening to them, almost back to back. Whilst we can recall numerous Beatles songs, there is much on here that many of us would struggle to remember. This was their second offering of that year – why did bands push out music so much quicker than they do now? – and this continues on the theme of ‘pop’ music of the day.
Bright, jangly, exciting, it wasn’t a production line, but it gave the appearance that knocking out songs in that era was really easy. I guess the public just demanded something, anything. There were no preconceptions, no comparison to worry about. ‘Just get it out there boys, they will love it’ came the cry down the corridor. And interestingly, especially of those tracks not so well remembered, the stand out track for me on Side A was a George Harrison self penned number, ‘Don’t bother me’. Really, really good and an early reminder that they didn’t exploit Harrison’s song writing ability enough down the years.
Sixty years on and there remains a vast amount of interest in music from the era. It was a shortish journey but boy was it packed in terms of experience and output and if you want to be in at the start, this is worth adding to the collection. You never know, your grandkids will pull it out in 2078, and thank you quietly for giving them the chance to remember you for being such a cool grand-dad…
