VINYL: Ex

LABEL: Ex

COVER: VG+

The vinyl looks and plays really well. Minor ringwear faintly visible on front and back otherwise very good. Cleaned on a VPI Cyclone RCM. For photos and music review, see my .com site

Side 1

1. The rock’n roll jigley
2. Party pieces
3. Another season song
4. Stranger passing by
5. Used to be

Side 2

1. Deal gone down
2. The banjo song
3. Theme from the movie of the same name
4. Goodbye sunny sky
5. Journeyman

A contemporary of John Martyn and Roy Harper, this LP extended his reach into a more electric world moving away slightly from his original folk roots. And a pretty good stab at it as well. You can tell there is a maturity to his song-writing, with all songs self-penned; and his guitar playing, as you would expect, is superb. Never more so apparent than during ‘Theme from the movie of the same name’

This self-styled old white blues guy from Yorkshire is one of the most under-rated heroes of our time. With his uniquely English melancholic perspective and emotive guitar style he deserves wider recognition.'

Not my words, but written back in the 90’s and it is very apparent on here. Championed by John Peel in the early 70’s with Maddy Prior guesting on here, he already had a rich history of success before recording this LP. There are some fantastic tracks on here, it really is difficult to pick anything out. They offer something refreshing even now, something that makes you want to listen and certainly something that will make you come back for more.

A worthwhile purchase which may just take you into a world yet undiscovered in terms of folk / rock.