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...just about the time dandelion records bit the dust through not making the necessary scratch the original version of this wax was put out to an obviously disinterested public who could care less that heavy blues slammers stackwaddy were nestling alongside whimsy like clifford.t.ward, or that madman kevin coyne was hanging with his combo siren making a healthy and invigorating noise...the fact that singular songstress bridget st.john was grooving on the same label as theatrical hippys principle edwards didn't make a jot of difference to the great unwashed...hard proggers tractor and folkies mike hart and beau were of no interest either...sax blower lol coxhill and strummers medicine head were just two others that the record purchaser of the day ignored to the point of oblivion...for cats that do care there's 17 wonderful tracks all ready to give pleasure to the enlightened...
...this wax must be considered as some kind of cultural barometre of the changing times in albion land, roundabout '71, as the BBC decided it was time to capitalize on their saturday/sunday afternoon/early evening underground deejay as there must be some loot to be accessed in getting cozy with arty cellar dwellers and john was the cat to supply the means to this end...the artists getting the exposure were underground enough in the sense they didn't get in the POP chart but they came from the more cerebral end of the underground, there ain't no freak scene maniacs like the deviants/Laughin Sams Dice/sam gopal, no-sir-ee here's bridget st.john (dandelion recording artiste of this parish)/art(old) school beatnik ron geesin/plus underground rock from the provinces, kind of like the real people on holyground (a once collectible label), that sort of 'lefty avant for the people' sound, sweet marriage and welfare state, both with different exciting noise to offer the discerning listener which is well dig-worthy...bridget does her wonderful upfront folk groove stuff and ron weighs in with the usual poetic electric doodles that hit the spot...overall a top (gear) sound with introduction from john that's been treated by the radiophonic workshop just to keep it all on the 'clever trevor' grammar school vibe...any cats with even a passing interest in the underground will wanna flip to this...
...a wonderfully lovely presentation of the singles once released on the dandelion records label back when the world was young, from the delicately smokey bridget st.john to the scuzz attack that called itself stackwaddy, from lol coxhills ponderance of sax excursions to the string and rhyme forays of beau and all dalliances between are set out in this three disk round up of outright goodness...a refined urban country blues skiffle comes from the chaps called medicine head rests peacefully with all out choogle splat courtesy of tractor, both fine ticklings of the inner ear for when times call for such efforts...original rocker gene vincent found himself with a new lease on life when dandelion brought him on board for some reworkings of his hits and here he give out with some be bop alula, plus others for the hippy generation to enjoy...kevin coyne/siren, principal edwards, clague, clifford t. ward, mike hart, supersister and the way we live all offer some tunes to brighten the day and even outright novelties from the likes of bill oddie, yamasukis and will dandy don't totally let the grooviness drop by too much, everyone is smiling as the vibes perculate with agreeable niceitude...all in all a beautiful package to accompany sunny afternoons dreaming dreams of long ago, visions of the eternal river bank, ambling lazily along twisted country lanes and post war urban decay all lie within disguised as hit parade contenders...
...just about the time dandelion records bit the dust through not making the necessary scratch the original version of this wax was put out to an obviously disinterested public who could care less that heavy blues slammers stackwaddy were nestling alongside whimsy like clifford.t.ward, or that madman kevin coyne was hanging with his combo siren making a healthy and invigorating noise...the fact that singular songstress bridget st.john was grooving on the same label as theatrical hippys principle edwards didn't make a jot of difference to the great unwashed...hard proggers tractor and folkies mike hart and beau were of no interest either...sax blower lol coxhill and strummers medicine head were just two others that the record purchaser of the day ignored to the point of oblivion...for cats that do care there's 17 wonderful tracks all ready to give pleasure to the enlightened...
...this wax must be considered as some kind of cultural barometre of the changing times in albion land, roundabout '71, as the BBC decided it was time to capitalize on their saturday/sunday afternoon/early evening underground deejay as there must be some loot to be accessed in getting cozy with arty cellar dwellers and john was the cat to supply the means to this end...the artists getting the exposure were underground enough in the sense they didn't get in the POP chart but they came from the more cerebral end of the underground, there ain't no freak scene maniacs like the deviants/Laughin Sams Dice/sam gopal, no-sir-ee here's bridget st.john (dandelion recording artiste of this parish)/art(old) school beatnik ron geesin/plus underground rock from the provinces, kind of like the real people on holyground (a once collectible label), that sort of 'lefty avant for the people' sound, sweet marriage and welfare state, both with different exciting noise to offer the discerning listener which is well dig-worthy...bridget does her wonderful upfront folk groove stuff and ron weighs in with the usual poetic electric doodles that hit the spot...overall a top (gear) sound with introduction from john that's been treated by the radiophonic workshop just to keep it all on the 'clever trevor' grammar school vibe...any cats with even a passing interest in the underground will wanna flip to this...
...a wonderfully lovely presentation of the singles once released on the dandelion records label back when the world was young, from the delicately smokey bridget st.john to the scuzz attack that called itself stackwaddy, from lol coxhills ponderance of sax excursions to the string and rhyme forays of beau and all dalliances between are set out in this three disk round up of outright goodness...a refined urban country blues skiffle comes from the chaps called medicine head rests peacefully with all out choogle splat courtesy of tractor, both fine ticklings of the inner ear for when times call for such efforts...original rocker gene vincent found himself with a new lease on life when dandelion brought him on board for some reworkings of his hits and here he give out with some be bop alula, plus others for the hippy generation to enjoy...kevin coyne/siren, principal edwards, clague, clifford t. ward, mike hart, supersister and the way we live all offer some tunes to brighten the day and even outright novelties from the likes of bill oddie, yamasukis and will dandy don't totally let the grooviness drop by too much, everyone is smiling as the vibes perculate with agreeable niceitude...all in all a beautiful package to accompany sunny afternoons dreaming dreams of long ago, visions of the eternal river bank, ambling lazily along twisted country lanes and post war urban decay all lie within disguised as hit parade contenders...
I still miss John Peel
ReplyDeletewe won't see his like again on commercial styled radio, everyones chasing that elusive dollar shouting "look at me, ain't i wonderful", but john was at the right time in the right place(s)...
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