Habbinalan
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It goes on - I've just pulled out my old Van der Graaf Generator and Roy Harper Albums for the evening and couldn't resist checking them on Discogs. Phew!!I've never heard of Mantle-Piece before so I'll check 'em out later because right now I'm listening to Chris Whitley's fantastic second album(RIP). Great talent but taken sadly taken too soon. But I checked out M-P's album on Discogs. I say Alan!
I'd forgotten how many Dylan, Hendrix, Doors, Stones and Beatles albums I had stashed away. Only regretting the many Cream, Stones, King Crimson and (musically poor but now rare) Hendrix ones that I let go. I've since got most of the on CD but if I still had the vinyl...........
I'm going to have to get some better storage and certainly stop stacking a lot of them on open shelves.
p.s. Mantle Piece is the Album. The Battered Ornaments was a band formed by Pete Brown. However (with thanks to Wiki for the precis):
".....Brown formed Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments in 1968,[1] and in 1969 the band recorded two albums; A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark and Mantlepiece, with a line-up including Pete Bailey (percussion), Charlie Hart (keyboards), Dick Heckstall-Smith (sax), George Kahn (sax), Roger Potter (bass), Chris Spedding (guitar) and Rob Tait (drums). Brown then suffered the ignominy of being thrown out of his own band, the day before they were due to support The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park.[2] His vocals were then removed from Mantlepiece and re-recorded by Chris Spedding, and the band was renamed The Battered Ornaments.[4]"
My album only acknowledges Pete Brown for his song writing and as "engineer." The lyrics are the re-recorded Chris Spedding version.
If only I had one of the original Pete Brown and his Battered Ornaments, a few of which apparently do exist out there.
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