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I've been looking for this album for flamin' yonks and yonks.
Barbara Mauritz has - or had - one of the most unique voices in rock, and the three Lamb albums (see a *big* thanks to Mike Gilbert...) are extraordinary (especially 'Cross Between', which is the only one I have on vinyl). So when I learned that *the voice of Lamb* had made a solo album it went right up high on my list of albums to find.
Never found it. Until today. Casual browsing, searched for it, found it. A Spanish blog, full to the gunwales of albums that should never have been released on vinyl, let alone on CD. Grassy Arse, senor.
It's just a pity that the album isn't really much cop - the voice is great but the material is nearly all by other people and that's really not where she shines. The best track - by far - is her own 'Winter In The Valley', and that's the only one that really gets anywhere near the Lamb material (although 'I'm Bound To Be is co-written by her lamb partner). Nevertheless I'm glad I found it.
Barbara Mauritz - Music Box (1972)
01 - Sit Yourself Down (Stephen Stills)
02 - Drop Down Daddy (Sleepy John Estes)
03 - He Knows What To Do For Me (Mac Rebbenack)
04 - All The Love Of My Life (Link Wray)
05 - I'm Bound To Be (Barbara Mauritz & Bob Swanson)
06 - I Will Be There (Van Morrison)
07 - Around And Around (Chuck Berry)
08 - Winter In The Valley (Barbara Mauritz)
09 - Say That You Love Me (Loudon Wainwright)
10 - Whale (Barbara Mauritz)
11 - Music Box (Barbara Mauritz)
posted by Witchseason at 1:40 pm
5 Comments:
Nice, nice album. Thanks for all your work. "Sit Yourself Down" is especially a gem.
Hey...Great work and thanks for sharing.
I was trying to use some of your 2006 links to rapidshare.de and they are all toast. Is there any way you could update with new links? It would mean a great deal since, as you know, it's very difficult to find some of these great albums. :-}
Anything in particular you want re-upped? Most of the older rips have been re-upped somewhere or other if you search for them.
Hi Mr. Season,
I know one re-up that would be welcome is the Dion BBC 1989 tape, especially if you could kindly check your original cassette to see whether the flaw that's in the track "The Wanderer" - static for the last 50 seconds of the track - was a problem in the digital transfer, or something that happened on your original recording. It's one of my favorite boots and I thank you for having preserved it, but hoping this little flaw might be fixable! Thanks for everything!
Lamb's first and third album have been released on CD. Their second album, Cross Between, has not - still only on LP. Thank you for your blog.
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