Paper Bubble - Behind The Scenery the Complete (1969-81) (2018)

Artist: Paper Bubble
Title Of Album: Behind The Scenery the Complete
Year Of Release: 1969-81/2018
Label (Catalog#) RPM [Retro D999]
Country: UK
Genre: Psych Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Pop Rock
Bitrate: Lossles
Quality: FLAC (image + cue,log)
Time: 02:32:52
Full Size: 943mb(+3%)(covers)

Post psychedelic folk-rock featuring the classic album Scenery plus its previously unreleased follow up LP, both with the song writing duo backed by The Strawbs.

In 1969 a classic folk rock album escaped on Deram, Scenery by Paper Bubble, produced by Dave Cousins and Tony Hooper for their then production company Strawberry Music. The album’s merits took a couple of decades to be recognised but today is now highly regarded (and with an average LP collectors price of £100 to boot). Recorded in the same year of release the producers engaged Rick Wakeman, and Richard Hudson, John Ford, Paul Brett recently of Velvet Opera, to back the Paper Bubble duo Brian Crane and Terry Brake, at Regent Sound engineered by Tom Allom.

The same team re gathered again in 1970, this time at Olympic studios to lay down the songs for a follow up called Prisoners Victims Strangers Friends. By now the backing band had gelled as a unit, along with Cousins and Hooper, as The Strawbs and sailed off into the sunset. Same time the initial return on ‘Scenery’ had failed to inspire the suits and consequently PVSF was left on the shelf. Happily a sound desk recording was preserved by Brian.

Thus RPM is proud to present both Paper Bubble LPs as backed by The Strawbs, plus the duo’s late 70’s single, and to round off Disc 2, following PVSF, their final work together the 1981 album I’m Coming Home.

Tracks:
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Disc 1
Scenery (1969)
1. Fillin' A Gap - 3:17
2. Being Human Being - 3:14
3. She - 4:35
4. I'm Laughing - 3:08
5. Just An Actor - 2:26
6. Energy - 6:44
7. Scenery - 5:22
8. Mm Of La - 3:38
9. Silly Bit Of Sentiment - 3:13
10.Mother, Mother, Mother - 3:07
11.Tomorrow Never Comes Like A Silver Spoon - 4:43
Single (1980)
12.Woman - 3:36
13.Loving You - 5:33
Bonus-Unreleased (1969)
14.Sorry About That - 2:52
15.Mm Of La - 3:38
16.Mother Mother Mother - 3:40
17.Tomorrow Never Comes Like A Silver Spoon - 4:41
18.I'm Laughing - 3:09
19.Being Human Being (Alternative Version) - 4:32
Disc 2
Prisoners, Victims, Strangers, Friends-Unreleased (1970)
1. Working Man - 3:08
2. You're Feeling Sleepy - 2:56
3. I Am, You Are, We Are - 3:31
4. Strange Days - 5:28
5. Amazon Song - 3:44
6. Afternoon - 3:56
7. Sorry About That - 3:04
8. Prisoners, Victims, Strangers, Friends - 5:14
9. Alone - 1:25
10.Somewhere To Belong - 4:36
I'm Coming Home (1981)
11.Coming Home - 4:28
12.Marcia - 2:57
13.Time - 4:50
14.Everything Will Be Alright - 3:27
15.Got To Live - 4:10
16.Getting A Little Love - 3:50
17.Sleepy - 3:01
18.Change In Me - 3:55
19.Funny - 2:26
20.Saints And Sinners - 5:09
21.Alone - 2:29

Personnel:
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Terry Brake - Guitars, Vocals
Brian Crane - Guitars, Vocals
Neil Mitchell - Bass
Rick Wakeman - Keyboards
Richard Hudson - Drums
John Ford - Bass
Dave Cousins - Guitar
Tony Hooper - Guitar
Steve Layton - Acoustic, Electric Guitars
Phil Vickers - Percussion
Mark Tibenham - Keyboards, Bass
Dek Byrne - Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet
Pete Rowland - Bass
Pete Board - Keyboards

All thanks to original releaser