Murray Head - Nigel Lived (2017) 1972

Исполнитель: Murray Head
Альбом: Nigel Lived
Жанр: Rock, Soft Rock
Год: (2017) 1972
Страна: UK
Лейбл: Intervention Records (IR-SCD2)
Формат: [SACD-R][OF]
Контейнер: ISO (*.iso)
Тип рипа: image
Разрядность: 64 (2,8 MHz/1 Bit)
Аудиокодек: DSD (2.0)
Количество каналов: 2.0
Размер: 2,0 GB
Источник: discogs
Залито на: XFile (.iso)

Recorded in the summer of 1972 and released the following year, Nigel Lived is Murray Head’s first solo LP. A rarity for this singer, it takes the form of a concept album. A songwriter found the diary of a stranger and wrote songs out of some fragments. The booklet reproduces pages of the fake diary along with the lyrics, weaving a believable fiction that helps in distancing or objectifying the autobiographical nature of the songs. They are split between the “success” and “failure” sides of the LP and tell the story of an artist (actor? singer? — both would apply to Head) who leaves his small hometown, comes to the “big city” to make it, and, after an initial encouraging period, watches his life fall apart. Head is surrounded by an impressive cast of session musicians from folk, rock, and jazz realms, including Caravan flutist Jimmy Hastings, jazz clarinetist Tony Coe, and original King Crimson drummer Michael Giles. The whole album seems to foretell Chris DeBurgh’s Spanish Train and Other Stories, especially because of the daring arrangements (a Gregorian choir and a steel drums ensemble in “Religion”). Other comparisons would include Shawn Phillips and Cat Stevens’ records around the same time. Head still had to write a memorable song like “Say It Ain’t So, Joe,” but despite the lack of shining moments, Nigel Lived makes a solid and surprisingly uncompromising album. And “Junk” is the longest, weirdest song this singer ever recorded.

Трэклист:

1. Pacing On the Station 04:55
2. Big City 03:29
3. Bed & Breakfast 02:29
4. The Party 03:14
5. Ruthie 03:20
6. City Scurry 01:58
7. When You Wake Up in the Morning 03:08
8. Why Do We Have to Hurt Our Heads 03:14
9. Pity the Poor Consumer 02:29
10. Dole 03:08
11. Nigel, Nigel 02:12
12. Miss Illusion 02:18
13. Religion 04:47
14. Junk 08:52

Accordion – Nick DeCaro (tracks: 12)
Acoustic Guitar – Mark Warner (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14), Murray Head (tracks: 5)
Arranged By [Strings & Horns] – Nick DeCaro
Backing Vocals – Kay Garner (tracks: 1, 2, 12)
Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer (tracks: 10), Jim Chester* (tracks: 3)
Bass – Clive Chaman (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8), Dave Wintour (tracks: 5, 7, 9, 11), Peter Giles (tracks: 14), Philip Chen* (tracks: 4, 13)
Choir [Choir Master] – Timothy Bond (2) (tracks: 13)
Clarinet – Tony Coe (tracks: 3, 7)
Clavinet [Electric Clavinet] – Peter Robinson (tracks: 4)
Conductor – Fiachra Trench
Congas – Barry De Souza (tracks: 2, 4), Frank Ricotti (tracks: 4)
Contrabass – James Harpham (tracks: 3)
Double Bass – Spike Heatley (tracks: 3, 10)
Drums – Barry De Souza (tracks: 13), Cozy Powell (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8), Glen LeFleur (tracks: 4), Michael Giles (tracks: 7, 9, 11, 14)
Electric Guitar – Mark Warner (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 9, 14)
Electric Piano – Peter Robinson (tracks: 2)
Engineer [Chief] – Phill Brown
Flugelhorn – John Donnelly (2) (tracks: 3)
Harmonica – Chris Neil* (tracks: 1)
Harp [Electric Harp] – Skaila Kanga (tracks: 13)
Mandolin – Graham Preskett (tracks: 1)
Marimba [Bass Marimba] – Frank Ricotti (tracks: 12)
Mastered By – Kevin Gray
Organ [Church Organ] – Peter Robinson (tracks: 9)
Organ [Pipe Organ] – Fiachra Trench (tracks: 12)
Percussion – Michael Giles (tracks: 5), Ray Cooper (tracks: 3, 12)
Piano – Fiachra Trench (tracks: 10), Peter Robinson (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 14)
Producer – Joe Wissert
Saxophone – Jim Chester* (tracks: 1, 6, 14), Jimmy Hastings (tracks: 1, 14), Tommy Whittle (tracks: 1, 14), Tony Coe (tracks: 1, 6, 14)
Saxophone [Electric Sax] – Chris Mercer (tracks: 3)
Saxophone [Plastic Sax] – Chris Mercer (tracks: 4)
Slide Guitar – Mark Warner (tracks: 3, 6, 7)
Steel Drums [Led By] – Miguel Baradas (tracks: 13)
Strings [Led By] – Jack Rothstein (tracks: 5, 7, 11)
Tabla – Chris Karam (tracks: 13)
Tenor Saxophone – Chris Mercer (tracks: 2)
Trombone – Dave Chapman (4) (tracks: 11), Dave Charman (tracks: 3, 6)
Trumpet – Henry Lowther (tracks: 6), John Donnelly (2) (tracks: 6)
Tuba – Martin Fry (2) (tracks: 13)
Violin [Electric Violin] – Graham Preskett (tracks: 8)

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