name: | [power-pop, rock] (2020) Kursaal Flyers - Little Does She Know Complete Recordings [... |
说明: Review: In the days before punk rock, Kursaal Flyers straddled the line separating pub rock and power pop. The line was so thin it would seem to disappear in the rearview mirror, but when Kursaal Flyers were active in the mid-’70s, they were subtly pulled in two different directions. They’d tour on the same circuit as their friends Dr. Feelgood, but they also signed to Jonathan King’s company in 1975, then worked with pop impresario Mike Batt after singing to CBS for The Golden Mile in 1976. Batt gave “Little Does She Know” a grandiose arrangement designed to conjure memories of Phil Spector, and it was enough for the single to crack the U.K. Top 20; however, instead of being their breakthrough, it was their only hit. The band made it through 1977, playing harder and faster on-stage, an evolution captured on their incandescent ’77 single “Television Generation” — a pop record with its eyes on punk, not the 1960s — but lead singer Paul Shuttleworth decided to go solo by the end of the year. Kursaal Flyers disbanded after his departure — drummer Will Birch went on to form the Records, who cut the power pop classic “Starry Eyes” — but they reunited in the mid-’80s, a resurrection that resulted in 1988’s A Former Tour de Force Is Forced to Tour. All of this music is boxed up on RPM’s 2020 quadruple-disc set Little Does She Know: Complete Recordings, which not only contains the aforementioned albums but the two albums the group made for King (Chocs Away and The Great Artiste), the ripping 1977 concert album Five Live Kursaals, plus a handful of singles, stray tracks, unreleased songs, and radio sessions. Listening to the collected work of the Kursaals accentuates how they were torn between their country-tinged roots and pop inclinations. Often, the band’s studio productions were a shade too bright and polished for the material, but there’s a charm in how the group gamely attempted to hit the charts, plus underneath the gloss there are a number of remarkable songs, usually written by the combination of Will Birch and Graeme Douglas. A lot of these songs are best heard on Five Live Kursaals, which is leaner and meaner than the studio set, but it’s also true that the clutch of 1977 studio recordings that also spawned the Birch/Richie Bull composition “Television Generation” are immediate in a way that the earliest Kursaal records aren’t. Still, the amiable country-rock and pop of the three studio albums is charming and often effective — and, in the case of “Speedway,” quite brilliant — but it’s also easy to see why Douglas calls A Former Tour de Force the group’s “best recordings” in Birch’s liner notes. On this reunion record, the two sides are integrated and the Kursaals are not only focused but having fun, and that means this box is the rare set where the latter-day recordings help shine a light on what the group did so well. Tracklist: CD 1: Chocs Away! 01.Pocket Money 02.Hit Records 03.Kung Fu 04.Tennessee 05.Chocs Away 06.Speedway 07.Brakeman 08.Now I’m Back 09.Yellow Sax 10.Silver Wings 11.Cross Country The Great Artiste 12.Ugly Guys 13.The Great Artiste 14.Fall Like the Rain 15.Cruisin’ for Love 16.Back to the Book 17.Palais de Danse 18.Pain and Misery 19.Hypochondriac 20.Television 21.Drinking Alone CD 2: Golden Mile 01.Little Does She Know 02.One Arm Bandit 03.Drinking Socially 04.Two Left Feet 05.Modern Lovers 06.Street of the Music 07.Radio Romance 08.When the Band’s on the Stand 09.Detroit Tin 10.Third Finger Left Hand 11.Ready to Go 12.Little Does She Know [A-side edit] 13.Girl Talk [B-side] 14.The Questionnaire [unreleased 1977] 15.The Sky’s Falling in on Our Love [A-side] 16.Revolver [B-side] CD 3: Five Live Kursaals 01.Original Model 02.Yellow Sox 03.Pocket Money 04.Cruisin’ for Love 05.The Sky’s Falling in on Our Love 06.Little Does She Know 07.Street of the Music 08.TV Dinners 09.Speedway 10.Revolver 11.On My Mind 12.Anna (Go to Him) 13.Friday on My Mind 14.Television Generation [A-side] 15.Girlfriend Kinda Guy [unreleased 1977] 16.Everything But a Heartbeat [unreleased 1977] 17.Girls That Don’t Exist [unreleased 1977] CD 4: A Former Tour de Force Is Forced to Tour 01.IF You Would Only Talk to Me (Like You Talk to the Dog) 02.Pre-Madonna 03.Tonight Before Tonight 04.Man in Mohair 05.A Former Tour de Force Is Forced to Tour 06.Luxury Lane 07.My Sugar Turns to Alcohol 08.Paranoid Weekend 09.Old Men Need Some Lovin’ Too 10.Monster-in-Law 11.Cruisin’ for Love [A-side remake] 12.Slimmin’ [B-side] 13.Walkin’ to School [unreleased 1976] 14.Route 66 [from Southend Rock Compilation] 15.Tennessee [radio session 1975] 16.Foggy Mountain Breakdown [radio session 1975] 17.Yellow Sox [radio session 1975] 18.Route 66 [radio session 1975] Media Report: Genre: power-pop, rock Format: FLAC Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM Bit rate mode: Variable Channel(s): 2 channels Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz Bit depth: 16 bits | |
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语言: | English |
总大小: | 1.59 GB |
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加入的日期: | 2020-12-06 22:38:50 |
洪流地位: | Torrent Verified |
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