Addressing The Nation With The Blues - Byther Smith

Advantages: Original . earthy , leaves you wanting more .
Disadvantages: May not be to everyones taste .

...Bessie Smith-born 15th April1894-died 26th September1937. Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee . She started her career in minstrelsy & vaudeville , she went on to record The St Louis blues & was accompanied by Louis Armstrong on the cornet & Fred Longshaw on the harmonium. The track was written and recorded by the great W.C. Hardy. Bessie Smith ,Vol 2 - St Louis blues is a C.D of original recordings from 1924-1925-featuring Fletcher Henderson . When you listen to this C.D. you can imagine yourself sitting in the front row of the audience watching & listening to some of the greatest musiciansof all time-including :- Fletcher Henderson/piano Don Redman/clarinet Robert Robbins/violin Irving Johns/piano Charlie Green/trombone Joe Smith/cornet Fred Longshaw / piano Louis Armstrong /cornet and piano. Buster Bailey/ clarinet... Read review

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Advantages: The Fall at one of their peaks
Disadvantages: None

...Choosing a favourite album by The Fall is a tricky business. To start with, there are so many of them. Among die-hard fans the choice is often between this epic and 1985's This Nation's Saving Grace. While This Nation's... is certainly more polished and strays into almost conventional rock territory at times, I'm going to plump for Hex. To start with, it features the line-up that most accept as one of the band's strongest: Mark E. Smith barking out his usual inscrutable vocals accompanied by dual drummers Karl Burns and Paul Hanley, guitarists Craig Scanlon and Marc (Lard) Riley and uber-bassist Steve Hanley. The turbulent history of Fall personnel has been well documented elsewhere and will be of little interest to the casual listener, although it quickly becomes a small obsession. The lp also features some of Smith's most bitter... Read review

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Advantages: A memorable performance
Disadvantages: none

...Recorded live in Paris in 1994, Morissey's new rockabilly band show great energy and musical ability. The set list, mostly composed of cuts from his album "Your Arsenal" includes some old favourites like "Suedehead" and "September spawned a monster". This gig finds the legendary Mozza in fine form, camping it up with the audience as only he can (his attempts at French go down a treat). You can almost see Mozza prowling the stage with microphone in hand singing "National Front Disco". I strongly recommend this album to any Morrissey fans and also to any fans of the The Smiths who don't know of his solo work.... Read review

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