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| JESS RODEN | ||
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| THE RIVITS | ||
| SEVEN WINDOWS | ||
| THE HUMANS | ||
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Curator - Neil Storey |
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Country Home 1. Civil Of You Stranger (Blunt)
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Produced by: Jess Roden |
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Ace Of Sunlight 1. Amber Moon (Roden / Worth)
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Produced by: Bronco & Richard Digby Smith |
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Country Home / Ace Of Sunlight |
Original tracks produced by: Jess Roden, Bronco & Richard Digby Smith Notes 2: There is audible audio damage on some tracks and the sound, throughout, is muffled leading to suspicions that the CD (might have been) mastered from either vinyl copies of the originals or, possibly, old cassette tapes.
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Bumpers |
Notes: Bumpers was released in 1970, way, way before the advent of MP3s; a time when CDs or even PCs hadn't even been dreamed up. Record companies – by and large spear-headed by Island – compiled single, double and even triple-album sets consisting of mainly new or unreleased tracks by artists that the vast majority new little or nothing about interspersed by a few from acts that had already broken through. These were not intended as anthologies or compilations; the purpose being to allow listeners the opportunity to ‘sample’ a range of acts at a reduced price; showcasing those for whom there wasn’t necessarily a singles market meaning little chance of UK radio play. The secondary ethic being – if you like the artists you knew about, then you may well like the unreleased ‘stuff’ we’re putting with it. Not just that, but these ‘sampler’ albums were priced at a lot less that wallet-bursting. Columbia’s “The Rock Machine Turns You On & The Rock Machine I Love You” together with Liberty Records “Gutbucket” started the trend, as Island weighed in with “Nice Enough to Eat” and “You Can All Join In” - both issued in 1969. Bumpers was released in 1970 - the year that 18 year olds got the vote and women got equal pay; the year that the first transatlantic Boeing 747 flight arrived at Heathrow and Britons got a taste of the new decimal currency ahead of decimalization; the year of the Isle Of Wight festival which starred Jimi Hendrix (shortly before his death in London); the year that The Beatles parted ways and the year in which this two album set could be aquired for 29/11 (thats in old UK coinage) - in today's terms that 1.50 or $2.00. The album was issued in two pressings; one with the pink label and "i" logo, the other with the label displaying a palm motif on a white background and a pink rim. There are subtle differences between the recordings although the variations on overseas versions were much more fundamental, with a wholly different selection of tracks for the Antipodes. In addition the sleeve notes and label information are shoddily compiled. Album name: comes from the fact that the distinctive basketball-style shoes depicted as the cover image were immensley popular in Britain at the time and were known as... Bumpers. Sleeve: by Tony Wright - his first ever Island Records sleeve - and, to this date, Tony has probably designed more sleeves for the label than any other artist / designer. He later went on to design the sleeve for the JRB album, Play It Dirty, Play It Class. Allegedly – and in a homage to a Warhol take on a theme – there were eight different sleeve-variants on the Bumpers theme; although the yellow / red variant is the one that is known. Although uncredited, it is possible that Tony also devised the 'bamboo lettering' design for the Bronco logo - occasionally used for concert advertising - most seen during their shows with the likes of Free. |
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El Pea |
 The original Island poster for El Pea  El Pea newspaper advertisment (used in the NME and Melody Maker) The version of Sudden Street on El Pea is diifferent to that on Ace of Sunlight - approximately a minute shorter and somewhat more sparse, leading to thoughts that a different vocal take was used in the mix. |
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Meet On The Ledge CD2: CD3: |
Label: Island Released: 2009 Notes: One of three Island compilations to celebrate the label's 50th anniversary. This 3 CD set covers the folk / rock genre within Island's history and includes extensive sleevenotes written by Dave Suff, head of Fledgling Records (compilers of the Sandy Denny - Boxful Of Treasures set). |
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