MALCOLM MORLEY
''LOST AND FOUND''
2002
43:04
1 Without a Word 5:50
2 Burning Love 3:09
3 Lost and Found 2:24
4 Honey Please 2:56
5 All That I Need 2:19
6 Ruby 5:15
7 Grace 4:17
8 Fish and Chips 4:11
9 Whiteman's Blues 3:48
10 Romance in a Tin 3:55
11 Naked as the Night 5:00
All Tracks By Morley
Richard Booth /Guitar (Electric)
Ian Gomm /Bass, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background)
Keith Gotheridge /Drums
Darryl Hunt /Bass
Duncan Kerr /Guitar (Electric)
Malcolm Morley /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Piano, Vocals
Harry Stephenson /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm)
REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
Malcolm Morley, a member of the British band Help Yourself in the early '70s before going on to short stints with Man and Bees Make Honey, recorded this unreleased solo album in 1976. Thought to be lost for 25 years, the master tape was found and the record finally issued in 2002. It's hardly a lost masterpiece, however. It's extremely low-key mid-'70s singer/songwriter rock, heavy on subdued, sad songs about failed love and introspective memories, with echoes of Paul McCartney and (much less often) Bob Dylan. Morley has a nice voice in the McCartney mold, but the songs are blandly ordinary, and the backing is low-energy period fare with a hint of pub rock bonhomie. The packaging is very respectful, though, the liner notes including quotes from Morley about all of the songs.
BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Malcolm Morley was a singer, guitarist, and keyboardist in the British band Help Yourself, who put out four albums in the early 1970s. When Help Yourself disbanded, Morley put in brief stints with Man and Bees Make Honey, also playing as a sideman to Deke Leonard, Wreckless Eric, and Kirsty McColl before leaving the music business in the early 1980s. In 1976 he recorded a journeyman singer-songwriter album, backed by Ian Gomm and Plummet Airlines, in which he sometimes sounded like a low-key, blander Paul McCartney. Unreleased at the time, the master tapes for that record were thought lost, but found 25 years later, and issued as Lost and Found in 2002. In 2001, Morley released the solo album Aliens, and was reported to be working on completing a fifth Help Yourself album.
''LOST AND FOUND''
2002
43:04
1 Without a Word 5:50
2 Burning Love 3:09
3 Lost and Found 2:24
4 Honey Please 2:56
5 All That I Need 2:19
6 Ruby 5:15
7 Grace 4:17
8 Fish and Chips 4:11
9 Whiteman's Blues 3:48
10 Romance in a Tin 3:55
11 Naked as the Night 5:00
All Tracks By Morley
Richard Booth /Guitar (Electric)
Ian Gomm /Bass, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background)
Keith Gotheridge /Drums
Darryl Hunt /Bass
Duncan Kerr /Guitar (Electric)
Malcolm Morley /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Piano, Vocals
Harry Stephenson /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm)
REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
Malcolm Morley, a member of the British band Help Yourself in the early '70s before going on to short stints with Man and Bees Make Honey, recorded this unreleased solo album in 1976. Thought to be lost for 25 years, the master tape was found and the record finally issued in 2002. It's hardly a lost masterpiece, however. It's extremely low-key mid-'70s singer/songwriter rock, heavy on subdued, sad songs about failed love and introspective memories, with echoes of Paul McCartney and (much less often) Bob Dylan. Morley has a nice voice in the McCartney mold, but the songs are blandly ordinary, and the backing is low-energy period fare with a hint of pub rock bonhomie. The packaging is very respectful, though, the liner notes including quotes from Morley about all of the songs.
BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Malcolm Morley was a singer, guitarist, and keyboardist in the British band Help Yourself, who put out four albums in the early 1970s. When Help Yourself disbanded, Morley put in brief stints with Man and Bees Make Honey, also playing as a sideman to Deke Leonard, Wreckless Eric, and Kirsty McColl before leaving the music business in the early 1980s. In 1976 he recorded a journeyman singer-songwriter album, backed by Ian Gomm and Plummet Airlines, in which he sometimes sounded like a low-key, blander Paul McCartney. Unreleased at the time, the master tapes for that record were thought lost, but found 25 years later, and issued as Lost and Found in 2002. In 2001, Morley released the solo album Aliens, and was reported to be working on completing a fifth Help Yourself album.
1 comment :
...and these last, unexpected, are even most appreciated.
Great Davi !!! big thanks
George
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