Styles: Vocal, Pop/Rock
Year: 1972
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:04
Size: 122,2 MB
Art: Front
(2:46) 1. Auntie Vi's
(3:25) 2. Wonderful Lily
(2:47) 3. Cherry
(4:28) 4. My Mother Was Her Name
(3:48) 5. Many Happy Returns
(2:24) 6. Theme From An Unmade Silent Movie
(4:10) 7. That Girl
(2:59) 8. Back In The Country
(4:13) 9. Grannie's Dixie Duo
(3:20) 10. Journey Thru' Dawn
(2:35) 11. Don't Let It Die
(3:29) 12. Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?
(2:56) 13. Getting To Know You
(3:04) 14. Who Was It?
(2:52) 15. Take Suki Home
(2:41) 16. The Writer Sings His Songs
One of the more unlikely hit-makers in pop history, Hurricane Smith was a middle-aged engineer with a reedy, nasal voice who had made his only previous claim to fame by odd-jobbing around Abbey Road long enough to earn a spot engineering for the Beatles prior to Revolver, then building on his résumé by producing Pink Floyd's first two albums as well as the Pretty Things' landmark S.F. Sorrow. True to his lack of form, his recordings of 1972-1973 revealed an artist more in love with pop crooners than British beat groups, although his songs were well-illustrated tableaux of English life with contemporary art rock productions (needless to say, they were also engineered very well). An eccentric, Smith's songs didn't sound commercial enough to really hit, nor were his songs or performances striking enough to make him a cult favorite. He endures as a pop footnote; think of John Howard or Brian Protheroe with an affinity for the early age of falsetto crooners (Rudy Vallée and Al Bowlly). ~ John Bush https://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-let-it-die-the-very-best-of-hurricane-smith-mw0000805050
Thank You Dave!
Para mim o melhor de Hurricane Smith é o disco "Razzmahtazz" com músicas de tirar o fôlego. Ainda não o encontrei na internet. Viva Hurricane! Obrigado pelo maravilhoso post.
ReplyDeleteThank you Thatiane! I'm looking for this album!
DeleteI was hoping you might find a original album, I could only find this greatest hits album myself. I see you also found another greatest hits album from 1978, thanks Giullia. It would really be special f you could find "Razzmahtazz" wouldn't it! Thanks Thatiane. I couldn't see and more albums by Hurricane on Wikipedia so don't know of anything else he's released. I wish I had heard this Razzmahtazz your fortunate to have heard the tracks!
ReplyDeleteGood luck and best wishes, great to know somebody "overseas" admires our special artist. Dave (DJ38)UK.
Thank you Dave!
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