genre: rock
country: uk
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)
time: 1:08'00" size: 373 mb
misc.: compil. rec. '69-'70
Tapestry of Delights:
One of the more interesting characters of this era, Coyne entered the world on 27 January 1944 in Derby. He went to Art College there and later worked as a social therapist in a Preston mental hospital from 1965.
In 1969 he relocated to London, working as a social worker in Camden and beginning to pursue a music career. He soon became vocalist for Siren, but when they split he quit his day job, too, concentrating on a solo career.
Snapped up by Dandelion he put out a debut album which was full of his eccentricities and is now cherished by collectors. Much of his music was totally anti-commercial and entirely lacking in conventional song structures. In 1973 he signed to Virgin who put out a double album of his work, Marjory Razorblade.
In 1974 he formed a support band to play dates in Britain and Europe. After it collapsed he put together an enlarged band in January 1975 comprised of Tim Penn (keyb'ds), Gordon Smith (slide gtr), Andy Summers (gtr), Steve Thompson (bs) and Peter Woolf (drms). The resulting album, Matching Hands And Feet, was not one of his best though. In April 1975 Penn and Smith went on their way and the slimmed down band embarked on a long UK tour and recorded a further album, Heartburn. In Living Black And White, a live album, included Zoot Money and Andy Summers in the line-up. It also featured extended versions of two of his finest works, House On The Hill and Marjory Razorblade. However, by April 1976 it had become apparent that Coyne, whose music was always an acquired taste, couldn't afford to keep a band on the road and he was forced back to a solo format. He continued to record as a cult figure.
01. "Stride" 2:41
02. "Mandy Lee" 2:05
03. "Marilyn" 3:45
04. "Why, Why, Why" 3:36
05. "Cheat Me" 3:13
06. "Whole Lotta Shaking" 3:42
07. "Flowering Cherry" 2:47
08. "Trouble In Mind" 2:33
09. "God Bless The Bride" 3:45
10. "Bottle Up And Go" 3:15
11. "Blues Before Sunrise" 3:30
12. "I Need You" 2:58
13. "John The Baptist" 3:03
14. "The Lunatic Laughs" 3:51
15. "Big Pistol Momma" 3:01
16. "Hot Potato" 4:06
17. "Start Walking" 3:55
18. "Lets Dance" 2:35
19. "Forked Lightning" 6:32
20. "Wait Until Dark" 3:05
KEVIN COYNE gtr, vcls
JOHN CHICHESTER lead gtr
DAVE CLAGUE bs
NICK CODWORTH piano
TAT MEAGER drms
COLIN WOOD keyb'ds, flute
MICK GRATTON gt
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