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Some of it (as already mentioned) is unfortunately ropey Audio wise - the hissy Billy Fay demo and The Woods Band is disappointingly muddied but on the other hand Dave Cartwright's McGuinness Flint-sounding 'My Delicate Skin', Michael Chapman's box-set title song 'Stranger In A Room' (see my review for Light In The Attic's stunning reissue of his second album 'Fully Qualified Survivor' and Storyteller's early Genesis-like 'Morning Glow' all sound superlative - huge acoustic guitars, voices and clever string arrangements. Beautifully laid out and aimed at collectors and novices alike вЂ“ when I think of the recent miserable 8-page inlay given to Fleetwood Mac and their supposed '50 Years вЂ“ DonвЂ™t Stop' 3CD celebration, it really does show how independents light the way, when the majors seem content with what they can get away with.ДЄcross 60 tracks there are those fabulous discoveries - the debut Unicorn LP on Transatlantic Records where the chosen debut album song 'I Loved Her So Long' is the link between Matthews Southern Comfort and Plainsong (much of their better material in the mid 70ts on Harvest Records had the same hooky gorgeous melodies) - the beautiful ethereal harmony vocals of Fairport Convention's Judy Dyble and Them's Jackie McAuley in their Trader Horne incarnation for 'Here Comes The Rain' (see my separate review of that album reissued by Earth Records on CD).

SHIRLEY COLLINS NO ROSES RAR FULL

Each entry is full of great name-checks like that. I didnвЂ™t know either of those things and I dare say, neither did you. None other than John Lennon replied in writing (to his worries) and that was the basis for the rather insipid Al Pacino film vehicle 'Danny Collins' вЂ“ or that Prelude who had a huge hit with their truly gorgeous Acapella version of Neil Young's 'After The Gold Rush' sang backing vocals on another huge Folk-ish hit - 'Streets Of London' by Ralph McTell.

It advises that in late 1972 after the album's release in May, Steve did an interview with Zig Zag magazine ruminating on how fame and fortune might affect his songwriting.

Take the Steve Tilston entry for his 'All In A Dream' song on Disc 3.

SHIRLEY COLLINS NO ROSES RAR DRIVER

Put together by the uber-knowledgeable and Baby Driver with-it JOHN REED вЂ“ his equally sexy co-compiler DAVID WELLS pours on the facts in the multitudinous 40-page booklet вЂ“ each artist and song given a full appraisal usually sided by period photos, ticket stubs, flyers, trade adverts and those impossibly rare single and LPs pictured throughout.

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