Harvey McLaughlin - Tabloid News - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

From the unhinged mind of singer/songwriter Harvey McLaughlin comes Racality - twelve tracks of throwback rock and roll that's reminiscent of the great piano rock albums by artists such as Warren Zevon, Elton John, Tom Waits and Randy Newman with it's own brand of cheekiness and an updated sensibility. On the heels of 2018's full length Tabloid News and the 2019 EP Automaton, Rascality features McLaughlin's weird and wild brand of storytelling - reveling in subjects ranging from Chinese restaurants to carnival excursions to the red pyramids of Mars and everything between. InchI made an effort to cover all the basics,Inch says McLaughlin. InchWendigos, voodoo hexes, fortune telling moles and public executions, it's all there.Inch

Vinyl LP pressing. Includes . Originally released to a fan base and music press that were unprepared for the band to move on from the punk fury of InchCrossing The Red SeaInch, The Adverts InchCast Of ThousandsInch has since been recognized as a lost classic of the time. TV Smith's cutting observational lyrics and sharp musical instincts saw his song writing grow and move in unexpected directions. The primal thumping was replaced by dynamic and driving drumming, acoustic guitars and probing solos emerged, and Tim Cross joined to add keyboards and fill out the overall sound. The one constant was the pounding throb of Gaye Advert's bass. Encouraged to experiment by surprise producer Tom Newman (Mike Oldfield InchTubular BellsInch) the band found themselves stretching creatively, both in song writing and recording techniques. They might agonize over the sound of recording a match being lit in the middle of one song, while doing a single take of a vocal via a microphone hung in the bathroom for another. Giant choirs were built meticulously over multiple tracks, while the sound of a rat running through the reverb room would be captured forever. The results wrapped some of TV's best songs in strange and inventive sounds to compliment his anti-pop smarts and rock and roll heart.

Undoubtedly one of the world's greatest guitarists in the history of rock n' roll, Harvey Mandel was light years ahead of the competition when he first broke onto the scene in the mid 1960's with Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band, bridging the gap between blues and rock n' roll. A true innovator who sounded like no one else at the time, Mandel played with such notables as Canned Heat, The Rolling Stones, and John Mayall before starting a solo career. Presented here is Mandel's classic 1974 solo album Feel The Sound Of Harvey Mandel, featuring Ray Lester (bass); Victor Conte (bass); Danny Keller (drums); Paul Lagos (drums); Coleman Head (rhythm guitar); Mark Skyer (rhythm guitar) and the original Pure Food And Drug Act band. All selections have been newly remastered.