Rock Archeologia

Dolly by Dolly - Gypsy Blood (1979) 

Artist: Doll By Doll
Album: Gypsy Blood
Label: Automatic Record Co.
Catalog#: K 56755
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 16 Nov 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative, Folk Rock, Acoustic
Duration: 00:39:03

• Doll by Doll were a London based rock band formed by Jackie Leven in 1975. They came to prominence during the New Wave period but were largely ignored by the music press of the time - their emotional, psychedelic-tinged music was judged out of step with other bands of the time.
• The original line up was Jackie Leven – vocals and guitar, Jo Shaw – vocals and guitar, Robin Spreafico – vocals and bass, and David Macintosh – vocals and percussion. This line up only recorded one studio album Remember before Spreafico was replaced by Tony Waite (1958–2003). In this configuration they released the albums Gypsy Blood (produced by John Sinclair) and the eponymous third album, Doll By Doll, before the band split up.
• At the time of final LP Grand Passion, only Leven was left of the original line-up, joined by Helen Turner (vocals and keyboards) and Tom Norden (vocals, guitar and bass) with a number of guest musicians, including David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Mark Fletcher (bass) and Chris Clarke (drums) played with the group live. Doll By Doll finally fell apart in 1983, though Leven, Shaw and Macintosh plus ex-Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, released a single Big Tears under the name "Concrete Bulletproof Invisible" in 1988. Leven became a prolific solo artist, releasing a series of albums featuring more folk orientated material.
• In 2005 a live recording of the original band was released. Revenge of Memory, which features all but one of the songs on the Remember album, was recorded at the Sheffield Limits Club in 1977. The four Doll by Doll studio albums were all released for the first time on CD in March 2007 on WEA/Rhino.

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 • Side One:
A1. Teenage Lightning 02:37
A2. Gypsy Blood 02:45
A3. Stripshow 04:06
A4. Human Face 05:05
A5. Hey Sweetheart 04:53
 • Side Two:
B1. Binary Fiction 03:24
B2. Hell Games 03:57
B3. Forbidden Worlds 04:08
B4. Highland Rain 05:00
B5. Endgame 02:05
B6. When A Man Dies 00:57

     Produced for Sarm Productions. Recorded at Sarm Studio.
     Published by Copyright Control.
     (P) 1979 An Automatic Recording
     Marketed and distributed by WEA Records Ltd.
     A Warner Communications Company.
     Artwork By (Typesetting) – Nick Lumsden
     Engineer – Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn
     Photography, Artwork By (Design) – Mikki Rain
     Producer – John Sinclair

Personel:
B.J. Cole - Steel Guitar
Kevin Whyte - Technician (Tape Operator)
Graham Preskett - Violin, Keyboards
The Haunted Valley Singers - Vocals (Other Voices)
Tony Waite - Vocals, Bass
Jackie Leven - Vocals, Guitar
Jo Shaw - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
David McIntosh - Vocals, Percussion
Written By – Doll By Doll, Jackie Leven, Shaw*, Akhmatova*

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