Rock Archeologia

Kursaal Flyers - The Great Artiste (1975) 

Artist: Kursaal Flyers
Album: The Great Artiste
Label: UK Rocords
(Marketed by Polidor Limited)
Catalog#: UKMC 1018
Original Released: 1975
Made in England
Format: FLAC (tracks+.cue+log)
Bitrate: lossless
Genre: Rock, Pub Rock
Duration: 00:46:10

• Паб-рокеры Kursaal Flyers - очень колоритные и веселые ребята с хорошим английским чувством юмора. Обложки их альбомов тоже очень смешные. Однако их кантри-року не хвататает отточенности и выразительности...Или, например, так. Паб-рокеры Kursaal Flyers играют не очень выразительный кантри-рок, которому зачастую не хватает технической безупречности их американских идеалов-образцов. Но зато это веселые и колоритные ребята, с настоящим английским чувством юмора, которое, естественно не встречается у американцев. Да, и обложки у них тоже очень смешные.
• А вообще-то, они с Кэнви Айленд, пробиться им помогли земляки Dr. Feelgood, это первые два их альбома, довольно ровные. На них есть песни про пластинки, карманные деньги, кун-фу, пьянство в одиночку и желтые носки. Эти песни вполне можно слушать, занимаясь каким-нибудь полезным (или не очень) делом. Барабанщик Уилл Берч потом продюссировал Dr. Feelgood и стал главным историографом паб-рока, написав самую лучшую (и единственную в мире) книгу про паб-рок.

• The Kursaal Flyers were a British pop band, formed in Southend-on-Sea in 1973. They are most famous for their 1976 single "Little Does She Know" (which was a Top 20 hit) and were the subject of a BBC documentary following them on tour in 1975.
• The group formed when Shuttleworth, Douglas, Birch, Collins, Bull and Hatfield, who had all performed locally in various combinations around Southend, got together in October 1973 to form a new band. They made their first appearance together as The Kursaal Flyers - named after the Kursaal, Southend's famous amusement hall, which had recently closed down - at The Blue Boar pub in Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-sea, in February 1974, mainly playing covers of country rock songs but over time increasingly writing their own material.
• Through contacts in the band Dr. Feelgood, they then got some support slots in London, where they were seen by influential agents and songwriters. All bar Hatfield turned professional at the start of 1975, signed for Jonathan King's UK Records, and released their first album Chocs Away. Although the singles "Speedway" and "Hit Records" received some airplay, the band failed to garner any commercial success. Their second album, The Great Artiste, also sold poorly. (wiki)

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 • Tracklist:

01. Ugly Guys 3.10
02. The great Artiste 3.28
03. Fall Like The Rain 4.48
04. Cruisin' For Love 3.59
05. Back To The Book 2.10
06. Palais de Danse 2.31
07. Pain And Misery 3.31
08. Hypochondriac 3.30
09. Television 4.08
10. Drinking Alone 03:21
   Bonus Track:
11. Cruisin For Love (Single Version) 03:28
12. Slimmin' (For The Women) 04:18

     Recorded At Chipping Norton Recording Studios
     Artwork By Andrew Douglas
     Engineer Barry Hammond
     Photography By Adrian Boot
     Producer: Kursaal Flyers
 

Members:
Will Birch - Drums
Ritchie Bull - Bass, Banjo
Vic Collins - Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocals
Graeme Douglas - Guitar, Piano, Vocals 
Paul Shuttleworth - Vocals

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