Album Reviews

Well this is embarrassing: I've played often and enjoyed this excellent sounding reissue featuring L.A. based anglophile singer/songwriter Emitt Rhodes in preparation for this write-up but the record has gotten lost here somewhere.

I've looked and looked but it must be have gotten caught in the center of a gatefold record, or some such thing and I can't find it.

Well this is embarrassing: I've played often and enjoyed this excellent sounding reissue featuring L.A. based anglophile singer/songwriter Emitt Rhodes in preparation for this write-up but the record has gotten lost here somewhere.

I've looked and looked but it must be have gotten caught in the center of a gatefold record, or some such thing and I can't find it.

So the best I can do (until it turns up, which it will) is tell you, if you like baroque-rock, faux English rock, and The Beatles, you'll love this gem, even though many of the gestures now sound stilted and dated. What doesn't sound that way sounds tuneful, harmonious and "groovy."

Here is the original of the gorgeous Rhodes composition "Time Will Know the Wiser" the opening tune to Fairport Convention's self-titled debut album (UK Polydor  583 035). The others may not reach that standard, but there's plenty here to like and the sound is quite good.

I'd have more to say if I could find and play this. It will happen.