The Times - This Is London (vinyl LP 1983) Ed Ball, TV Personalities indie
£
33
$
44
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
UK and Europe bidders only, please.
Artpop ART 19.
Tracklist
A1 This Is London A2 Goodbye Piccadilly A3 Whatever Happened To Thamesbeat A4 If Only A5 Big Painting A6 Goodnight Children Everywhere B1 The Party B2 Stranger Than Fiction B3 (There's A) Cloud Over Liverpool B4 Will Success Spoil Frank Summit? B5 The Chimes Of Big Ben B6This Green And Pleasant Land
Recorded after Ed Ball had left the Television Personalities (he and TVPs leader Dan Treacy had recorded together under a variety of names since 1977; the first Times album was recorded by the pair) and set up a mostly stable band on his own, 1983's This Is London is a far more assured and accomplished record than their charmingly ramshackle debut ... Read More Recorded after Ed Ball had left the Television Personalities (he and TVPs leader Dan Treacy had recorded together under a variety of names since 1977; the first Times album was recorded by the pair) and set up a mostly stable band on his own, 1983's This Is London is a far more assured and accomplished record than their charmingly ramshackle debut. Adding Ray Kent, a full-time keyboardist specializing in groovy Vox Continental organ sounds, Ball, bassist John East, and drummer Paul Damien straddle the line between 1966 Small Faces and 1967 Creation, with some Kinks and Who thrown in. The Carnaby Street era is clearly everpresent in Ball's mind, with lyrics and song titles deliberately evoking the days of Julie Christie and Terence Stamp. Ball is not entirely wrapped up in the past, however; "Whatever Happened to Thamesbeat?," a mocking ode to the short-lived mod revival scene in the manner of the Television Personalities' "Part Time Punks," is one of Ball's very best tunes. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi
price rating
