BRINSLEY SCHWARZ 'SILVER PISTOL' RARE MINT 1ST PRESS 1971 UA-UK IMPORT UNPLAYED
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BRINSLEY SCHWARZ 'SILVER PISTOL' RARE MINT 1ST PRESS 1971 UA-UK IMPORT UNPLAYED!
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Silver Pistol Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Courtesy of AllMusic.comSilver Pistol isn't the definitive pub rock album, but it is the first great record to surface from the scene. Like much of the first wave of pub rock, Silver Pistol is quiet, laid-backm and low-key -- with its warm, rustic sound and a gentleness that infuses even the rockers, this is the closest to the Band that the Brinsleys got. There are some major differences, most of them coming from Nick Lowe. That's not to denigrate new guitarist/songwriter Ian Gomm, since his four numbers (particularly "Dry Land" and "Range War") reveal a fine songwriter with a keen sense of melody and a knack for synthesizing country, rock, and folk into something distinctive, but Lowe really hits his stride with this record. This is in to some degree due to the influence of Jim Ford, a renegade American roots-rocker who Brinsley Schwarz backed on an unreleased and subsequently lost 1971 album. The group covers two of his songs, "Niki Hoeke Speedway" and "Ju Ju Man," on Silver Pistol, and these numbers reveal the appealingly off-kilter sense of humor and pop hooks that would form the foundation of Lowe's style. Those sensibilities are just beginning to creep into his songwriting on Silver Pistol, on the Beatles-meets-Band "Unknown Number," the lovely "Nightingale," the wonderful pop tune "The Last Time I Was Fooled," and the epic "Silver Pistol." His other two songs are sturdy country-rock numbers a notch below Gomm's best on the record, but still very good, and it all adds up to an endearing low-key roots rock album that doesn't just find Brinsley Schwarz coming into their own, it stands as one of the most appealing records of its kind.
DISCOGS DETAILS: Courtesy of Discogs
Brinsley Schwarz – Silver Pistol
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Label:
United Artists Records – UAS 29217Format:
Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry:
UKReleased:
1971Genre:
RockStyle:
Pub Rock, Country Rock A1 Dry Land Written-By – I. Gomm* 2:25 A2 Merry Go Round Written-By – N. Lowe* 4:01 A3 One More Day Written-By – I. Gomm* 2:50 A4 Nightingale Written-By – N. Lowe* 3:00 A5 Silver Pistol Written-By – N. Lowe* 3:28 A6 Last Time I Was Fooled Written-By – N. Lowe* 3:58 B1 Unknown Number Written-By – N. Lowe* 2:48 B2 Range War Written-By – I. Gomm* 2:25 B3 Egypt Written-By – N. Lowe* 5:13 B4 Niki Hoeke Speedway Written-By – Jim Ford 3:20 B5 Ju Ju Man Written-By – Jim Ford 3:30 B6 Rockin' Chair Written-By – I. Gomm* 2:08- Printed By – Upton Printing Group
- Recorded By – Granada Mobile
- Mixed At – Olympic Studios
- Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
- Art Direction – Jeff Powell (3)
- Bass, Guitar, Vocals – Nick Lowe
- Cover – 'Ello Mum
- Drums – Bill Rankin*
- Engineer [Mobile] – Chris Hollebone
- Engineer [Recording And Mixing] – Anton Matthews
- Guitar – Brinsley Schwarz (2)
- Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Ian Gomm
- Keyboards, Vocals – Bob Andrews
- Photography By – Chris Gabrin
- Producer – Brinsley Schwarz (2), Dave Robinson (3)
UK original release.
Initial copies with folded poster
Recorded on 8 track at home August '71
Mobile equipment: Granada London
Mixed at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London
A Destiny Production
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): UAS 29217 A1-U
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): UAS 29217 B1-U
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