ENGLAND'S GLORY England's Glory LP 5 HOURS BACK 1987 UK orig TOCK004 ONLY ONES
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ENGLAND'S GLORY
Several years before Peter Perrett came to prominence in the new wave band the Only Ones, he was doing his best to imitate Lou Reed in an outfit called England's Glory. The group -- dominated by Perrett's vocals and songs and including future Squeeze bassist Harry Kakoulli -- cut a bunch of demos in early 1973, but never got anywhere on record or as a performing act. In the late '80s, long after the Only Ones had disbanded, many of these demos finally saw the light of day on an archival reissue
"ENGLAND'S GLORY"
[RECORDED IN 1973 BUT, AT TIME, RELEASED ONLY AS PROMOTIONAL IN 25 COPIES ]
1987 LP 5 HOURS BACK RECORDS TOCK 004
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
Barcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode: none
LABEL: 5 HOURS BACK - PURPLE LABEL- BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear & front sticker) TOCK 004
Catalog on labels: TOCK 004 (TOCK 004-A) / TOCK 004 (TOCK 004-B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): MPO TOCK 004 A1 A PORKY PRIME CUT.
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): MPO TOCK 004 B2 PORKY.
On labels: rim text reads "All Rights......Prohibited"
All titles composed by Peter Perrett
Vengeance Publishing
? 1972 P.+Z. Perrett
© 1987 5 Hours Back
On back cover: January 1973, Venus Recording Studios, Whitechapel, London, England
Produced by England's Glory
Liner notes by Pete Stenguitar Makowski
tracklisting
Side 1: DEVOTION - THE WIDE WATERWAY - CITY OF FUN
FIRST TIME I SAW YOU - BROKEN ARROWS
Side 2: BRIGHT LIGHTS - IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME - THE GUEST
PETER & THE PETS - SHOWDOWN
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
This material marks Perrett as the most obsessed, and accurate, Lou Reed imitator ever captured on tape. No doubt the result of endless hours spent kneeling at Reed's 1972 Transformer album as it was spinning round the turntable, Perrett didn't miss a trick in emulating his hero of the moment. Tuneful power chords, sluggish keyboards, vulnerable-to-the-point-of-shaking love songs, and tossed-off, sing-speak vocals -- it's all here, such an uncanny imitation that it could easily fool unwary listeners into believing they've stumbled on a stash of early-'70s Reed outtakes. No, it's not original, but it is pretty good -- not as good as Berlin, but certainly better than some of Transformer, if not up to that album's best songs. Imagine Reed's 1972-1973 work without the orchestration or anonymous session musicians, and you get the picture. Perrett isn't as good a singer or as direct a lyricist as Reed. But looking past the obvious imitation, Reed fans could do worse than check this out, and Only Ones fans will find this a fascinating glimpse into Perrett's beginnings...(AllMusic)
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