MILLER ANDERSON - BRIGHT CITY - BLUES / FOLK ROCK - NEW LP RECORD

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MILLER ANDERSON - BRIGHT CITY - BLUES / FOLK ROCK - NEW LP RECORD

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Alice Mercy (To Whom It May Concern) The Age Of Progress Nothing In This World Bright City Grey Broken Morning High Tide, High Water Shadows 'Cross My Wall
This is a reissue of the debut album as a leader by British vocalist / guitarist / songwriter Miller Anderson, one of the great unsung heroes of the British Blues-Rock scene, who is still active at the time of writing. After spending three years with the Keef Hartley Band as its vocalist / lead guitarist and recording five splendid albums with the band ("Halfbreed", "The Battle Of North West Six", "The Time Is Near", "Overdog" and "Little Big Band"), he recorded this album with a dream team of musicians which included Keef Hartley Band keyboardist Peter Dines and bassist Gary Thain, as well as drummer Eric Dillon, keyboardist Mick Weaver, guitarist Neil Hubbard, vocalist Madeline Bell and Jazz musicians: flautist Lyn Dobson and trumpeter Harry Beckett. The album presented seven original songs, all written and composed by Anderson and was originally released on the cult Deram label. This reissue adds one bonus track, which is a live version of one of the album's original songs, recorded almost four decades later.

The album presents a stunning collection of songs which cover a diverse spectrum of music that thrived at the time, moving elegantly between Blues-Rock, Folk-Rock, Prog-Rock and Jazz-Rock, emphasizing the lack of stylistic snobbishness and pompousness. These musicians were able to play delicate Folksy ballads, heavy Rock riffs and Jazzy improvisations with the same ease, completely naturally and always with full dedication. No wonder this music sounds so much better than the garbage marketed on the music market today, as it belongs to a completely different universe of musical values.

Anderson emerges on this album not only as a great vocalist and guitarist, but also as a superb songwriter. Each of these tunes is a little Rock gem, which lost absolutely nothing of its glamour over time. Sadly Anderson did not make another recording under his own name for almost three decades following the making of this album and returned to active recording career only by the turn of the Millennium.

Although not mentioned on the album's packaging, the original master tapes were probably remastered, as the CD has a great sound quality, faithfully retaining the unique sound of the early 1970s, which of course is absolutely brilliant. This album is an absolute must to connoisseurs of the British Blues-Rock scene in particular and British Rock in general, a great trip down the memory lane and an important glimpse at a point in history, when music simply kicked ass. Wholeheartedly recommended!

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