I get there in the end.”Ĭrimson/Red is full of songs about characters such as the best jewel thief in the world and the old magician. I did not have time to hear it as a collection of pieces, but that often happens. “I’m annoyed at myself for having got into that position,” he sighs softly. I owed a record to some investors, so I went looking for the best songs I could find in a hurry. I thought it was shaping up very well then I got a reality check last October. It still wasn’t finished for very many reasons. “I had been working on something else for a couple of years, writing all the songs for this other project. The songs themselves had been “written over years, that’s for sure” but “the gathering together of them was a bit more fraught”. It’s a record, he admits, that was driven by simple expedience. Next week, however, the 56-year-old Co Durham singer and musician emerges with a fully realised album called Crimson/Red. They remain stashed away in Paddy McAloon’s archives, the unheard products of a reclusive songwriter with an endlessly active mind. Vinyl LP £19.FOLLOWERS of Prefab Sprout’s 30 years in music will be familiar with the what-might-have-beens. Vinyl LP £20.99 Buy Now: Estimated Dispatch within 10 - 12 daysįrom Langley Park to Memphis Ī Life of Surprises The releases include Prefab Sprout’s fourth studio album ‘Protest Songs’ - an essential release for the band that secured them a UK Top 20 record, as well as their sixth album ‘Andromeda Heights’, that spawned singles ‘A Prisoner Of The Past’ & ‘Electric Guitars’ and comes on 180g black vinyl for the very first time.įinally, the fourth part in the latest batch is the band’s newly mastered and remastered release of 2009’s ‘Let’s Change The World With Music’ - seen widely as the band’s comeback album, which received critical acclaim. If you have never listened to this album then I urge, no, demand that you do.” The BBC labelled it as “one of the greats. An album that frequently graces critics’ “all time best” lists, it’s a record that is highly-revered. The releases include Prefab Sprout’s renowned hit album ‘Steve McQueen’ - this time arriving as a ½ speed remaster from the original tapes and follows its 2007 ‘legacy edition’ release. Off the back of the incredible latest album ‘I Trawl The Megahertz‘, and following last month’s first hit of remastered vinyl, Prefab Sprout have announced an exciting next batch, featuring four of the band’s classic albums - out October 25th - all overseen by Paddy and Martin McAloon.
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