Label: Witchwood Media (UK), WMCD 2010
Style: Folk Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: Hounslow, Middlesex, England (7 January 1945)
Time: 38:32
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 232 Mb
Dave
Cousins' 1972 solo album was very much like a Strawbs record of the
period, albeit one in which his songwriting and vocals dominated even
more than they did on other Strawbs releases from the era. The Strawbs
connection is enhanced by the presence of soon-to-be Strawb Dave Lambert
on guitar and backing vocals, and just-ex-Strawb Rick Wakeman on
keyboards. A couple of other moonlighters from star bands (bassist Roger
Glover of Deep Purple and drummer Jon Hiseman of Colosseum) are onboard
too, as are, on a couple tracks, the wind septet of Robert Kirby, most
known for his contributions to Nick Drake recordings. Like the Strawbs
albums from the time, it shows a move toward a folk-rock/harder rock
blend as compared to Cousins' folkier beginnings, though a few cuts
mostly or wholly feature only Cousins accompanying himself on piano.
Too, some of these songs -- such as "Two Weeks Last Summer," "October to
May," and "We'll Meet Again Sometime" -- had actually been recorded
with the Strawbs prior to inclusion on this release, even if the Strawbs
versions didn't find their way into wide release until the CD era. It's
not as good as the best Strawbs stuff, however, in part because it
lacks as much of a group dynamic, in part because it doesn't have
Cousins' most outstanding songs. All that noted, fans of Cousins and the
Strawbs are pretty solidly guaranteed to find something to appreciate
here, as the songs are very much in his tradition of haunting melodies
and involved lyrics, sometimes with a story-spinning,
remembrance-of-things-past bent. Lingering echoes of psychedelia are
felt in the distorted vocals, foggy organ, backward washes of sound, and
tinkling bells of the title track; the three-part "Blue Angel" is
indicative of his taste for song-epics; and "The Actor" is an
above-average hard rocker, Cousins' electronically treated singing
sounding as if it's rising from a boiling pot. Long unavailable on CD,
it was finally issued in that format on SDR Records in 2003.
(allmusic.com/album/two-weeks-last-summer-mw0000741189)
01. Two Weeks Last Summer (03:07)
02. October To May (02:27)
03. Blue Angel (09:48)
04. The World (01:45)
05. That's The Way It Ends (01:15)
06. The Actor (04:28)
07. When You Were A Child (03:02)
08. Ways And Means (04:22)
09. We'll Meet Again Sometime (04:48)
10. Going Home (03:24)
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