Mick Softley - Any Mother Doesn't Grumble (1972) {Morello Records MRLL65 rel 2016}
Mick Softley - Any Mother Doesn't Grumble (1972) {Morello Records MRLL65 rel 2016}
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© 1972, 2016 Morello Records / Sony Music | MRLL 65
Folk Rock / Folk / Singer/Songwriter / Guitar
Mick Softley's 1972 album released for the first time on CD. Born in 1941 in South Woodford, Essex, Mick Softley was at the forefront of the folk revival scene of the early 1960s. Mick helped Donovan with guitar-picking styles when they were both involved with the folk club in The Cock pub in St Albans. Later, Donovan would record two of Mick's songs 'The War Drags On' and 'Goldwatch Blues'. Recorded at The Manor in Oxfordshire and at Sound Techniques, Chelsea, musicians included Jerry Donahue (Fotheringay / Fairport Convention), Gerry Conway (Fotheringay), Pat Donaldson (Fotheringay), Barry de Souza (Curved Air) and Lyn Dobson (Manfred Mann / Soft Machine). Produced by Tony Cox, talented keyboard player who played with Sandy Denny and Mike Heron. 'Disc and Music Echo' magazine probably captured the essence of this unique recording most succinctly when they reviewed the album and stated that 'listening to it, one almost feels an intruder into the man's soul'.
Gorgeous at times - bit of a lost classic maybe – in fact why the Hell isn't this huge? Descriptive praiseworthy adjectives and so many questions…
Born to Irish parents, English Singer, renowned traveller and Folk-Club owner MICK SOFTLEY had already clocked up three albums by the time he'd gotten to July 1972's "Any Mother Doesn't Grumble" - his third and final LP for CBS Records in a 3-record UK deal. Not that Joe Public noticed. "Time Machine" and "Waterfall" from his September 1970 "Sunrise" album were aggressively promoted on two British CBS sampler albums of the period - the "Rock Buster" double set from 1970 (with Arnie flexing his torso on the cover) and "Together" - a single LP compilation from 1971 - but neither did little to improve sales.
In fact until November 2016 - this beautifully recorded/played obscurity has remained stubbornly off the digital Garden of Delights grass - a strange one in a world where Folk and Folk-Rock rarities are absolutely all the rage. And even with the enticement of having most of Fairport Convention and Fotheringay as his backing band combined with Barry de Souza and Lyn Dobson of Curved Air and Soft Machine fame also adding jazzy flourishes – the album is still 'only' listed at Ј40 in the 2018 Record Collector Rare Records Price Guide - a wee bit of a fiscal underestimation in my books. At least this CD does a sweet job of reissuing his touch-a-nerve Folk and Folk Rock (also available as a Download from Cherry Red's website).
Tracks
01 - The Song That I Sing
02 - Hello Little Flower
03 - Sing While You Can
04 - The Minstrel Song
05 - Magdalene's Song
06 - Traveller's Song
07 - From The Land Of The Crab
08 - Lady Willow
09 - Great Wall Of Cathay
10 - If Wishes Were Horses
11 - Have You Ever Really Seen The Stars
12 - I'm So Confused
Exact Audio Copy V1.2 from 12. August 2016
EAC extraction logfile from 3. October 2018, 11:55
Mick Softley / Any Mother Doesn't Grumble
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Track 1
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Track 2
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Track 4
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Track 6
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Track 7
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Track 8
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==== Log checksum AD8041CBA46FB56193EF68B472CD2E5FB3845F5F0EBC81A337F3A7C91C9BD1C7 ====
EAC extraction logfile from 3. October 2018, 11:55
Mick Softley / Any Mother Doesn't Grumble
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD+-RW GU90N Adapter: 1 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 102
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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9 | 23:33.65 | 2:59.30 | 106040 | 119494
10 | 26:33.20 | 4:21.00 | 119495 | 139069
11 | 30:54.20 | 7:17.10 | 139070 | 171854
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Track 1
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Track 2
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Track 7
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Track 8
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==== Log checksum AD8041CBA46FB56193EF68B472CD2E5FB3845F5F0EBC81A337F3A7C91C9BD1C7 ====
Mick Softley - Any Mother Doesn't Grumble (1972) {Morello Records MRLL65 rel 2016}
Mick Softley - Any Mother Doesn't Grumble (1972) {Morello Records MRLL65 rel 2016}
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