The Middlesex Demos
Track listing:
Sunny Side Down
Stay Here Loving You
I'm Going Down
I Need You
A Friend Of Mine
Watching All The Rainbows
Hey There Believer
Let It Rain
Essouaria
Dance In Your Head
You Are The Sun
Stay Around
Down By The Shore
Easily Seen
Edge Of A Broken Dream
For The Future
I’ve Got My Soul
Time Bomb Blues
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UpYours Records presents, for the first time, a new “Official Bootleg” - The Middlesex Demos.
In the words of Graham Parker:
The sequence of events, the years, the dates, and even how I came to find myself in a studio in Hayes, Middlesex, a rather suburban part of London I’d never been to before, is hazy, but I do know that a small-time music publishing company was involved and Stuart Johnson, the man with the recording studio in Hayes, had invited me to record there for free, and something almost professional was now in motion. 1972/73 seems about right, with maybe a bit of early 1974, a time of songwriting transition for me. The lighter, sweeter vocal style I was using (a remnant of the burst of 70’s songwriters, James Taylor and Jackson Browne being two of my most prominent influences) is still present, but the growling, gruffer sound is showcased, too. You can hear it creeping in on “Time Bomb Blues” and “I’ve Got My Soul.” No
Note: the long haired cover photos of me were taken in 1971 before the time these songs were recorded. Taken at a youth club near Chichester by Tony the Cortina.
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