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Pisces
表演者: Pisces
专辑类型: LER 2025
介质: Vinyl LP
发行时间: 1971
出版者: Trailer records
条形码: 8717423014638
专辑简介
最初我并不知道这支名叫Pisces的乐队，因为同名的乐队还有好几个，后来在唱片内页里找到了一个熟悉的名字 - Richard Digance，这才知道Pisces可是来头不小。Richard Digance被称为70年代英国最伟大的民谣摇滚歌手之一，不仅出过十几张唱片，而且和许多重要的艺人合作过。原来Pisces是他早年参加朋友的一个临时乐队，包括Richard Digance, Frank McConnell，Tim Greenwood, John O'Connor and Alan Eden，他们只合作了一张专辑就解散了。这张唱片给我的感觉是McConnell精彩的12弦吉它演奏加上Digance纯正的英伦民谣唱腔，其实说是迷谣也有点道理，单听那几段声音清脆悦耳的吉它独奏的确有一种迷幻的感觉，但并没有那么重，不过一张精彩的民谣作品自然是毋须质疑的。
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When he celebrated his 50th birthday on February 24, 1999, by announcing his retirement, Richard Digance left a void that was only filled with a standing-room-only comeback tour of British theaters three years later. One of the most successful entertainers in the United Kingdom, Digance has gone from the late-'60s folk clubs of Glasgow, Scotland, where he briefly attended Reid Kerr College, to become one of England's top writer/performers. The host of a popular series of television specials, A Dabble With Digance, and various other programs, including Stop the World, for the BBC in the 1980s, he moved to Capital Radio in the early '90s. Remaining at the London-based station for five years, he hosted a music show that featured interviews with American artists including Joni Mitchell, Arlo Guthrie, and Roy Orbison. Returning to the concert stage as the opening act for Eric Clapton at London's Victoria Theater, Digance continued to perform with musical comedian/vocalist Jim Davidson until 1999.
The son of a doctor's receptionist and a cab driver, Digance was born in the east London village of Plaistow. Although he planned to study mechanical engineering, he was drawn more to the folk music that he heard at the campus folk club. A college friend of singer/songwriter John Martyn, Digance found his future calling in the humorous tunes of folk comedians, including Billy Connolly. Switching his major to English literature and modern British history, Digance transferred to East Ham Technical College in London. Practicing the guitar five hours a day, he supported himself with an assortment of jobs, including driving an animal ambulance. After several solo appearances at the Ilford Folk Club, Digance joined with John O'Connor and Tim Greenwood to form a humorous, music hall-influenced trio, Pisces. After releasing a self-titled debut album in 1971, Digance reorganized Pisces as a duo with guitarist Frank McConnell.
Digance's first solo success came with his 1975 album, How the West Was Lost. Featuring such tongue-in-jowls tunes as "Working Class Millionaire" and "Drag Queen Blues," the album was named Folk Album of the Year by Melody Maker. Frustrated by his experiences with the Transatlantic record label, Digance launched his own label, Dambuster, in 1977. He later sold his interest in the company. The writer and director of two plays, Sex, Spangles and Sensible Shoes and Fear of Frying, Digance's autobiography, A Wealth of Comedy, was published by Robson Books. Digance helped to set up a children's programming company, SKD Media, in 1998.
曲目
A1 Bright New Morning 4:40
A2 Ballad of Benjamin Bratt 3:02
A3 After the Night 3:53
A4 Jack O'Legs 7:19
B1 If I Sing You a Song 3:33
B2 Midsummer Symphony 4:46
B3 Sam the One Eyed Snail 3:03
B4 If The Truth Be Known 6:13
B5 Poker Joe 4:44
关键词：Pisces
