AC15 Iron Bar Albert Clarke With Mento - B

One of Uncle Albert's regular tunes, this and Iron Bar were recorded at The Lloyds in late 2008. George Linton on guitar and backing vocals, Bob Jones, guitar, Anthony Haller, Bass, Fedel Linton and, Djembe, Abina percussion and vocals.

AC10 Solas Market

With the Bourbon Street Preachers, 16.10.2008

AC3 At Last AC3 Albert Clarke With The Bourbons

A 78 rpm disc made by the Conservative and Unionist Party at some time during the Attlee government (1945-1951) at the Recorded Sound Ltd studios at 6a Whitehorse Street, Piccadilly W1, featuring Jane Carr. (RSL 245/246). The condescension hasn't changed much.

Canvassing Impressions

George Linton on guitar and vocals, Abina Likoya on percussion and vocals, Bob Jones on guitar and vocals. Recorded off the desk at the excellent Albert Club, Didsbury, South Manchester, available for hire.

Mento - B At The Albert Club 19.12.15

Singer/guitarist Wyatt was unique, he died a few days ago, a teacher to many musicians, a lover of old style music, we will miss him greatly. The first three tracks are from The Robin Hood in pub in Stretford 2000, backed by The Rum Bar Masses. The rest are from dates 2013 -2015 in The Junction Hotel Hulme where he plays with Ruff Cutt, later to become Exhibit and people who came to jam.  That's Abina singing on the medley that starts off as Sea Cruise. Wyatt on rhythm guitar and encouragement. The last three tracks feature Guitar Ken Hollins - who Wyatt dedicated 'Mona Lisa' to, as well as a few to Uncle Shine, another pioneer maverick, turn down the volume a bit, Ken's vocals were that loud in the room, and no-one could get to the mixing desk to turn him down so you can suffer it as we did. He did apologise for being hoarse but there's some flashes of his fine playing, he gives space for the other players. His huge crescendo and dramatics on his version of Mona Lisa which he was famous for is  trunctated sadly,  I'd told him, to stop the chat between tunes as I knew my mini-disc recorder was running out, sure enough.. The tracks with Ken are probably from maybe 2012 or so.

joehiggs