SPREZZATURA RECORDS 2022 cover version of Donovan's Hampstead Incident first released in 1966.  Roxanne Fontana produced and recorded in London at Gizzard Recording.  The analogue 16 track 2 inch tape, mixed to tape and mastered digitally, utilizing vintage microphones, real string section, and British musicians young and old, brings the classsic song that rang through the rainy streets of London, on the dawn of it's swinging era, up to date sonically and emotionally in a voice somewhat cynical and world weary, more appropriate to 2022 than 1966.  The final song on the Roxanne Fontana new album Phantasmagorgy released mid-April 2022, it is the final comment on the quasi-concept album of poetic folk and psychedelia.
PLAYERS --  ROXANNE FONTANA VOCALS; PETE KOSANOVICH ACOUSTIC GUITAR; MAT TREIBER CHROMATIC HARMONICA; RICHARD VERNON BASS; STEVE HANDS DRUMS; HELEN WILDING VIOLA VIOLIN
RECORDED BY ED DEEGAN; MIXED BY ED DEEGAN AND ROXANNE FONTANA; MASTERED IN NY BY GLENN BURGOS, WISHCRAFT STUDIOS

Roxanne FONTANA - Hampstead Incident

Barbara Jones was written and is performed by Barbara Anna Marion, daughter of Rolling Stone Brian Jones.
An instrumental passage from the album Phantasmagorgy by Roxanne Fontana.  Sprezzatura Records 2022
Dulcimer:  Barbara Anna Marion; Flute:  Barbara Anna Marion; Humming:  Roxanne Fontana; Drums: Steve Hands
Produced by Roxanne Fontana
Recorded at KJM Herefordshire England, Gizzard Recording London and Strawberry Skys South Carolina USA.  Mixed at Wishcraft Music Studio New York by Glenn Burgos with Roxanne Fontana. 
Mastered at Wishcraft Music Studio New York USA by Glenn Burgos.
Publisher Chanson de Septembre 2022

Roxanne FONTANA  -- BARBARA JONES

Roxanne Fontana: Vocals, Electric Guitar
Mat Treiber: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Arvid Smith: Sitar, Percussion
Dale Gordon: Bass Guitar
Alan Blizzard: Drums
Written by Roxanne Fontana
Publisher: Chanson de Septembre.
Produced by Roxanne Fontana.
Recorded at Gizzard Recording, London.
Engineered by Ed Deegan.
Mixed and Mastered by Glenn Burgos, Wishcraft Studios, New York, NY.

Some Have Fun

Melancholy And You

New York City Singer/Songwriter Roxanne Fontana teams up with British band The Fore for this transatlantic collaboration of pure 12-string guitar pop.  Song by Spencer Hannabuss.
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Love For Sale

This 2018 cover version of Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett's song "Groupie (Superstar)" has been recorded by NY singer songwriter musician Roxanne Fontana. The song was a massive hit by The Carpenters and covered by many artists.
Fontana chose to record the song and dedicate it to Tom Petty on the first year anniversary of his death.
The ghostly vocals and production are a familiar sound for Fontana (see 'Deep Sea,' 'La Mer,' 'Passing Bye'). Recorded in London September 2018, with musician friends in London.
Produced by Roxanne Fontana

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You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory
Written by Johnny Thunders
Recorded at Gizzard Recording studio, London, 2018
Produced by Roxanne Fontana
Vocals: Roxanne Fontana
Acoustic Guitar: Mat Treiber
Electric Guitar: Mat Treiber, Alan Blizzard
Bass: Alan Blizzard
Piano: Suki Marie
Drums: Mike Vick
Backup Vocals: Roxanne Fontana, Mat Treiber, Suki Marie, Sian Forsythe, Glenn Burgos
Mixed by Ed Deegan, London
Mastered by Glenn Burgos, New York

You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory

Sprezzatura Records is the home of Roxanne FONTANA.  Other artists include Mat Treiber and Rome's Azure Sky.

Melancholy And You

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