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Last Farmer of Rattledown Row (1993)

by Shaun Belcher

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    Some songs recorded in 1993 in London whilst I gigging with The High Priests. The bonus pdf contains original sleeve art and lyrics.

    Latest in the Re-Release of original Shaun Belcher material continues apace ..back to the start almost...songs from 1993..London....another world..thought I was Elvis Costello for a bit until told I wasn't by EMI :-)
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Originally released 1993 as a Horseshoe Tape

'LAST FARMER OF RATTLEDOWN ROW'
Horseshoe Tape (HS 003)

The story behind the songs...

The Big Time! Moved back to London -got my Fostex working overtime ( well three out of four channels anyway) and made the tape that would ensure I'd go down as the Berkshire Hank Williams! Ended up playing some pretty ridiculous gigs with a drunken bunch of HIGH PRIESTS which gained some attention and a debut and only 7" which sounded like recorded in a washing machine.

Thought I was Tom Waits/ Raymond Carver and the ghost of Old Hank Williams until I sent out the tapes to all and sundry and received just two replies from a head honcho at EMI believe it or not who said the words were good -the music and singing not -and someone at Roundtower Records who was too polite to tell me I wasn't the next Tom Russell but who sent me some of Tom's discs anyway (for guidance?) so that made me feel a lot better.

Guess what ...I still think 17 years later that I'm the Berkshire ghost of Hank Williams...too late to stop now.................and there's a bloke down the chip shop swears he's Elvis...no really he's the spitting image......

original Horseshoe Tape HST 003

credits

released January 1, 1993

Bass guitar on Black Barn Blue (on my friends skip-salvaged 1964 red Framus) is Ana Fortun Garrido. Gracias Chica:-)

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Shaun Belcher Nottingham, UK

If you’ve ever dreamt of Daniel Johnston doing an impression of Conor Oberst singing Jeff Tweedy songs,
then you must listen to this.

Bill Kerry III

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