A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark/ Mantle-Piece [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2001)
• Original Release Date: April 10, 2001
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B000056H47
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #138,168 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Dark Lady - Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

2. Old Man - Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

3. Station Song - Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

4. Politician - Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

5. Rainy Taxi Girl - Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

6. Morning Call - Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

7. Sandcastle - Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

8. Traveling Blues (Or the New Used Jew's Dues Blues) - Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

Disc: 2

1. Sunshades - The Battered Ornaments

2. Late into the Night - The Battered Ornaments

3. Then I Must Go - The Battered Ornaments

4. Crosswords and the Safety Pins - The Battered Ornaments

5. Staggered - The Battered Ornaments

6. Twisted Track - The Battered Ornaments

7. Smoke Rings - The Battered Ornaments

8. Take Me Now - The Battered Ornaments

9. My Love's Gone Far Away - The Battered Ornaments

10. Week Looked Good on Paper [*] - The Battered Ornaments

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

UK reissue combines two of the acclaimed songwriter's albums with the Battered Ornaments, 'A Meal You Can Shake Hands With In The Dark' (1969) and 'Mantle-Piece' (1970). Best known for writing the lyrics to many of Cream's major hits, 'Sunshine Of your Life', 'White Room', 'I Feel Free', 'Politician', Brown also worked with the band Piblokto, The First Real Poetry Band featuring guitarist John McLaughlin and the poets Allen Ginsberg and Robert Creeley. Includes one bonus track, 'The Week Looked Good On Paper'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.