A Meal You Can Shake Hands with in the Dark [EXTRA TRACKS] [IMPORT]

Peter Brown

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 1994)
• Original Release Date: July 1969
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Repertoire
• ASIN: B000006V6Q
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #419,454 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dark Lady

2. Old Man

3. Station Song

4. Politician

5. Rainy Taxi Girl

6. Morning Call

7. Sand Castle

8. Travelling Blues (Or the New Used Jew's Dues Blues)

9. High Sorrow

10. Raining Pins and Needles

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Includes Two Bonus Tracks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A bit weird in places, but with some real gems, April 15, 1999

By	Mike Clough([e-mail].... (UK) - See all my reviews

Pete Brown was Jack Bruce's chief lyricist in the late 60's and early 70's. This was his first album, recorded in 1969 with a group of session musicians (the 'Battered Ornaments'). It was also the third album I ever bought, after Cream's 'Goodbye' and Taste's first album. 30 years later I still play it and though I tend to skip the more 'inventive' (=strange) tracks such as 'Sandcastle', there are three real gems which make the purchase of this album worthwhile. Firstly, the original 'The Politician' which Brown co-wrote with Jack Bruce and was recorded by Cream on 'Wheels of Fire' and 'Goodbye'. Apart from the lyrics this is nothing like Cream's version - you have been warned! The drunken/doped spoken intro is a scream. Secondly, 'Rainy Taxi Girl' is a beautifully melodic piece of Brown's poetry and could have been a minor hit if it had been released as a single. It was after hearing this track on Kid Jensen's radio show (UK radio) that I bought the album. Thirdly, 'Travelling Blues' (or 'New Used Jew's Dues Blues') which is a lazy 12-bar blues featuring Chris Spedding on lead guitar. It must be one of the most original 12-bar blues ever! Lyrically and melodically the album is inventive and always interesting, if a little bit wild in places. If you are interested in the development of 60's rock it deserves a place in your collection.

The last 2 tracks on the CD version of the album were later additions to the original vinyl and I must admit that I've never heard them.

Brown went on to make a couple more very good albums in the early 70's with his next group 'Pipblokto!'. These were 'Things May Come And Things May Go...' (no longer available) and 'Thousands on a Raft'. Both albums feature fine guitar work by a young Jim Mullen who went on to find minor fame in the 'Average White Band', 'Kokomo' and as a solo jazz guitarist.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Correction to Amazon's listing, April 19, 1999

By A Customer

Incidentally the correct album title is 'A Meal You Can Shake Hands With In The Dark' by Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments. Now you know.