A Tiniest Wham

Iaina Mathews

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2002)
• Original Release Date: August 26, 2002
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Last Call Records
• ASIN: B0000DEM9P
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #68,362 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. I'm Alive

2. Swinging' from the Yardarm

3. Our Secret Storm

4. Funk and Fire

5. Another Delta Dawn

6. Like Mercury

7. Great Afterthought

8. Sister

9. Sicknote

10. Power and the Glory

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Beat I Walk [Live][*]

2. Triggerman [Live][*]

3. Just One Look [Live][*]

4. Rooted to the Spot [Live][*]

5. Cover Girl [Live][*]

6. Shake It [Live][*]

7. Changes [Live][*]

8. Where the Big Dogs Run [Live][*]

9. I Don't Wanna Talk About It [Live][*]

10. Get It Back [Live][*]

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

English folk stalwart, Ian (later Iain) Matthews has led a prolific, albeit of times under the radar with a career spanning four plus decades with groups such as Fairport Convention, Matthews Southern Comfort, Plainsong and Hi-Fi in addition to numerous solo albums spanning folk to rock with some meandering into both the jazz and new age fields. Still very active, this singer/songwriter is represented on Last Call with A Tiniest Wham, which comes with a bonus twelve track disc of live material spanning his career.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lot's of Wham for your Buck, June 21, 2007

By	PHILIP S WOLF (SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This 2 Disc CD Set is a Bargain !
The CD "A Tiniest Wham" was Iain's 1999 Release, and it's A Good One. This CD was Recorded while Iain was still living in Austin, Texas in the summer of 99, and that Texas, Country Feeling Shines through with that personal Matthews Songwriting in Full Bloom on the 12 Tracks featured here.

It begins with: "I'm Alive" with a Crisp Drum Sound & Bright Acoustic guitars, Iain (as usual) is in Fine Voice, this recording is First-Class, all the Way. This is A GREAT SOUNDING DISC, Hat's Off to Producers Bradley Kopp & Iain Matthews. Cool Ballads, such as: "Our Secret Storm", "Another Delta Dawn", "Like Mercury" and "Sicknote" sound really fine up against the Lively Tunes: "Funk & Fire" and "The Onliest". My favorite Tune on "Wham" is "The Power and the Glory", it sounds like it would have fit in well on: "If You Saw Thro' My Eyes" way back in 1971, it's a Wonderful Song, and timeless.

The Live CD: "A Live Wham" by Iain & The Swinelakers is a 52 minute Piece of the Show of 09/28/98 recorded in Numberg, Germany. The Swinelakers are: Larry Thompson: Drums, Mark Andes: Bass Guitar, and Bradley Kopp: Guitar. None of the "Tiniest Wham" songs are Repeated here. But you do get: "Just One Look", "Shake It", "Back of the Bus", "I Don't Want to Talk About It" and the great Van Morrison, Classic: "And it Stoned Me". The "Live" Disc is an ELECTRIC BAND and these guys are GOOD!

Two Really Nice CD's for the Price of a Single Disc, these two belong in your Iain Matthews Collection Today.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Slightly Mixed Bag, August 10, 2009

By	Evelyn D. Cooke (Ellenbrook Western Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I've liked Iain Matthews forever, but this is not quite what I expected, especially since I'd heard say this is the best he's ever done.
A Tiniest Wham, the title being an anagram for Iain Matthews, starts off slow. The first 3 songs really didn't grab me, but once he got into Funk And Fire, I was hooked. This song, which is a tribute to Hank Williams, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, really lives up to it's name.
The CD stays in the groove for the next 5 songs, but hits a roadblock with The Power And The Glory. This song, adapted from the same melody that inspired John Lennon's War Is Over, and Peter Paul and Mary's Stewball, is an agonising, and over-long dirge about a man whose relationship was ruined by his partner finding religion.
The high point of this CD for me is the poignant Like Mercury, which tells the story of an entertainer who is on the road, missing his wife, and afraid she won't be there when he returns.
Other honourable mentions are Sicknote and Another Delta Dawn.
It is an excellent album, and I'd highly recommend it, but I don't think it is his best. I would still give that award to the 1974 Some Days You Eat The Bear....