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Life got stabilised a bit in
the year 2000 - so there wasn't too much angst - hence a rather
well-produced album of soppy stuff! This is The Hamptons ballads
album, containing songs largely written for "that girl". Some
of these were written years earlier, but this album couldn't and
shouldn't have come out earlier - everything has a time and place and
the Millennium year was it for this collection of songs - superbly
produced by Cameron at Raezor Recording, Wandsworth (again).
Marky seems to know everybody
in rock and roll - in this instance, he got his mate Doug to do most of
the guitar solos - Doug most recently was the lead guitar player for
that still "big in a fair few places in Europe, including Germany
in particular" legendary heavy metal outfit "Saxon" who's
hits have included "Steelers Wheel" - or was it "Wheels
of Steel"? - whatever. Anyway, cracking good guitar work, Doug -
can you spot the two solos that were played by Neil instead of Doug?
- entries on the Guest Book. A free (Hamptons) album of your
choice to the winners.
The vocals were all done by
Neil and Sally using Neil's new expensive Neumann microphone (not the
really expensive one - the half size one for people who aren't yet rock
and roll legends!). You will notice that some of the notes are quite high
- the neighbours also noticed this (and were probably reaching to dial
999 during the last note of "Reach for the sky").
If you ever want to give your
mum a Hamptons album, this is the one - OK, if you're a teenager into
Slipknot, Spineshank and Cradle of Filth you would gain zero credibility
even playing frisby with it - but for those that have lived a bit, you
can't knock the sentiment. One day, those teenagers will know…
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Charlotte of Hamptons PR gets in
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