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pip proud - a fraying space - em records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Wave / Pop / Rock

1. Adreneline and Richard
2. De Da De Dum
3. Latin Version
4. A Fraying Space
5. The Sun Was Yellow
6. Purple Boy Gang
7. A Bird in the Engine
8. They Took Us All So Kindly
9. French Girls
10. An Old Servant
11. Laughter and Laughter
12. Eafle-Wise
13. She Dwindles Her Fingers
14. adreneline And Richard

Pip Proud, sui generis, could be considered an Australian outsider.

With his untutored and uninhibited singing style, his
primal guitar playing, his resolutely personal vision captured on recordings from 1967 to the early 70s - except that, unlike most outsiders, he was loved and accepted, with two of his three album releases on a major label, with frequent television appearances and coverage in music magazines. Heralded in his native land though he was, he maintained a low profile from the early 70s, never made an impact overseas, and his recordings have beendifficult to access.

This collection has been selected by Proud's biographer David Nichols and will engender a new appreciation of Proud's music. Considered by some as a sort of Antipodean Syd Barrett, listeners will hear that Pip was clearing his own private and primal path, more poet than pop star, despite the media attention. Other than one Velvets-style band track, all songs here feature Pip solo, some
with appealingly primitive overdubs. Fans of ramshackle oddball weirdo portastudio lofi bedroom pop of the 80s, 90s and beyond, whether of the NZ, UK or US varieties, will find a precursor here.