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Maffitt & Davies - 1968 - The Rise and Fall of Honesty
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Maffitt & Davies - 1968 - The Rise and Fall of Honesty (Capitol ST2999)
Tracks : 1 Just Like A Woman 5:04 2 Landscape Grown Cold 4:06 3 Big Time Man 2:30 4 Kingswood Manor 3:52 5 Time Of Towns 3:53 6 Forest Lawn 3:14 7 Tom Thumb's Blues 5:25 8 City Sidewalks 3:18 9 You'll Never Know 3:57 10 Lungi Dal Caro Beni 2:37
This is a case of an album that is better than the Common People and in
a much better sleeve, but one where "Subtle" and "delicate" are the
words to sum it up and not the heavy freak out you'd expect from the
insane cover art of the duo amidst armageddon and a haunted house. With
nearly all the songs cover versions including two by Dylan, but most
old country standards you are instantly surprised when you hear what is
done to the songs. The music on this record is very soft and extremely
ancient sounding folk-psych with slight country tinges and sound
effects. The music gets better with age and has the same dreamy quality
of the wonderful Gandalf although in a different setting altogether.
"Just Like A Woman" and "Tom Thumb's Blues" are done brilliantly, and
this is a solid album. The gentle, spooky vocal approach is very nice
and so are the arrangements including some backwards tapes and ringing
12 string guitars. For fans of soft folk psych and also fans of early
country rock this is a rare and a really good one. ~Ben Blake Mitchner - Acid Archives