(Country-Rock, Folk-Rock, Psychedelic, Pub-Rock) Roger Morris - First Album (1972) - 2009 Korea Limited Edition, FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless

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Roger Morris / First Album
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REM GENRE Folk
REM DATE 1972
REM DISCID CA0D9E10
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb5"
PERFORMER "Roger Morris"
TITLE "First Album"
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Roger Morris' obscure First Album was part of a low-key country-roots rock movement in Britain in the early '70s -- Brinsley Schwarz being its most notable exponents -- that led to (and could be considered an early part of) the pub rock genre. The Band was a big influence on roots rock and pub rock, but even if you subscribe to the theory that there's no better way to start than by paying tribute to the masters, the Band's influence on this record is so obvious and inescapable that it starts to sound like an actual tribute album. It's not as alarmingly imitative as it might have been, since Morris is a skilled if derivative songwriter, and the musicianship is accomplished. Still, the effect is something like hearing a more laid-back, countrified early Band record that happens to have a singer that wasn't in the group. Morris, too, is not as strong or identifiable a vocalist as Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, or Rick Danko, with a scrawny tone that at times bears a slight resemblance to Van Morrison. It's a genial take on the Band sound, but not a very original effort. The highlight's the dramatic "The Trail of Tears," whose tolling bells and light orchestration not only add some tension, but (refreshingly) are touches the early Band would not have been wont to employ. The 2005 CD reissue on Hux adds historical liner notes and four previously unreleased bonus cuts, done about a year after the album, with a similar style and slightly lower (but still decent) fidelity.

Recorded in the UK in late 1971, First Album was a fine addition to the small but burgeoning British country rock scene that encompassed the likes of Matthews Southern Comfort, Quiver, Help Yourself, and Brinsley Schwarz. Roger's band on this album features some of the finest musicians of the era, including Glenn Campbell, fresh out of Juicy Lucy (and formerly of The Misunderstood), drummer Rod Coombes, sax player Chris Mercer and bassist De Lisle Harper. Harper, who has played with everyone from Gass and Bond & Brown to the Strawbs and Whitesnake also did the atmospheric brass, string and woodwind arrangements. Ex-Family man John Weider was present on fiddle and guitar, whilst drum duties were shared additionally by Kokomo's Terry Stannard and the Greaseband's ever reliable Bruce Rowlands. The late Tommy Eyre handled most of the keyboard chores. Hux. 2005.
Roger Morris (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, piano);
Ken Burgess (vocals);
Keith West (guitar, electric guitar);
Tommy Eyre (acoustic guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards);
Glen Campbell (pedal steel guitar);
John Almond, Chris Mercer (saxophone);
DeLisle Harper (bass instrument);
John Weider (guitar, fiddle);
Terry Stannard, Rod Coombes, Bruce Rowland (drums).