[2018-02-23] Paper Bubble "Behind The Scenery: The Complete Paper Bubble" 2CD set (RPM UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2017 4:55 am

Description
Post psychedelic folk-rock featuring the classic album Scenery plus its previously unreleased follow up LP, both with the song writing duo backed by The Strawbs.

In 1969 a classic folk rock album escaped on Deram, Scenery by Paper Bubble, produced by Dave Cousins and Tony Hooper for their then production company Strawberry Music. The album’s merits took a couple of decades to be recognised but today is now highly regarded (and with an average LP collectors price of £100 to boot). Recorded in the same year of release the producers engaged Rick Wakeman, and Richard Hudson, John Ford, Paul Brett recently of Velvet Opera, to back the Paper Bubble duo Brian Crane and Terry Brake, at Regent Sound engineered by Tom Allom.

The same team re gathered again in 1970, this time at Olympic studios to lay down the songs for a follow up called Prisoners Victims Strangers Friends. By now the backing band had gelled as a unit, along with Cousins and Hooper, as The Strawbs and sailed off into the sunset. Same time the initial return on ‘Scenery’ had failed to inspire the suits and consequently PVSF was left on the shelf. Happily a sound desk recording was preserved by Brian.

Thus RPM is proud to present both Paper Bubble LPs as backed by The Strawbs, plus the duo’s late 70’s single, and to round off Disc 2, following PVSF, their final work together the 1981 album I’m Coming Home.

As a bonus on Disc 1 we have been able to include freshly mixed versions of 5 songs from Scenery and 1 from PVSF, taken from the only surviving 48 year old multi track masters.

For the first time we have the Paper Bubble story direct from Brian and Terry in the booklet, plus photo’s from Brian own archive.

Brian Crane continued to write songs and in the 80’s had the distinction of an entire album’s worth of his music being set to Hindi lyrics and released by CBS India. The success of this led to one of those songs being re-recorded by another artist AMAR in the 90’s and again selling big numbers in the Asian territories. In 2018 a theatre production called ‘Poppyfields’ is being staged by Theatre Severn which features 8 of Brian’s songs, including 3 from the Paper Bubble era.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Fillin’ A Gap
2. Being Human Being
3. She
4. I’m Laughing
5. Just An Actor
6. Energy
7. Scenery
8. MM Of LA
9. Silly Bit Of Sentiment
10. Mother, Mother, Mother
11. Tomorrow Never Comes Like A Silver Spoon
12. Woman
13. Loving You
14. Sorry About That (Instrumental) *
15. Mm Of La (Instrumental) *
16. Mother Mother Mother (Instrumental) *
17. Tomorrow Never Comes Like A Silver Spoon (Instrumental) *
18. I’m Laughing (Instrumental) *
19. Being Human Being (Alt. Vsn) *

[CD2]
1. Working Man *
2. You’re Feeling Sleepy *
3. I Am,You Are,We Are *
4. Strange Days *
5. Amazon Song *
6. Afternoon *
7. Sorry About That *
8. Prisoners, Victims, Strangers, Friends *
9. Alone *
10. Somewhere To Belong *
11. Coming Home
12. Marcia
13. Time
14. Everything Will Be Alright
15. Got To Live
16. Getting A Little Love
17. Sleepy
18. Change In Me
19. Funny
20. Saints And Sinners
21. Alone

* previously unissued

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07894H9NX/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07894H9NX/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:14 pm

Bump: Added the cover image, description and tracklist to the first post.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Being a big fan of The Strawbs, especially the early days means I need to look into this.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

why have i never heard of this?

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Renny wrote:

why have i never heard of this?

Your not the only one? :-o

Kid Bailey · 16 Jul 2006

Rick A wrote:

Being a big fan of The Strawbs, especially the early days means I need to look into this.

I'm with you there, Rick. I never heard anything about it either, but it sure looks interesting.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

in 1969 i was listening to music 24/7, FM radio was just blowing up, and i have no idea how i never even heard of this band, don't recall ever seeing an album or hearing anything at all by them.

i prided myself on finding new music at that time, all my friends did too.

this is truly an oddity for me.

[2018-02-23] Paper Bubble "Behind The Scenery: The Complete Paper Bubble" 2CD set (RPM UK)

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