Artist: Marvin, Welch & Farrar Album: Marvin, Welch & Farrar/ Second Opinion Country England Released : 2006 (recorded in 1971-1973) Genre: Soft Rock Audio codec: WAV | lossless
After the famous quartet "The Shadows" broke up in 1969, thirty-year-old Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch invited Australian guitarist, singer and composer John Farrar. The idea of the musicians was to move away from the big-beat roots and instrumental passages of "Shadows" and record their own album with a new line-up, noticeably different from the established clichés of the previous line-up. The band members focused entirely on vocals, and keyboardist Alan Hawkshaw, by the way, also from "Shadows", and other invited musicians helped in the recording. The album took 30th place in England, thanks to high-quality musical material and excellent vocals. 12 tracks were recorded in the style of soft rock with some folk influence, reminiscent of "Crosby, Still, Nash & Young". In the same year, the musicians were noted for another LP - "Second Opinion". Both albums plus bonus singles were reissued on a double CD in 2006.
Tracks: CD 1 Marvin, Welch & Farrar (1971) 01. You’re Burning Bridges - 4:01 02. A Thousand Conversations - 2:16 03. Brownie Kentucky - 2:33 04. My Home Town - 3:15 05. Silvery Rain - 2:32 06. Throw Down A Line - 3:17 07. Baby I’m Calling You - 2:45 08. Faithful - 2:20 09. Mistress Fate & Father Time - 3:13 10. Take Her Away - 1:57 11. Wish You Were Here - 3:21 12. Mr. Sun - 2:45 CD 2 Second Opinion (1971) 01. Black Eyes - 3:22 02. Tiny Robin - 2:35 03. Simplify Your Head - 2:47 04. Ronnie - 3:06 05. Far Away Falling - 2:15 06. Let’s Say Goodbye - 2:38 07. Lonesome Mole - 3:16 08. Thank Heavens I’ve Got You - 2:32 09. Lady Of The Morning - 3:38 10. The Time To Care - 2:26 11. Come Back To Nature - 2:55 12. All Day, All Night Blues - 3:05 Bonus: 13. Marmaduke (Single A-Side, 1972) - 3:00 14. Strike A Light (Single B-Side, 1972) - 2:56 15. Music Makes My Day (from LP «Hank Marvin & John Farrar «, 1973) - 3:46 16. Skin Deep (from LP «Hank Marvin & John Farrar «, 1973) - 4:24 17. Galadriel (Spirit Of Starlight) (from LP «Hank Marvin & John Farrar «, 1973) - 6:20 18. Small And Lonely Light (from LP «Hank Marvin & John Farrar «, 1973) - 3:10
Personnel: Marvin, Welch & Farrar Hank Marvin - all guitars & vocals, producer Bruce Welch - all guitars & vocals, producer John Farrar - all guitars & vocals, strings arrangements, producer + Dave Richmond - bass guitar Alan Hawkshaw, Peter Vince - organ, piano Clem Cattini - drums Graeme Hall - conductor
Second Opinion Hank Marvin - all guitars & vocals, producer Bruce Welch - all guitars & vocals, producer John Farrar - all guitars & vocals, producer + Dave «Champagne» Richmond - bass «Big Al» Hawkshaw - organ, piano Duffy Power - harmonica Johnny Van Derek - fiddle Brian Bennett - drums, percussion
