Pender's "Album That Never Was"

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 8:19 am

Roy Clough has submitted another nice article to Needles and Pins. You can see it here.

admin · Post by **admin** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:49 am

One of my favourite songs on Clough's "Album That Never Was" is Needles and Pins 90. This is a great remake and Pender does an outstanding job on the vocals. I do miss the jangly guitar, however. Nonetheless, the lead vocal and background harmonies are well crafted.

I have had the opportunity to ask Mike about this song and he mentioned that the main vocal track was put down after a single take with just a couple of additional takes used for the background vocals. I just when you can sing like Pender a song like this rolls off the tongue easily.

I think that Roy's selections are great and would make a good album for Pender at this stage in his career. I suspect, however, that it is not likely to materialize as I am not sure if there is a record company that would take the risk after a few less than successful runs at it.

A new Pender album is a nice dream to ponder as the last days of summer slip by.