Martin Newell - The Greatest Living Englishman

BobKat · Post by **BobKat** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:47 pm

Anyone ever hear this? Great record.

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:20 pm

Bob: I've been a Newell fan ever since that disc came out. I've gone back and found practically everything he's ever recorded. That CD is good but he has lots of other great stuff like 'Radio Autumn Attic', 'The Off-White Album', and 'The Spirit Cage'. He also has great stuff he recorded as The Brotherhood Of Lizards and The Cleaners From Venus. Great stuff!

BobKat · Post by **BobKat** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:43 pm

Randy, I'll have to look for that stuff. Shpould be hard to find I guess.

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:37 am

Bob: I don't think so. These discs are around. Just look at Ebay and Amazon. I also located much rarer Cleaners From Venus material through Jar Music in Germany. Newell put out his music on cassette-only for many years. He finally agreed to supply the master tapes to a fan in Germany who put them all on CD. It's a series of at least a dozen albums. Lots of interesting stuff. You should check out Newell's website at www.martinnewell.co.uk . He has a blog that's always fun to read. He's a very talented writer.

godber · Post by **godber** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:05 am

If you like that, you may like this (see I could have been a DJ). Very nicely produced by Brad Jones.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/patbuchanan

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:17 am

According to Martin's website, he'll have a new album entitled 'Sonny Daze' out this fall. He's currently recording the new songs. He even says that he finally got himself the "Rickenbacker 12-string that I promised myself twenty-odd years ago". Previously, he borrowed Ricks whenever he needed one for recording purposes.

BobKat · Post by **BobKat** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:17 am

That's great news. I have to pick up some more of his material. He is a great songwriter.