Paul Orwell – Blowing Your Mind Away (Heavy Soul)

Paul Orwell is a singer / songwriter from London who possesses a unique talent in his ability to create the music, attitude and ambience of the mid 1960’s beat period with an assuring knowledge of his place in today’s society. With an extensive record collection encompassing Soul, Freakbeat, Rhythm & Blues, Gospel, Folk and late ‘60s Rock he has taken elements of all these fantastic genre’s and come up with an album filled with moments of genius incorporating the talents of Phil Spector, The Pretty Things, The Beatles, The Who and all those other influential bands

First two singles sold out on pre-order alone (Tell Me Tell Me in 8 days, You’re Nothing Special in 22 hours!) – both limited to 250 7” vinyl’s.

TRACKLIST

A1. Like I Did Before
A2. Tell Me Tell Me
A3. Go Tell Your Mother
A4. You’re Nothing Special
A5. The Right Location
A6. A.B.C. Blues
A7. Payback

B1. Little Reason
B2. Here And Now
B3. Take It Or Leave It
B4. Blowing Your Mind Away
B5. Hide And Seek
B6. Bad Blood
B7. Fangz

Das Debutalbum von Paul Orwell ist in einer Auflage von 500 Exemplaren erschienen. In nur wenigen Tagen war die LP ausverkauft. Die beiden Singles (A- und B-Seiten) tauchen in der Tracklist auf.

Der Opener „Like I Did Before“ (Flipside von „Tell Me, Tell Me“) ist nach den ersten Spins der schwächste Track. Diesen an den Beginn des Albums zu setzen, gibt schonmal Punktabzug. Ansonsten wirkt das Album homogen und abwechselungsreich. „Tell Me, Tell Me“ sticht als Highlight bislang heraus.

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