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Vivian Stanshall - Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead (1974) [Reissue 2010]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 288 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 118 MB | Covers - 40 MB
Genre: Rock, Underground, Comedy | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Harkit Records (HRKCD 8336)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 288 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 118 MB | Covers - 40 MB
Genre: Rock, Underground, Comedy | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Harkit Records (HRKCD 8336)
Four years out of the Bonzo Dog Band, Viv Stanshall's debut album arrived more than two years after he first started work on it, a long gestation that even he acknowledged was punctuated by some dark droughts of inspiration. "It's all about frustration," he continued, "It's one long squawk." The scars did not, however, show. From the moment the single, the Afro-centric "Lakonga," hit the airwaves, it was clear that Stanshall's characteristic eye for both intriguing melody and infuriating experimentation had not been diminished. The key to the album was the opening "Afoju Ti Ole Riran (Dead Eyes)," a painfully personal tirade directed against the music business. Despite his fame and reputation, Stanshall continued to be marginalized by the industry at large, at the same time as he himself hated the demands that it made upon him…