5013929784222

Stone Survivor - Anthology (4CD)

Paul Brett

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Format: 4CD

Cat No: CDLEMX242

Format Details: 4CD

Release Date:  26 March 2021

Label:  Lemon / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Fat Double (a 2.5cm thick jewel case, fits several CDs)

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  5013929784222

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description


    • Paul Brett spent most of the Sixties and Seventies as one of rock’s quintessential journeymen, a hired gun for the great and the good, one of the session guitarists of choice, as well as following that familiar trajectory from the Beat Boom onwards. He played in a host of Beat, Mod, R&B, Psychedelic and Progressive outfits before finally creating his own band Paul Brett’s Sage in 1970, resulting in three albums for Pye/Dawn.



    • In 1974, Paul discovered the delights of acoustic 12-string guitar and has spent the rest of his musical career proselytising the delights of the instrument, both via his many albums and via his own range of Vintage guitars. Initially, he released two self-funded albums before signing to RCA for four albums. Paul also recorded a TV-advertised album for K-Tel, Romantic Guitar.



    • After taking time out in the 1980s, Paul returned to making music in the 1990s and has worked prolifically ever since, issuing a string of albums and EPs on his own label, the most recent of which was The Raven in 2020. Paul himself has contributed sleeve-notes to this long-overdue compilation.



    • STONE SURVIVOR is the very first anthology of Paul’s multi-faceted musical output across the last half century or so. Included are rare tracks from the dawn of his career with budding beat/mod/psych bands The SW4, The Union and Tintern Abbey, as well as the historic debut 45 by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown from 1967. Key tracks from a subsequent purple patch for Paul Brett’s Sage are also included, plus three rarities unissued at the time, followed by highlights from Paul’s multi-album tenures with the labels Bradley’s and RCA.



    • Sandwiched between them are selections from two self-released mid-70s albums, when Paul switched to the 12-string guitar. Later choices are drawn from Paul’s many self-released solo albums from the nineties and noughties, always centred around his guitar prowess.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Bo Diddley *
      • 2. Shame, Shame, Shame
      • 3. In The Midnight Hour *
      • 4. Shake *
      • 5. How Do I Feel Today
      • 6. Do What You Must
      • 7. Devil’s Grip
      • 8. Give Him A Flower
      • 9. Volcano
      • 10. Statesboro Blues
      • 11. Raise The Light
      • 12. Anna Dance Square
      • 13. 3d Mona Lisa
      • 14. Trophies Of War
      • 15. The Tower
      • 16. Cottage Made For Two
      • 17. Good Old Fashioned Funky Kind Of Music Winter
      • 18. Written In Winter
      • 19. Jubilation Foundry
      • 20. Give A Little Something To The Ragman *
      • 21. Love Is A Four Letter Word *
      • 22. Ulysses The Traveller *

      Disc 2

      • 1. Tuesday Evening
      • 2. Custom Angel Man
      • 3. Charlene
      • 4. The Ant
      • 5. Handful Of Rain
      • 6. The Spanish Main
      • 7. Clocks
      • 8. Soho Jack
      • 9. Empty Dreams And Flying Machines
      • 10. Strawberry Fields Forever (Live)
      • 11. Medley (Live)
      • 12. Phoenix Future
      • 13. My Kind Of Day
      • 14. Catching Catfish
      • 15. Christened By Fire
      • 16. Alone In Space
      • 17. Dance Of The Dawn Herald
      • 18. Interlife
      • 19. Into Life
      • 20. Eclipse

      Disc 3

      • 1. Overture For Decadence
      • 2. Chaos
      • 3. Alternative 12 String
      • 4. The Bishop Went Down To Fulham
      • 5. In Search Of Aztecs
      • 6. Hand-Built By Robots
      • 7. Nights In White Satin
      • 8. I Will Survive
      • 9. Ain't No Sunshine
      • 10. The Boxer
      • 11. Albatross
      • 12. Love Is A Crazy Thing
      • 13. Didn't Get So Excited
      • 14. Leena
      • 15. Take 5
      • 16. On The Road
      • 17. Dollars And Dames
      • 18. Summertime
      • 19. Earth
      • 20. The Queen's Shilling
      • 21. It's Only Rock’n’roll
      • 22. Walkin' On My Grave
      • 23. Shakin' All Over
      • 24. Jesus On The Main Line

      Disc 4

      • 1. The Passionate Shepherd To His Love
      • 2. Virtue
      • 3. Metamorphosis
      • 4. Wave Dancers
      • 5. The Green Man's Tears
      • 6. Amsterdam
      • 7. 666
      • 8. The Tempest
      • 9. Rock Island Line
      • 10. Stealin'
      • 11. Gin House Blues
      • 12. Stone Survivors (Gryphon Suite For High 12 String)
      • 13. Bullet
      • 14. Space Oddity
      • 15. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
      • 16. Bat Out Of Hell
      • 17. One Night Stand
      • 18. You Don’t Like Love Songs
      • 19. Metal Hearts - Mental Minds
      • 20. From The Cradle To The Grave
      • 21. Gunfighters
      • 22. Sun
      • 23. The Devil's Whisper
      • 24. The Raven
      • 25. The Pit And The Pendulum
      • 26. Evening Star