Hurricane Smith - L.P U.S.A

Publicación: 1972.

Producción, arreglos: Hurricane Smith.

Arreglos, conducción: Frankie Hardcastle*.

Dirección de arte: John Hoernle.

Discográfica: Capitol Records.

N° de catalogo: ST-11139.

Tracks:

Lado 1.

01 Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?

(E. S. Smith)   3:24

02 Auntie Vi's.*

(E. S. Smith)   2:45

03 Woderful Lily.*

(E. S. Smith)   3:23

04 Many Happy Returns.*

(E. S. Smith)   3 45

05 Getting To Know You.

(E. S. Smith)   2:54

Lado 2.

01 Who Was It?

(G. O'Sullivan)   3:00

02 Back In The Country.

(E. S. Smith)   2:54

03 Don't Let It Die.

(E. S. Smith)   2:29

04 Take Suki Home.

(E. S. Smith)   2:53

05 Theme From An Unmade Silent Movie.

(E. S. Smith)   2:22

Vinyl Long Play - Edición U.S.A:

Discográfica: Capitol Records.

N° de catalogo: ST-11139.

Portada.

Contraportada.

Etiquetas lados 1 y 2.

Hurricane Smith:

Voz, arreglos, producción.

Notas del disco:

When producer-engineer Norman Smith took the identity of singer-songwriter Hurricane Smith, the impact generated (if not a massive quake) an unexpected shock on the British pop charts.

That record was "Don't Let It Die." Everybody said, just a fluke that Norman would return to producing, where he belonged. Two hit singles later —"Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" and Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Who Was It?"— the Hurricane Smith phenomenon goes on and on.

Hurricane Smith's music evokes a world not like it is, but like it should be—where people and their feelings still matter.

He has songs about ecology, Auntie Vi's and the exquisite agony of first love. His success is not based on radical innovations, but rather is a credit to old-fashioned verities—like great songs, great performances and great production.

The sound, all featuring those magnificently-eccentric Hurricane Smith vocals and Frankie Hardcastle's hard-edged "Honky Tonk" sax, is quite unlike the one that emerged from the sessions Norman produced for Pink Floyd and Barclay James Harvest, or those he engineered for The Beatles.

Even with "superstar" garb, there's no way Norman could look the part. He forces you to accept him as an open-eyed/open-eared musician. In a time when honesty in pop music is usually the worst policy, we need Hurricane Smith.

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