PETE BROWN & IAN LYNN
''PARTY IN THE RAIN''
1983
OCTOBER 2 2000
65:43
1/Broken Windscreen Dance /5:00
Bass – Dill Katz
Clavinet, Backing Vocals – Lynn Maxwell
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Keyboards, Afoxé [Cabaca], Backing Vocals – Ian Lynn
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Lead Vocals [2nd], Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy
Music By – Ian Lynn
Saxophone, Flute – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
2/White Room /4:38
Bass – Jerome Rimson
Drums – Rob Tait
Guitar – Les Davidson
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Jack Bruce
Voice – Jill Saward
Words By – Pete Brown
3/Big City Cowboy /4:10
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn, Val McKenna
Bass – Dill Katz
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Guitar – Val McKenna
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Saxophone – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
4/Walk Into The Sun /5:43
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn
Bass – Dill Katz
Clavinet – Lynn Maxwell
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
5/The Comeback /4:37
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn
Bass – Dill Katz
Congas – Jeff Seopardie
Drums – Rob Tait
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
6/Still Have The Love /2:55
Bass – Ian Lynn
Drums – Rob Tait
Lead Vocals, Congas – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
7/I Read The Funky Times /3:35
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy
Bass – Dill Katz
Drums, Timbales, Percussion – Jeff Seopardie
Guitar – Val McKenna
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn, Pete Brown
Percussion, Backing Vocals – Ian Lynn
Saxophone – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
8/Party In The Rain /8:14
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn
Bass – Dill Katz
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn, Pete Brown
Saxophone, Flute – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
9/The Old Rock Singer /4:11
Bass [Uncredited] – Alan Mair
Drums [Uncredited] – Rob Tait
Guitar [Uncredited] – Les Davidson
Keyboards [Uncredited] – Ian Lynn
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
10/Later Days Of Time /6:19
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
11/Barbed Wire Nightdress /6:26
Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Helen Hardy
Bass [Uncredited] – Dill Katz
Drums [Uncredited] – Bob Emmines
Keyboards [Uncredited] – Ian Lynn
Keyboards, Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Lynn Maxwell
Lead Vocals – Helen Hardy
Producer, Mixed By [Uncredited] – Chris White, Dennis Weinreich
Saxophone, Flute [Uncredited] – Bimbo Acock
Words By, Music By – Max Middleton, Pete Brown
12/Summer Hills /5:29
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
13/Patterns /4:52
Lead Vocals – Helen Hardy
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
Tracks 1 to 8 - Recorded in 1976/77, first released in 1983 (probably as "Back To The Front - Party In The Rain" on Discs International INTLP 1)
Tracks 9 to 13 - bonus tracks.
For tracks 9 to 13 are no further informations given on release; the credits for tracks 9 & 11 are taken from "Pete Brown - Before Singing Lessons".
BIOGRAPHY
by Andy Kellman
One of the key eccentrics of the Harvest stable and a successful collaborative lyricist for Cream ("I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love"), poet/percussionist/vocalist/trumpet player Pete Brown was one of the many artists to arise from the British beat movement in the mid- to late '60s. Like a lot of his peers, Brown's spin on progressive rock came from backgrounds in folk, jazz, and blues.
Brown was kicking around the scene as a poet until being approached by Cream to assist in songwriting. Upon achieving chart success with the trio, Brown decided to go the musician route. Graham Bond asked Brown to help out with some songs for the Graham Bond Organisation, and he was eventually invited to sing with the group on-stage. Once they broke up, Brown helped form the Battered Ornaments, hoping to work with musicians whose skills didn't dwarf his own. The group fell in with Harvest, the progressive subsidiary of EMI that housed the likes of Syd Barrett, Deep Purple, and Roy Harper. The Battered Ornaments' only record with Brown, A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark, was released in 1969.
The Battered Ornaments booted Brown from the band on the night prior to a supporting gig for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park; his vocals on the recording of the group's second record were eventually wiped off. The sacked singer immediately set about forming Piblokto!, a group that, for 1970's Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever, comprised bassist Roger Bunn, guitarist Jim Mullen, organist Dave Thompson, and Battered Ornaments drummer Rob Tait. Bunn was replaced by Steve Glover for Thousands on a Raft, which was released six months after the debut. Another shake up in the lineup predated the final Piblokto! release, the single "Flying Hero Sandwich."
Brown teamed up again with Graham Bond for 1972's one-off Two Heads Are Better Than One, which featured contributions from several of Brown's former bandmates. With keyboardist Ian Lynn, who played on Thousands on a Raft, he formed Back to the Front, a group that performed but never recorded in their original form. The group lasted until 1977; Brown faded away from music, at least in a performance sense, until 1983's Party in the Rain, which featured most of Back to the Front behind him.
The '90s saw Brown working again with Phil Ryan, a keyboardist who played with Man, the Eyes of Blue, and the final lineup of Piblokto! They made two records together, Ardours of the Lost Rake and Coals to Jerusalem. Toward the end of the decade, he formed the Interoceters, a group that performed songs from his lengthy career. Brown has also maintained a working relationship with Jack Bruce and has participated in the making of several records by other artists.
DoWnLoAd
''PARTY IN THE RAIN''
1983
OCTOBER 2 2000
65:43
1/Broken Windscreen Dance /5:00
Bass – Dill Katz
Clavinet, Backing Vocals – Lynn Maxwell
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Keyboards, Afoxé [Cabaca], Backing Vocals – Ian Lynn
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Lead Vocals [2nd], Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy
Music By – Ian Lynn
Saxophone, Flute – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
2/White Room /4:38
Bass – Jerome Rimson
Drums – Rob Tait
Guitar – Les Davidson
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Jack Bruce
Voice – Jill Saward
Words By – Pete Brown
3/Big City Cowboy /4:10
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn, Val McKenna
Bass – Dill Katz
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Guitar – Val McKenna
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Saxophone – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
4/Walk Into The Sun /5:43
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn
Bass – Dill Katz
Clavinet – Lynn Maxwell
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
5/The Comeback /4:37
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn
Bass – Dill Katz
Congas – Jeff Seopardie
Drums – Rob Tait
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
6/Still Have The Love /2:55
Bass – Ian Lynn
Drums – Rob Tait
Lead Vocals, Congas – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
7/I Read The Funky Times /3:35
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy
Bass – Dill Katz
Drums, Timbales, Percussion – Jeff Seopardie
Guitar – Val McKenna
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn, Pete Brown
Percussion, Backing Vocals – Ian Lynn
Saxophone – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
8/Party In The Rain /8:14
Backing Vocals – Helen Hardy, Ian Lynn
Bass – Dill Katz
Drums – Jeff Seopardie
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn, Pete Brown
Saxophone, Flute – Bimbo Acock
Words By – Pete Brown
9/The Old Rock Singer /4:11
Bass [Uncredited] – Alan Mair
Drums [Uncredited] – Rob Tait
Guitar [Uncredited] – Les Davidson
Keyboards [Uncredited] – Ian Lynn
Lead Vocals – Pete Brown
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
10/Later Days Of Time /6:19
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
11/Barbed Wire Nightdress /6:26
Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Helen Hardy
Bass [Uncredited] – Dill Katz
Drums [Uncredited] – Bob Emmines
Keyboards [Uncredited] – Ian Lynn
Keyboards, Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Lynn Maxwell
Lead Vocals – Helen Hardy
Producer, Mixed By [Uncredited] – Chris White, Dennis Weinreich
Saxophone, Flute [Uncredited] – Bimbo Acock
Words By, Music By – Max Middleton, Pete Brown
12/Summer Hills /5:29
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
13/Patterns /4:52
Lead Vocals – Helen Hardy
Music By – Ian Lynn
Words By – Pete Brown
Tracks 1 to 8 - Recorded in 1976/77, first released in 1983 (probably as "Back To The Front - Party In The Rain" on Discs International INTLP 1)
Tracks 9 to 13 - bonus tracks.
For tracks 9 to 13 are no further informations given on release; the credits for tracks 9 & 11 are taken from "Pete Brown - Before Singing Lessons".
BIOGRAPHY
by Andy Kellman
One of the key eccentrics of the Harvest stable and a successful collaborative lyricist for Cream ("I Feel Free," "Sunshine of Your Love"), poet/percussionist/vocalist/trumpet player Pete Brown was one of the many artists to arise from the British beat movement in the mid- to late '60s. Like a lot of his peers, Brown's spin on progressive rock came from backgrounds in folk, jazz, and blues.
Brown was kicking around the scene as a poet until being approached by Cream to assist in songwriting. Upon achieving chart success with the trio, Brown decided to go the musician route. Graham Bond asked Brown to help out with some songs for the Graham Bond Organisation, and he was eventually invited to sing with the group on-stage. Once they broke up, Brown helped form the Battered Ornaments, hoping to work with musicians whose skills didn't dwarf his own. The group fell in with Harvest, the progressive subsidiary of EMI that housed the likes of Syd Barrett, Deep Purple, and Roy Harper. The Battered Ornaments' only record with Brown, A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark, was released in 1969.
The Battered Ornaments booted Brown from the band on the night prior to a supporting gig for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park; his vocals on the recording of the group's second record were eventually wiped off. The sacked singer immediately set about forming Piblokto!, a group that, for 1970's Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever, comprised bassist Roger Bunn, guitarist Jim Mullen, organist Dave Thompson, and Battered Ornaments drummer Rob Tait. Bunn was replaced by Steve Glover for Thousands on a Raft, which was released six months after the debut. Another shake up in the lineup predated the final Piblokto! release, the single "Flying Hero Sandwich."
Brown teamed up again with Graham Bond for 1972's one-off Two Heads Are Better Than One, which featured contributions from several of Brown's former bandmates. With keyboardist Ian Lynn, who played on Thousands on a Raft, he formed Back to the Front, a group that performed but never recorded in their original form. The group lasted until 1977; Brown faded away from music, at least in a performance sense, until 1983's Party in the Rain, which featured most of Back to the Front behind him.
The '90s saw Brown working again with Phil Ryan, a keyboardist who played with Man, the Eyes of Blue, and the final lineup of Piblokto! They made two records together, Ardours of the Lost Rake and Coals to Jerusalem. Toward the end of the decade, he formed the Interoceters, a group that performed songs from his lengthy career. Brown has also maintained a working relationship with Jack Bruce and has participated in the making of several records by other artists.
DoWnLoAd