| *Vice and verse. |
| notes by Murray Lachlan Young Vice and verse is an interesting record, as it embodies the whole big time approach that EMI wanted to push at the time of its creation. The money that went into its production as part of the record deal signed not long before its creation was quite staggering. Nothing seemed too much trouble and no expense was spared. Produced by the hugely successful and legendary figure of Chris Thomas with music written by J Perkins, I think the plan was to side step the schlep of heavy road work and catapult MLY into national consciousness with this huge production. Compared with the earlier work of the lost album, it can be seen how differently putting music with spoken word can be approached. Sadly EMI will not give permission for me to sell it on MP3.however, I don’t think it is illegal for me to put it up for non downloadable listening pleasure. I like this record for its sense of fun, melodrama
and eccentricity. I like the fact that it is so over the top. Its
flamboyance certainly captures something of my life at the time
of recording. I think I had become almost trapped in the ironic
persona of the demented decadent poet. Up late at night, every night
and living life in the fast lane with a vibe in the studio of total
full tilt rock and roll. There were all sorts of crazy people hanging
out on the violently pitching HMS Townhouse studios. The Captain,
Chris Thomas at the helm, with petty officer Perkins on the poop
deck. Me? Well I felt like the cabin boy. That was until Chris Thomas
decided to bail out two thirds of the way through the record, last
seen strapped to the back of a large white west bound taxi shouting
“Spoken word, what got me involved in this lark!” So
I finished it off with J. Perkins. Making stuff like, another night
at the seaside very Murray influenced, as opposed to, life and death
of Art, which is more Chris and JP. |