Nominated by: Tom Jnr
Music club: MNAC
MNAC playlist addition: for David K
Another new one on me. Turns out Mr Tyranny is actually Robert Sheff - an American composer and pianist. Out of the Blue was his debut album.
It's an interesting collection of 4 songs - I guess the vinyl version back in 1977 had the first 3 on side 1 and the 26 minute Letter From Home on side 2. That would give it space/separation as you would need to manually turn the record over. It would make more sense that way, as it's a bit jarring hearing all 4 tracks together at one time via Spotify. They are pretty eclectic.
I do enjoy side one more and I especially love the Zappa-esque for David K. It could easily be from an early album like Lumpy Gravy.
The conceit of the letter format on side 2 is interesting and it works reasonably well to tie the different sections together and I'm not averse to a 26 minute track but (you knew a but was coming right?) I kind of weary of it upon repeat listenings.
An intriguing selection though, and I'm glad to have made Mr Tyranny's acquaintance.
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