P.C. Kent - P.C. Kent 'Upstairs Coming Down' (1970) *New Rip* 24-bit/96kHz
Psychedelia, Folk, Progressive Rock | 1970 UK LP | RCA SF 8083
Pressed in extremely small numbers, long-deleted and highly-prized by collectors, Paul Kent’s “P.C. Kent” (or ‘Upstairs Coming Down’) is an extraordinary Psych/Folk/Prog Rock record. Packed to perfection with formidably powerful tracks written and played by a band at the peak of its powers.
Produced by Sandy Roberton, 1970's "P.C. Kent" featured all original material; Kent, Richards and Watson responsible for penning all eleven tracks. Musically the set's quite an early 1970s timepiece, bouncing all over the musical spectrum. As lead singer, Kent had a likable and versatile voice. With the British ‘tongue in cheek’ sense of humour showing through on several tracks especially the wild 'drunk driving' ode 'One for the Road'. In spite of the clumsy title 'Little Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Honey Child Won't You Just Allow Me One More Chance, Please' starts the set off on a commercial high note. A killer melody and performance would have made this a dandy single. Similarly, 'Sweet Suzie Brown Boots', 'I'm Hanging On' and 'After Dark' all had commercial potential. Like any early-1970s outfit these guys also felt the need to show off their blues chops. Judging by 'Please Time Please' and 'Blue Railway Fields' the results were competent, though nowhere near as impressive as their pop moves. Elsewhere the weird hybrid of English music hall and experimental sound collage moves on 'We Are the Police' would not have sounded out of place on The Beatles' "White Album". (Kind of neat cover courtesy of Tony Bond.) Obscure yet commercial and strange enough to appeal to quite a few folks. Badcat Records.com
Never released on CD.
Track listing:
01. Little Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Honey-Child Won't You Just Allow Me One More Chance, Please.
02. Sweet Suzie Brown Boots
03. Broadened
04. Please Time Please
05. I'm Hanging On
06. We Are The Police
07. Prelude To Brighton Rock
08. One For The Road
09. Suzy
10. After Dark
11. Blue Railway Fields
12. Plastic Wedding
Personnel:
David Richards: Vocals, piano, harpsichord, bass, acoustic guitar
Gavin Watson: Vocals, bass, lead guitar, acoustic guitar
John Ward: Drums
Paul Kent: Vocals, electric piano, piano, harpsichord
David Palmer: Orchestration on 'Plastic Wedding'
Produced by Sandy Roberton for September Productions Ltd.
Technicals:
Knosti RCM.
Michell GyroDec full version.
Funk Firm FXR II Tonearm.
Audio Technica AT33PTG/II MC Cartridge.
Harman Kardon HK990 Integrated Amplifier.
Gold Interconnects. E-MU 0204 Audio Interface.
Recording, split and manual de-click with Adobe Audition 3.0.1
Click Repair 3.9.1
Vinyl transfer by son-of-albion, February 2014