This was going to be the day for the Ronettes post but with the sad passing of Ronnie Spector in January, I gave that post priority & am replacing it with this one.
The Fems of Feb.
I kinda passed by Beth Gibbons when I was working on this month's posts, not because she's not a great womyn artist, which she definitely is. As singer & lyricist for Portishead, I felt there was not a lot from that band that needed my attention but there is also her work away from the big P.
By default but in no means demeaning of a fine female talent, this has become Beth Gibbons day. It should be an honor to fill in for the Ronettes.
Beth has collaborated on several occasions with former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb (Rustin Man). Before she joined Portishead, she auditioned for the singer's slot in .O.rang, the group formed by Webb after Talk Talk's late 80s departure from EMI. Then Portishead happened.
In 2002 Gibbons & Webb released the album Out of Season in the United Kingdom under the name Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man.
In 2003 the duo released Acoustic Sunlight, basically a vinyl-only live reworking of most of Out of Season (plus the song ''Candy Says'') recorded in March 2003 in Berlin.
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Mysteries
Tom the Model
Show
Romance
Sand River
Spider Monkey
Resolve
Drake
Funny Time of Year
Rustin Man
Side One -
Drake
Resolve
Spider Monkey
Tom the Model
Sand River
Side Two -
Funny Time of Year
Candy Says (Velvet Underground cover)
Show
Enjoy,
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