Nicely Out Of Tune

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This is a good quality recording, no pops and scratches ;-), and even the two bonus tracks are good as well as familiar. On Nicely Out of Tune they play a style of electric folk less beholden to traditional sensibilities and more in touch with then-current styles in art rock than the likes of Fairport Convention or Steeleye Span. Mr Bolton, owner of the local garage that regularly repaired Lindisfarne's vans at ridiculously low cost. What was the reason for changing the title "Alan In The River With Flowers" into "Float Me Down The River", swapping Jackhammer Blues against "Nothing But The Marvellous" and dropping Rod's The Things I Should Have Said? Lindisfarne were part of the early Charisma Records pack, palling around with Van der Graaf Generator and Genesis, and whilst they really aren't all that proggy you can sort of see how they fit in with that pack.

Drummond Amin, Tyneside rock'n'roll godfather and owner of the Shaftsbury electric 12 string guitar that Lindisfarne borrowed for the NOOT recording sessions. Title change because Lindisfarne's in-joke 'Alan in the River with Flowers' = 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' did not amuse the americans so they reverted to the songs original title. Our self-promoted gigs at venues like Jesmond Banqueting Hall and the New Orleans Jazz Club attracted a clientele who were as daft as us and often remarked on the whacky self-produced advertising material that had drawn them to our gigs. The title of the seventh track, "Alan in the River With Flowers", is a parody of The Beatles' song " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", and was given its original title of "Float Me Down the River" on the American version. Of course you wouldn’t get a band like this, nowadays, securing the commercial success of Lindisfarne (ok, maybe Mumford?

Track B1 published by Hazy/Heathside, Track B4 published by Stratsong and Track B5 published by Essex Music. A couple of days later I was at my mam and dad’s house when I noticed a book of sheet music that belonged to my brother who plays piano. Long before Lindisfarne made their first album we had a collective interest in things visual and often fantasised about what our sleeve would be like when we eventually made our first album.

Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term. Ray Jackson and myself had met at art college, a well-known safe haven for musicians who had yet to figure out how to make a living from music. This kicks off with one of the most famous songs, still very enjoyable many years later (ok, ok FOTN was massive but I felt Lady Eleanor was a more traditional, ‘closer to the bands roots’ type of song than the commercial success of ‘Fog’). I took my trophy back to Jacka and he got it photographed and completed the artwork which featured his splendid Lindisfarne logo.What a joy to revisit this little beauty, if not one of the great albums of 1970, then certainly one with some of the great songs. Stücke wie der "Jackhammer Blues" oder der "Knacker's Yard Blues" sind nicht nach meinem Geschmack und passen auch nicht wirklich in den Flow.

That was in 1983, when I’d not long started work and I had to go into a training day unable to hear much beyond the ringing in my ears. On the other hand, the followers could probably sing every word of ‘We can swing together’ and I suspect the roof came off on several venues when this was played live.

I don’t remember if Jacka and I volunteered to design the ‘Nicely’ sleeve or if it was just presumed that we would.