Mick's Cat And Rooster Blues
Label | Spinout Nuggets – SN071 |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Mono |
Barcode | 7427251921787 |
Country | UK |
Released | 26 Aug 2022 |
Genre | Blues |
Style | Country Blues, Delta Blues |
Mick Hampshire lives in a boat moored on the River Medway, and has been making noise since '81, making a nice stamp in the shape of Mickey & The Milkshakes, which led onto The/Thee Milkshakes. The Milkshakes were a very prolific group, with joint song-writing from Mick Hampshire and Billy Childish, drums bashed by Bruce Brand, and bass notes hit by Mark Gilbert/John Gawen/Russell Wilkins. A female variation followed the band, The Delmonas, which included Mick's long-term partner, and musical collaborator, Miss Ludella Black. Following the demise of The Milkshakes, Mick has also released his musical wonders under Micky & the Salty Sea Dogs, and Mickey and Ludella. Mick currently raids sound systems with The Masonics, a stripped-back trio of guitar, bass and drums, mixing '60s beat, garage and instrumental vibes, but with a punk ethic, and has been since '91... Not happy solely to wield a Burns guitar at an amazed audience, Mick is also a very talented painter and abstract artist. Some of his works can be seen on some of his record sleeves - including this very record! Armed only with his Grimshaw semi-acoustic guitar (unamplified), Mick played and sang through a single microphone, and the sound was crisply collected by a mobile recording device under the direction of long-term friend Kevin Younger (The High Span, Armitage Shanks, Ye Ascoyne d'Ascoynes, etc), in a back room. This twelve song recording is a one-take operation, and shows that there's no stopping this man... Limited to 500 copies.
A1 | I'm Gonna Do It | |
A2 | When You're A Man | |
A3 | Bite Your Lip | |
A4 | I Travel Light | |
A5 | Poor Maddie | |
A6 | I've Got No One | |
B1 | Trouble Is Coming For You | |
B2 | Drinking My Wine | |
B3 | Please Hurry Home | |
B4 | If Only I Could Lie | |
B5 | That Portrait Of You | |
B6 | Who Is It You Believe? |
Painting – M. Hampshire
Photography By [Photograph By] – Ludella Black
Recorded By [Uncredited] – Kevin Younger
Sleeve Notes, Interviewee – Mick Hampshire
Sleeve Notes, Interviewer – Mr G. 'Cheesehouse' Moffet
Songwriter [All Songs] – M. Hampshire
℗ & © 2022
A division of Spinout Productions
Recorded in England
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℗ & © 2022 Spinout Prods.
Made in the E.U.
Barcode (Scanned) – 7427251921787
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A) – WWW.AGRM.CO.UK - SN071 A 242244E1/A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B) – 242244E2/A