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Don Bradshaw-Leather - Distance Between Us
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Don
Bradshaw-Leather
is
a
mysterious
cult
artist
active
on
the
London
scene
in
the
early
1970s,
releasing
just
the
one
ambitious
double
LP
on
his
own
label
in
1972.
There
has
been
speculation
as
to
who
this
guy
was.
Some
saying
he
looks
like
Robert
John
Goddfrey
of
The
Enid,
and
also
because
of
similarity
in
the
title
and
some
of
the
music,
it
was
touted
that
it
could
have
been
Adrian
Wagner’s
prequel
to
his
“Distances
Between
Us”
–
both
not
true.
Don
Bradshaw-Leather
was,
in
fact,
his
name,
born
as
just
Donald
Bradshaw
I
believe,
and
(according
to
Jay
who
was
a
regular
in
the
basement
of
Honest
Johns,
Rhythm
Records
in
Camden
Town)
was
seen
around
a
lot
in
the
area
in
the
early
1970’s
busking
and
at
small
gatherings
and
concerts.
He
would
hock
his
records
around
the
local
stores
just
to
cover
his
expenses,
and
never
sought
any
proper
distribution.
At
least
two
versions
exist
of
this,
one
with
a
laminated
cover,
the
other
standard
matt
card.
In
the
late
1970’s
it
was
still
possible
to
find
copies
of
this,
in
fact,
Honest
Johns
in
Goldhawk
Road
still
had
new
ones
in
1979.
I
and
my
brother
Steve
used
to
buy
every
copy
we
could
find
in
Record
&
Tape
Exchange’s
various
bargain
basements
in
London,
copies
from
as
little
as
10p,
and
we
had
dozens
–
but
we
never
ever
found
a
good
pressing,
even
ones
that
were
supposedly
new!
It’s
a
magical
record
really,
if
you
can
stand
the
usual
record
noise
(a
real
annoyance
when
some
parts
are
so
spacious
and
close
to
silence),
with
just
4
tracks,
each
a
slightly
different
mood,
involving
drums,
percussion,
piano,
Mellotron,
and
voice,
amongst
sundry
other
things,
lots
of
big
reverb,
clever
layering
/
multi-tracking.
Almost
Krautrock
in
its
attitude,
it’s
wanton
abandon,
and
for
the
heck
of
it,
experimentation
makes
it
one
that
peels
off
the
delights
layer
by
layer,
drawing
the
listener
into
the
ritual.
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