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Emmett Finley - Emmett Finley (Sky Blue Vinyl)
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-
First
ever
reissue
of
this
genre
defying
lost
masterwork
from
1971
on
extremely
limited
vinyl
editions.
Black
&
Sky
Blue
vinyl
records
come
with
12”
card
insert
with
special
liner
notes
by
Jon
‘Mojo’
Mills
&
Will
Hodginkson.
"Blessed
with
a
reedy,
delicate
voice
reminiscent
of
Neil
Young
at
his
most
reflective.
Finley
had
an
ability
to
grapple
with
love,
loneliness
and
the
wanderer’s
life.
It
is
a
pleasure
to
have
his
long
lost
country
gospel
gem
in
the
world
once
more.”
Will
Hodgkinson.
"Timeless,
poetic
depth
&
unique
style
like
Big
Star's
’Third,
Bill
Fay
’Til
the
Christ'
&
John
Cale's
Paris
1919”
Jon
‘Mojo’
Mills.
“I
watched
and
wrote
and
watched.
From
a
hilltop
graveyard
I
watched.
And
all
I
did
was
write
and
play
for
the
funeral..”
Emmett
Finley.
Imagine
songs
redolent
of
prime
‘Doom
Trilogy’
Neil
Young,
Love,
Exile
On
Main
Street’s
honk
via
the
swagger
of
Stone
Roses
(no
kidding).
Add
the
crushed
biblical
ballads
of
Bill
Fay
plus
mini
rock
operas
and
we’re
close
to
describing
this
ornately
crafted
but
beautifully
raw
collection.
Like
Fay,
he
was
a
willful
studio
maverick,
a
virtuoso
who
pushed
his
music
as
far
as
it
would
go
and
no
mind
for
a
career.
Both
eschew
70’s
strings
in
favour
of
driven
piano,
loose
skronky
guitar.
And
soul
to
burn.
Emmett
knew
Hendrix
and
booked
him
to
play
on
‘Sky
King’
-
a
rollicking
paean
to
their
competitive
friendship.
Hendrix
vanished
to
England,
but
guests
who
did
show
included
gospel
trio
The
Ellington
Sisters.
Emmett
enthused
about
their
adventurous
collaboration
including
a
powerful
“Three
part
harmony
on
G
diminished
7th
chords”
&
lovely
snarl
on
“Gospel’s”
finale
“Come,
come
and
believe...”
giving
way
to
two
minutes
of
vocal
musique
concrète
-
and
you’re
only
midway
through
side
one!
Lyrically
beautiful
and
haunted,
Emmett
later
described
his
main
influence
was
‘the
Time’.
“In
69,
Rock
had
nothing
higher
to
offer,
Woodstock
was
a
peaceful,
contained
riot.
Charles
Manson
slammed
the
door
of
that
generation
shut!”.
It’s
dark,
it’s
emotional,
it’s
groovy,
just
a
perfect
album
from
a
brilliant
hooky
songwriter
and
guitarist
-
with
the
look
&
ambition
of
a
rockstar
expecting
to
fly.
And
then
Emmett
disappeared
from
the
scene.
Forever?
A
mystery
wrapped
in
an
enigma?
“I
may
wind
up
a
thoroughly
obscure
figure
entirely
forgotten”
Emmett
Finley
The
songs,
the
beguiling,
exquisite
arrangements,
the
ambitious
undated
production
of
this
soulpiercing
album
should
say
otherwise.
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