1972 Records
Felt - Gold Mine Trash (Black Vinyl LP)
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Lawrence
Hayward
knew
that
he
wanted
to
be
a
pop
star
as
a
teen,
and
he
devised
a
plan
to
release
ten
albums
and
ten
singles
over
ten
years
to
make
that
dream
come
true.
A
particular
and
determined
individual,
he
would
only
be
known
as
Lawrence
from
that
day
forward.
His
hopes
for
stardom
would
be
pinned
on
his
newly
formed
band,
the
succinctly
named
Felt.
Soon
signed
to
Cherry
Red
Records,
Lawrence’s
achingly
cool
vocals
and
the
group’s
way
with
walking
melodies
were
evident
on
their
debut
for
the
label,
“Something
Sends
Me
To
Sleep.”
This
compilation
collects
material
from
Felt’s
Cherry
Red
period
of
1981
to
1985,
kicking
off
with
that
confident
start,
assembling
numerous
high
points,
and
closing
with
their
biggest
hit,
“Primitive
Painters.”
This
phase
of
the
band
is
defined
by
the
songwriting
partnership
and
unique
interplay
of
Lawrence
and
guitarist
Maurice
Deebank,
with
Deebank’s
stylish
and
confident
playing
the
envy
of
many
of
their
counterparts.
He
delivers
a
constant
string
of
shimmering
hooks
that
wrap
themselves
around
and
over
top
of
Lawrence’s
more
traditional
beat
combo
song
structures,
as
if
trying
to
fit
four
songs
worth
of
ideas
into
a
pre-set
radio
friendly
cutoff
time.
It
works
wonderfully
as
Lawrence
always
counters
with
a
solid
bedrock.
In
one
of
many
brushes
with
the
brass
ring,
in
1984
Felt
recorded
versions
of
“Dismantled
King
Is
Off
The
Throne”
and
“Sunlight
Bathed
The
Golden
Glow,”
for
the
newly
formed
and
Warners-backed
label
Blanco
y
Negro,
in
hopes
that
the
band
would
follow
their
A+R
man
Mike
Alway
to
the
executive
suite.
Despite
putting
forward
two
of
their
finest
songs,
it
was
not
to
be.
While
major
label
dreams
had
to
remain
on
the
shelf,
fans
were
delighted
to
be
able
to
hear
these
beautifully
stripped
down
and
more
direct
versions
when
this
compilation
was
released
a
few
years
later.
By
1985
the
Felt
roller
coaster
was
something
Maurice
Deebank
was
constantly
getting
on
and
off
of.
As
Gary
Ainge
always
kept
the
beat,
and
Lawrence
never
lost
focus,
they
were
joined
by
local
teen
prodigy
Martin
Duffy
on
keyboards,
filling
out
the
arrangements,
and
following
Deebank’s
racing
six-string
cascades
in
“The
Day
The
Rain
Came
Down”
you
can
even
hear
a
tiny
hint
of
the
next
phase
of
the
band
in
Duffy’s
organ
before
Maurice
swoops
to
the
finish.
The
newly
expanded
Felt
would
then
put
everything
they
had
into
making
one
of
the
defining
releases
of
the
80s:
“Primitive
Painters.”
Tracks
1.
Something
Sends
Me
To
Sleep
2.
Trails
Of
Colour
Dissolve
3.
Dismantled
King
Is
Off
The
Throne
4.
Penelope
Tree
5.
Sunlight
Bathed
The
Golden
Glow
6.
Crystal
Ball
7.
The
Day
The
Rain
Came
Down
8.
Fortune
9.
Vasco
Da
Gama
10.
Primitive
Painters
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