Sam Parry - If Sadness Could Sing 1972 (UK, Folk, Blues)

Sam Parry - If Sadness Could Sing 1972 (UK, Folk, Blues)

The only album by the Welsh singer-songwriter from Aberystwyth, originally released on the Argo label.Very much in the John St. Field/early John Martyn/Mick Softley/Roy Harper vein full of beautiful acoustic instrumentation and an underground counter cultural vibe.Vey rare and very good acoustic folk album by the unknown folkie from Wales. Most of the songs are dreamy, melancholic and mellow, just vocals backed by guitars and bass; several cuts feature a mean harmonica. The long final tracks, almost all instrumental, is a great hypnotic closer.It's so gloomy and sad when you first listen this album just like album title and you would feel so pessimistic from his sorrowful voice. but this is just a lonely man's blues itself. quite a melancholic and attractive works and this is perfectly worthwhile listening.

Tracks:

01. Ain't No Place Like Home — 0:00

02. My Farm — 3:20

03. The Blind Man — 6:52

04. All I Wanted Was A Walk — 9:33

05. Fusion — 12:28

06. Going Up The Mountain — 16:36

07. The Day I Met My Lord — 19:47

08. If Sadness Could Sing — 23:50

09. What's A Gambler To Do? — 27:50

10. Those Summer Days Are Over - 32:32

11. Everybody Knows I Do - 35:30


Personnel:

Sam Parry – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Bryan Daly – 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar
Dave Moses - bass
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Kevin Daly - producer