Newton's Apple ‎– A Taste Of Newton's Apple 1976

Newton's Apple ‎– A Taste Of Newton's Apple

Label:

Pixie Records (5) ‎– PIX 0006

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country:

UK

Released:

1976

Genre:

Pop

Style: 

Tracklist

A1 Mama Mia

A2 Feelings

A3 Summertime City

A4 Automatically Sunshine

A5 Spinning Wheel

B1 The Hustle

B2 Please Tell Him That I Said Hello

B3 S.O.S.

B4 Rhinestone Cowboy

B5 Gravity

B6 Let Me Try Again

Newton's Apple

This wholesome bunch originated from Grantham in Lincolnshire, birthplace of the titular physicist and astronomer but more known these days as the place that created Margaret Thatcher. Not that that has anything to do with the record, but once again there is precious little out there about the group, so that's the sound of me clutching at straws. The sleeve notes, although refreshingly brief and non self-aggrandising, also offer little. There's not even much to say about the low-key artwork, except I've been finding myself slighty smitten by the lovely mumsy face of Jo-ann on the lower right - she looks like butter wouldn't melt but her dirty Hammond dominates the LP. Interestingly, when I was taking the photo of the sleeve for this post, my camera's face recognition feature picked up all but the Ray Davies lookalike in the top left. Possibly this is because his face is partly obscured but I like to think it is because of the schoolboy doodle on his head which looks variously like a knife or a willy (sorry Ray). In fact, anything but the apple stalk I eventually realised it was supposed to be, and not just graffiti scribbled on by the previous owner.

There's something rather sweet about the music on this record. As ever, it's mostly covers but with one slightly unorthodox choice, the Supremes fantastic and pretty much forgotten Automatically Sunshine, although the version here is a bit underpowered compared to, say, the band's Spinning Wheel, which I'm assuming from the little improvisation in the middle was a live favourite. There's one original, a slightly twee personality song called Gravity, thanking Newton for allowing us to stay attached to the planet (we must have been tethered to ground by ropes before then), but it's in the same lineage as the many such songs that litter innumerable UK pop-psych LPs from 1967-1968...albeit with a rather more cheesy organ sound.

Забавный такой семейный альбом.но звучит мило и ностальгически !