TERRY STAMP - Blue Redondo LP

Limited edition of 500 copies.

Pressed using the original 1977-1978 quarter inch tapes.

Highly recommended.

Terry’s follow-up to his fantastic 1975 album Fatsticks!

Blue Redondo was recorded during 77-78 after he had relocated from London to El Segundo, California and still owed his label another album. They passed on the material and the tapes sat in storage until the early 2000s when Terry had the material pressed onto short run CDs to sell at solo gigs and via mail order. This the first time any of the tunes have been available on vinyl, lovingly recovered from the original tapes and mastered by Sean M. Lennon. This is somehow drinking music and “Sunday morning coming down” music at the same time and pairs perfectly with Just Add Water's double LP of Terry’s home demos TWENTY ROUGH ROTTERS. Fact.

Simply put, Terry is one of the most underrated songwriters of the past 50 years. He got his start in the early 60s playing bass for Mike Rabin and The Demons, the house band at the Wimbledon Palais, supporting the likes of The Kinks and The Rolling Stones. After the Palais closed, he was hired as a songwriter for Schroeder Music in ‘68. He soon connected with Jim Avery (ex-Attack, Thunderclap Newman) and formed the axis of underground heroes, THIRD WORLD WAR, the best bit of aggro ever, pre-figuring the UK Punk explosion by a good five years.

After TWW, Terry released his debut, Fatsticks, an incredible collection of superb songwriting seeing him backed by the likes of Ollie Halsall, Tony Newman, Herbie Flowers and Jim Avery. Terry relocated to America by the time Fatsticks was released. Terry dutifully entered Brother Recording Studio and laid down the album he still owed using some of his earliest efforts such as “Mask Upon Your Face” which dated from 1968 and very recently written ones like “Harbor Freeway”, which literally went right by his new house. Sleeve notes by Terry himself.

46 years late and worth the wait!

(no clips on YouTube but this gives you an idea of what Stamp is about)