OFF: Skin Alley

[Cosmic Dolphin]

Interesting, the first two Skin Alley albums are available as a doubleheader
CD on See For Miles:

Skin Alley / To Pagham And Beyond... : SKIN ALLEY : CD   £11.91

Living In Sin : Tell Me : Marsha : Country Aire : All Alone : Night Time :
Concerto Grosso (Take Heed) : (Going Down The) Highway : Big Brother Is
Watching You : Take Me To Your Leader's Daughter : Walking In The Park : The
Queen Of Bad Intentions : Sweaty Betty : Easy To Lie



Part Code:  SEECD681

Artist:  SKIN ALLEY

Label:  SEE FOR MILES

Format:  CD







----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: OFF: Skin Alley


> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:51:48 -0000, Rich Warren
> <rich.warren at BTINTERNET.COM> wrote:
> >I picked up the Glastonbury Fayre CD a while ago, which has one Skin
Alley
> >track, 'Sun Music'.
> >
> >It sounds excellent, and I wondered, what the albums are like, and are
> >they available on CD.
>
> I have the first (s/t - with the policeman blowing a bubble on the cover),
> third ('Skin Tight') and Fourth (can't remember the title) Skin Alley
> albums.  I haven't listened in a while, but I remember thinking that the
> first one is great, but the other two not so hot (I believe that the
studio
> version of "Sun Music" is on 'Skin Tight').  They haven't been reissued on
> CD AFAIK, but at least the first two were on CBS UK, and a lot of the
> really great stuff on that label is being reissued by Sony (Trees albums,
> Robert Wyatt's 'End of an Ear', etc.), so there may be hope ...
>
> The third and fourth albums were actually issued in the US, on (I think)
> the Stax label (well known for soul music and Booker T. & the MG's -
> definitely NOT known for UK underground bands!  But then again, Rare
> Earth/Motown put out the Pretty Things in the States, so stranger things
> have happened.), so they can be found without too much difficulty here.
>
> I guess I'll have to pull them all out and give them another listen ...
>
>     -Doug
>      jasret at mindspring.com