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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This recording takes me back a long, long way because the last time I saw Mike Hart was at his twenty-first birthday party, back in 1963. Mike was my best mate at Birkenhead School and after school we'd hang around with the gang in Higher Bebington Park. Pete Mackey was one of the members and he and Mike eventually formed the Roadrunners, who feature on several tracks here.
Mike had real presence on stage and a strong, gravelly voice that belied his physical size. He also had an awe-inspiring intellect and evidence of that can be heard in some of the very thoughtful lyrics of his own compositions here.
Some people say he was a talent wasted, but at least Mike had talent, as this reissue makes abundantly plain and, in the end, what he chose to do with it was his business alone.
Listening to this, the distinctive voice of the kid I knew all those years ago still shines out, mesmerising and memorable. This is a must-have album for all who appreciate the Liverpool music scene of the nineteen-sixties.
Mike had real presence on stage and a strong, gravelly voice that belied his physical size. He also had an awe-inspiring intellect and evidence of that can be heard in some of the very thoughtful lyrics of his own compositions here.
Some people say he was a talent wasted, but at least Mike had talent, as this reissue makes abundantly plain and, in the end, what he chose to do with it was his business alone.
Listening to this, the distinctive voice of the kid I knew all those years ago still shines out, mesmerising and memorable. This is a must-have album for all who appreciate the Liverpool music scene of the nineteen-sixties.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Mike Hart Bleeds" was one of the first discs issued on John Peel's Dandelion label (and recorded in 1969). The album is a totally underrated and overlooked classic, which at times bears worthy comparison to some of Bob Dylan's and John Lennon's work. There is much variety in the songs, and every track is a gem in its own right. Hart's lyrics combine bitterness, irony and humour, and are ruthlessly honest. His voice is deeply emotive and affecting. The most outstanding track "Almost Liverpool 8" sounds a bit like Lennon on his first solo album backed by Procol Harum. "Arty's Wife" is another similarly moving tale of failed relationships, while "Disbelief Blues" sounds uncannily similar to the sound of "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream". There are shades of "Mr Tambourine Man" in "Dance Mr. Morning Man" while "Shelter Song" is a tragi-comic tale of working-class life in Liverpool (similar in melody to "Universal Soldier"). Hart delivers a classic protest song of his own with "Aberfan" which details the horrors of the landslide a few years earlier in a Welsh mining village. He also combines protest with humour and mentions Harold Wilson in "Please Bring Back the Birch for the Milkman". This re-issue includes bonus tracks from The Roadrunners and The Liverpool Scene" with whom Mike Hart also played (best extra tracks are "Gliders and Parks" and "Palms"). Highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I wanted a cd version of the roadrunners 60s material,and heres where you will find it. However all the other tracks from the Liverpool Scene and Mike Hart solo are excellent, great wit and a long forgoten slice of the sixties and seventies. Mid priced at about £7 makes this a bargain and an affordable addition to any cd collection, 60s merseybeat or 70s wit and poetry. The Roadrunners have a great website well worth a visit,it is listed under the Liverpool Roadrunners for easy finding.
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