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From: chertok@ucbvax.ARPA (Grady Toss)
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Subject: Re: Arthur Brown solo albums
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 02:22:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 15 02:22:48 1985
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Two of Brown's solo albums that come to mind are ``Chisolm In My Bosom''
and ``Dance With Arthur Brown'', both domestic US releases--I think on
the Gull label.

``Dance...'' makes me think that someone held a gun to Brown's head and
said "sing disco pal, or you'll never sing again."  None of the inventiveness
that marked his earlier Crazy World/Kingdom Come work is evident here.
The band sounds like any other studio disco band.  The discofied version
of ``We've Got to Get Out of This Place'' is almost a match for the
Partridge Family's rendition.

``Chisolm In My Bosom'' features a lengthy (~18 minute, I think) title
track that is fairly interesting--though again it doesn't seem to stand
up to his earlier work.

For those who are interested in Brown's post-``Fire'' work, copies of the
three Kingdom Come albums turn up here and there.  The first two, ``Galactic
Zoo Dossier'' and ``Kingdom Come,'' only as imports as far as I know; the
third, ``Journey,'' as an English import, a Canadian reissue and a US release).
There is also a double import from England entitled ``Lost Ears'' that
features a good selection of tracks from the three Kingdom Come albums,
as well as a few additional tracks.

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