Papa M – Ballads Of Harry Houdini (Vinyl) Jeff Chang a Demonstration

a Demonstration

Tracklist:1 The John Barry Seven– Cutty Sark2 Cat Stevens– Portobello Road3 Marianne Faithfull– Sunny Goodge Street4 Jethro Tull– Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square5 Herman's Hermits– Marcel's6 Cressida– Goodbye Post Office Tower Goodbye7 John & Beverley Martyn– Primrose Hill8 Nick Drake– Mayfair9 Cilla Black– London Bridge10 Linda Lewis– Hampstead Way11 Bert Jansch– Hampstead Way12 Bulldog Breed– Friday Hill13 Dana Gillespie– London Social Degree14 Barbara Ruskin– Euston Station15 Ralph McTell– Kew Gardens16 Dave Evans– City Road17 Magna Carta– Parliament Hill18 Edward Bear– Edgware Station19 Humble Pie– Beckton Dumps20 Quintessence– Notting Hill Gate21 Norma Tanega– Clapham Junction22 Al Stewart– Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres23 Shelagh McDonald– Richmond24 Julie Driscoll

For a band that often seemed be on the verge of a commercial breakthrough

Glitch Princess opens a channel to the in-between spaces: error messages and broken computer code where soothing un-melodies rest comfortably among the jagged edges of feedback loops

Looking at the package and listening now

Papa M – Ballads Of Harry Houdini (Vinyl) Jeff Chang a DemonstrationThe first full length studio release from David Pajo as Papa M since 2018's A Broke Moon Rises was self recorded and produced. Ballads Of Harry Houdini is more like a spiritual sequel to the rockier and cross genre Highway Songs from 2016. It feels deceptively slimmer with just six songs, rather than nine. In fact, its total running time is ten minutes longer. The album displays a sharper focus than many of its predecessors, with Barfighter and Devil