Nicely Out Of Tune

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Our self-promoted gigs at venues like Jesmond Banqueting Hall and the New Orleans Jazz Club attracted a clientele who were as daft as us and often remarked on the whacky self-produced advertising material that had drawn them to our gigs. Hull decided to try some, but didn’t realise it had a delayed effect and kept popping pills until something happened.Playing the album this afternoon, I cheerfully sang along with most of the songs (Fog on the Tyne was released later). This kicks off with one of the most famous songs, still very enjoyable many years later (ok, ok FOTN was massive but I felt Lady Eleanor was a more traditional, ‘closer to the bands roots’ type of song than the commercial success of ‘Fog’).

Nicely Out of Tune was Lindisfarne’s debut album, released on Charisma when they were touring with two labelmates, Van der Graaf Generator and Genesis, and holding their own. I never was a real fan of British folk music but I heard Nicely Out Of Tune at a party and I liked it. For a while an artist friend of ours produced a monthly, hand drawn, one sheet comic, featuring the mythical exploits of our band. Uncle Tony was Tony Stratton Smith, Lindisfarne's manager and owner of the Charisma label which was based at Number 7, Dean Street (I think).The title of the piece was displayed in an ornate line drawing featuring cherubs and ladies playing harps and singing. One of the primary successes of a folk cross over into the heavyweight world of pop / chart worthiness. Most of the songs were written by Alan Hull, with Rod Clements adding two and Rab Noakes adding one (the Noakes tune, Turn a Deaf Ear was a staple of pub sessions in Edinburgh for years). Joe Robertson, Brethren manager and then Lindisfarne co-manager with Dave Wood, took Alan Hull/Brethren demos to Tony Stratton Smith which resulted in recording deal with Charisma. Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term.