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01. ANDY ROBERTS - Charlie
02. ANDY ROBERTS - Big City Tension
03. ANDY ROBERTS - New Karenski
04. ANDY ROBERTS - Urban Cowboy
05. ANDY ROBERTS - Elaine
06. ANDY ROBERTS - Home At Last
07. ANDY ROBERTS - All Around My Grandmother's Floor
08. ANDY ROBERTS - Richmond
09. ANDY ROBERTS - Baby, Baby
10. ANDY ROBERTS - Poison Apple Lady
ARTIST
TITLE
Urban Cowboy
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
FLED 3088CD FLED 3088CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/23/2012

With Plainsong currently on their 40th anniversary farewell tour, now is the perfect time to re-acquaint ourselves with this fabulous solo collection from ace guitarist Andy Roberts. Urban Cowboy was recorded before the formation of, during and just after the dissolution of the original Plainsong. The album was originally released on the Elektra label in 1973. The new Fledg'ling CD edition comes complete with a 12-page booklet, (worth buying just for Andy's reminiscences from those heady days in the early 1970s) and has been digitally-remastered from the original studio master tapes. The album includes guest appearances from Neil Innes, Richard Thompson, Martin Carthy, B J Cole, Zoot Money and Iain Matthews. Roberts formed Plainsong with Iain Matthews towards the end of 1971 and released the remarkable In Search of Amelia Earhart album the following year. After the group went their separate ways (for a decade and a half), he continued his solo career as a guitarist and a sought-after composer for film and television. Andy Roberts has been a member of the Liverpool Scene, Grimms, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Albion Band, Pink Floyd, Roy Harper's Black Sheep, Hank Wangford's Lost Cowboys and many other illustrious ensembles. Throughout his career he has continued to work as an accompanist with some of Britain's leading poets -- Roger McGough, Brian Patten, Willy Russell and many others.