Barry Reynolds - I Scare Myself - 1982 - Island Records ILPS 9713 - 24/96 & 16/44.1 - Vinyl Rip

Posted By : Mister Cee | Date : 06 Apr 2011 12:17:08 | Comments : 8 |

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Barry Reynolds’ long and distinguished career as songwriter, producer and guitarist at the edgier end of music started in the late sixties.

Barry was born in the North of England and moved to London at the age of 15 where the young guitarist and budding musician met Steve Took of T-Rex and banjo player Larry Wallace. Through these connections Barry eventually ended up playing guitar for the blues band Blodwyn Pig alongside Mick Abrahams of Jethro Tull. In 1972 Barry moved to California and travelled to Mexico, doing acoustic shows before he was forced to return to the UK.

Back in London he was introduced to Marianne Faithfull through David Wilkie of Fleetwood Mac. Barry and Marianne began a writing partnership and produced the songs 'Broken English' and 'Why Do You Do It?', attracting to the attention of Chris Blackwell who signed Marianne to Island Records in 1978 and released the album 'Broken English' the following year.

Chris also asked Barry to join the Compass Point All-Star Band with Sly Dunbar, Robbie Washington and Wally Badarou, playing alongside the artists who recorded in the Nassau studio such as Joe Cocker, Grace Jones and Black Uhuru. Barry Released his own album "I Scare Myself" in 1982 with reggae duo Sly and Robbie.

Marianne Faithfull's songwriting partner, also featuring the rest of the Island Compass Point, Nassau studio house band - Sly & Robbie, Wally Badarou, Mikey Chung & Sticky Thompson with Marcia Griffiths & Judy Mowatt on backing vocals.

Track listing

01 - I Scare Myself
02 - Irony
03 - Guilt
04 - More Money
05 - Till The Doctor Gets Back
06 - Broken English
07 - Times Square
08 - Over Here (No Time For Justice)
09 - Give Me Love
10 - The Bold Fenian Men

Recorded and mixed at Compass Point Studio, Nassau, Bahamas

Personnel

Barry Reynolds - Guitar, Vocals
Wally Badarou - Keyboards
Mikey Chung - Guitar
Sly Dunbar - Drums
Robbie Shakespeare - Bass
Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - Percussion
Marcia Griffiths & Judy Mowatt - Backing Vocals on Irony & Over Here (No Time For Justice)

Lynn Goldsmith - Photography

Alex Sadkin - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Benji Armbrister & Harold Dorsett - Assistant Engineers
Chris Blackwel - Executive Producer

Mastered - Ted Jensen, Sterling Sound

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