Well all this slagging off has done something... I've just got it down to listen to again whilst I tidy this room up...

If you read the sleeve notes, they give a great deal of background to the way the album was conceived and formed - many of the tracks seem to have been recorded after only a few hours to learn the basic tune, artists were picked on a 'were they in town and available' basis, rather than considered booking - it all adds up to an incredible mix of talents and styles. The tracks have been well researched and some little nuggets of information added which should please any traditionalist.

I'm still of the opinion that it shouldn't be listened to from start to finish as an album, but put on shuffle/random and each track taken individually - I'm really getting into the dark and raunchy version of 'High Barbary' by Joseph Arthur...

LTS