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Thread #127985   Message #2860749
Posted By: Murray MacLeod
10-Mar-10 - 03:14 AM
Thread Name: The Not The Finger In Ear Show (1982)
Subject: RE: The Not The Finger In Ear Show (1982)
Since Martin Simpson's trousers and bow tie have attracted rave reviews (and justifiably so imo) I would just like to draw attention to his nails as well. My guess is that in 1982 there were no nail salons in Scunthorpe doing acrylic nails, so it would appear that he has done a DIY job using offcuts of a table-tennis ball. Pretty damned effective, whatever. That is an amazing rendition of "The Red-haired Boy" (or "the Jolly Beggarman" if you prefer)

If I have one teensy criticism, production -wise, of this wonderful video, it is that Ian talks over the first half of Martin's rendition, so we hear him in the background, but only get a minute or so close-up of him playing. Still, it's probably the only video clip in existence of MS with his old Abnett guitar, and the sound (the quality of which is incredible, as I said above) makes me wonder why he ever changed to Sobells.