Thanks to this kind contribution from Bluebeard (already provided more than a year ago, as i have to admit) here's your chance to get to know the guy a little better. This was recorded in acoustic guitar-friendly Germany and issued on a tiny German label.
The music's relaxed and mellow with an occasional vocal and a bit of banjo or second guitar added here and there. Berryman's got great technique but he doesn't seem to be a very impassionate person, at least judged from his playing. Some pieces are so dreamy, i find it hard to keep my mind from drifting while listening. But this is really only a minor quibble, since this is a truly nice, warm and gentle album of fingerpicking guitar that all fans of John Renbourn, Duck Baker or Davey Graham will enjoy.
If you want to know more about Berryman's early years as a folky, his connection with Ralph McTell, Wizz Jones and the roots of the Incredible String Band, read here.
And here's the complete John Renbourn quotation:
"“Pete is one of the unsung heroes of the British acoustic guitar movement started by Davey Graham in the early 60's.
Bert Jansch and myself usually get singled out as having followed in Davey's footsteps but we certainly weren't the only ones, and Pete was in there back then playing as well as any of us. It was Davey's duo recordings with Alexis Korner that set the mould, and Pete's early Transatlantic album with John James - "Sky In My Pie" a few years later was another milestone.
It's difficult to understand how he could have been overlooked for so long. Maybe it has something to do with settling in Cornwall - "Once they crosses the Tamar they never returns" - kind of thing. But I guess it pays off in the long run. The world needs more of this music."
Pete Berryman: ...And Guitar
Autogram (GER) FLLP-509, 1978
A1 Hotel Paradise
A2 Rain On The Window
A3 Continental Drift / Clock Warp
A4 Dordogne Summer
A5 Silberflug / Les Hirondelles A La Rochelle
A6 Atlantic Rising
A7 Rose Cottage
B1 Ausfahrt / Toegang
B2 So Long Ago
B3 Rippols
B4 Colombine
B5 The Alternative High Society
B6 Hondekop
Pete Berryman Guitar
occasional guest artists:
Clive Palmer banjo
Tim Wellard 2nd guitar, balalaika, wine glasses, bodyrhythm
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Completely new to me this guitarist...I'm curious to listen this record.....Thanks Porc Rouge!
Thank you very much for this. I have 3 Pete Berryman albums, but haven't heard of this one. There are some real good tracks here.
I would love to read a good tutorial on how to get the best quality LP to digital transfer, with emphasis on noise (snap, crackle, pop) elimination. Most of my old LPs are very noisy. Any hints here?
Many thanks for this LP! New to my ears, and liking it very much. ...and TAB too! Once the tunes are on my ear I'll see whether I can figure out where the fingers go on my guitar. There are so many great German acoustic guitar LPs you are turning me on to...much appreciated.
My pleasure, folks!
It seems that i found a niche rarely covered by other blogs with the acoustic guitar stuff.
Howard,
my equipment is anything but fancy, but i think two things are important for a good rip:
- cleaning the vinyl thoroughly, preferably with a professional cleaning machine, a Keith Monks for instance.
I'm living in a small town but two shops that offer high-end audio systems have vinyl cleaning machines anyone can use for 1,-/lp. So there's agood chance you have something similar in your town.
- use a good sowftware for de-clicking
Click repair is a great software for removing pops and clicks (http://www.clickrepair.net/) I know that many other bloggers use it, too. It costs a few dollars but it's worth every penny.
Wow. I liked this album very much. I loved the pace and consistency of Berryman's interesting compositions which were played with an effortless elan. He really makes the most of his opportunity to shine and do his own thing. Great support on the tunes that had additional players as well but it really was the Pete Berryman show and highly enjoyable it was. Thank you LPR! I'm always all ears for these folk-oriented gems you seem to produce out of thin air.
Excellent post, LPR. Great complement to 'Sky In My Pie'.
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