Hello, today the 210th post of GoldyRhox, classic pop rock in the darklight is an English singer-songwriter and musician (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974), known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. He failed to find a wide audience during his lifetime but his work has gradually achieved wider notice and recognition
Our man signed to Island Records when he was 20 years old and was a student at the University of Cambridge, and released his debut album, in 1969. By 1972, he had recorded two more albums—Bryter Layter and Pink Moon. Neither sold more than 5,000 copies on initial release. His reluctance to perform live, or be interviewed, contributed to his lack of commercial success. There is no known moving footage of him, he was only ever captured in still photographs and in home footage from his childhood.
Our mystery man suffered from depression, particularly during the latter part of his short life. This was often reflected in his lyrics. On completion of his third album, 1972's Pink Moon, he withdrew from both live performance and recording, retreating to his parents' home in rural Warwickshire. On 25 November 1974, he died from an overdose of amitriptyline, a prescribed antidepressant; he was 26 years old. Whether his death was an accident or suicide has never been resolved.
The music remained available through the mid-1970s, but the 1979 release of the retrospective album Fruit Tree allowed his back catalogue to be reassessed. By the mid-1980s our man was being credited as an influence by such artists as Robert Smith, David Sylvian and Peter Buck. In 1985, The Dream Academy reached the UK and US charts with "Life in a Northern Town", a song written for and dedicated to our man. By the early 1990s, he had come to represent a certain type of "doomed romantic" musician in the UK music press. His first biography was published in 1997, followed in 1998 by the documentary film A Stranger Among Us.
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Most of the albums i 'll post made many millions for the music industry and a lot of what i intend to post still gets repackaged and remastered decades later, squeezing the last drop of profit out of bands that for the most part have ceased to exist long ago, although sometimes they get lured out of the mothballs to do a big bucks gig or tour. Now i'm not as naive to post this kinda music for all to see and have deleted, these will be a black box posts, i'm sorry for those on limited bandwidth but for most of you a gamble will get you a quality rip don't like it, deleting is just 2 clicks...That said i will try to accommodate somewhat and produce some cryptic info on the artist and or album.
Today's mystery album is the debut studio album by today's mystery English folk musician. Recorded between 1968 and 1969, it was released 1 September 1969 by record label Island. It is considered a classic of contemporary music, produced by Joe Boyd. This album contains no unaccompanied songs. Our man was accompanied by members of the British folk rock groups Fairport Convention and Pentangle.
The title of the album is a reference to the old Rizla cigarette papers packet, which used to contain a printed note near the end saying "Only five leaves left". In 2003, the album was ranked number 280 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. His work was remastered in 2000 to much acclaim leading to a posthumus gold album Well it's up for grabs here...N'Joy
Goldy Rhox 210 (flac 221mb)
Goldy Rhox 210 (ogg 94mb)
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Our man signed to Island Records when he was 20 years old and was a student at the University of Cambridge, and released his debut album, in 1969. By 1972, he had recorded two more albums—Bryter Layter and Pink Moon. Neither sold more than 5,000 copies on initial release. His reluctance to perform live, or be interviewed, contributed to his lack of commercial success. There is no known moving footage of him, he was only ever captured in still photographs and in home footage from his childhood.
Our mystery man suffered from depression, particularly during the latter part of his short life. This was often reflected in his lyrics. On completion of his third album, 1972's Pink Moon, he withdrew from both live performance and recording, retreating to his parents' home in rural Warwickshire. On 25 November 1974, he died from an overdose of amitriptyline, a prescribed antidepressant; he was 26 years old. Whether his death was an accident or suicide has never been resolved.
The music remained available through the mid-1970s, but the 1979 release of the retrospective album Fruit Tree allowed his back catalogue to be reassessed. By the mid-1980s our man was being credited as an influence by such artists as Robert Smith, David Sylvian and Peter Buck. In 1985, The Dream Academy reached the UK and US charts with "Life in a Northern Town", a song written for and dedicated to our man. By the early 1990s, he had come to represent a certain type of "doomed romantic" musician in the UK music press. His first biography was published in 1997, followed in 1998 by the documentary film A Stranger Among Us.
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Today's mystery album is the debut studio album by today's mystery English folk musician. Recorded between 1968 and 1969, it was released 1 September 1969 by record label Island. It is considered a classic of contemporary music, produced by Joe Boyd. This album contains no unaccompanied songs. Our man was accompanied by members of the British folk rock groups Fairport Convention and Pentangle.
The title of the album is a reference to the old Rizla cigarette papers packet, which used to contain a printed note near the end saying "Only five leaves left". In 2003, the album was ranked number 280 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. His work was remastered in 2000 to much acclaim leading to a posthumus gold album Well it's up for grabs here...N'Joy
Goldy Rhox 210 (flac 221mb)
Goldy Rhox 210 (ogg 94mb)
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