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Baker's Dozen

Lucky For Some: Alexander Tucker's Favourite Albums
Dom Smith , May 24th, 2012 08:20

Dom Smith takes down Alexander Tucker's Baker's Dozen and chats to him about the personal experiences attached to the records

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Alexander Spence - Oar

This album really set me on the course becoming a solo musician. Spence who recorded everything thing on Oar presented this weird creepy psych-blues world. It's almost like a strange relic of the late 60s - the bizarre coda at the end of 'War In Peace' of Cream's 'Sunshine Of Your Love' seems like a premonition of the decline of the 60's utopic vision. Oar is dark, visionary and disturbed, and these are all the right ingredients for a unique LP.