| John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett | ||||
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| Studio album by John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett |
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | Eel Pie Studios, Chalk Farm Studios, 1971-1976 | |||
| Genre | Indie folk | |||
| Length | 34:23 | |||
| Label | Extracked, Polydor | |||
| Producer | Pete Townshend, Barron Anthony, Wild Willy Barrett | |||
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John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett is the 1976 debut album by English folk singer-songwriter duo John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett. Released first on their own Extracked Records, the album is a collection of recordings made between 1971 and 1976.
Recording began with a series of sessions at Pete Townshend's Eel Pie Studios in which The Who guitarist contributed as an arranger, producer and performer.[1] Townshend produced the first two Track label singles by the duo, "Murder Man" and "Louisa On a Horse", which were included on the album.[2]
A third single, "Really Free", reached No.27 in the UK charts in December 1977[3] after the pair performed it live on the BBC TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test. The performance was notable for an incident in which Otway vaulted on to a PA tower and overbalanced. The Independent reported: "He brought down the speaker stack but fractured no bones when he landed on the sharp corner of a bass cabinet, as the impact was cushioned by his testicles."[1]
Polydor reissued the album after signing the band in 1977. The Allmusic website rated it seven out of 10, describing it as a patchwork collection that "dances on a peculiar precipice somewhere between folk and country, pop and pub rock".[4]
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All tracks written by Otway and Barrett except where noted
All produced by Barrett except tracks 1,2,3,5 (Pete Townshend) and 4 (Barron Anthony)