Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

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Genres: Psychedelic Rock, classic rock, british, blues rock, lyricist

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About Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments

Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments was a British band formed in 1968 by Pete Brown after the demise of Cream for whom he co-wrote many of their finest songs, including “I Feel Free”, “Sunshine Of Your Love”, “White Room” and “Wrapping Paper”. After the demise of Cream, Brown continued to write with Jack Bruce but also began his own recording career with The Battered Ornaments who included Chris Spedding. After an initial single, which, with its wailing saxes and effective vocals, was underrated, the band recorded, in 1969, the band recorded the album "A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark" (the album "Mantlepiece" is credited solely to The Battered Ornaments) with a line-up including Pete Bailey (percussion), Charlie Hart (keyboards), Dick Heckstall-Smith (sax), George Kahn (sax), Roger Potter (bass), Chris Spedding (guitar) and Rob Tait (drums). The tracks “Dark Lady”, “The Old Man and Station Song” were among the fine tracks and the latter later got a further airing on the “Before Singing Lessons” compilation. “Station Song” and “Dark Lady” had earlier featured along with “Travelling Blues” on the ultra-rare promo-only Harvest Sampler in 1969. The album breaks the long sides down to four sides of vinyl which enhances the sound quality considerably. The later re-release was mastered in the same studio at Abbey Road as was the initial release and from the same original analogue tape masters. Brown then suffered the humiliation of being thrown out of the band the night before they had a Hyde Park gig with The Rolling Stones. Brown’s response was to form a new band, Pete Brown & Piblokto!.

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