Pete Atkin - Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger

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Pleasant floridly-lyrical slightly-folky balladry from 1970, in memory of Clive James, writer of the lyrics, who finally died the other day.

Full youtube playlist here - guess it is probably on Spotify too.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Girl On The Train	2
The Master Of The Revels	0
Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger	0
Laughing Boy	0
You Can't Expect To Be Remembered	0
Tonight Your Love Is Over	0
The Original Original Honky Tonk Night Train Blues	0
The Luck Of The Draw	0
The Rider To The World's End	0
Be Careful When They Offer You The Moon	0
Frangipanni Was Her Flower	0
Have You Got A Biro I Can Borrow	0
Sunrise	0
All I Ever Did	0

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 13:37 (four years ago) link

I read about this in the context of Clive James's death. I've never heard it. Maybe I'll give it a listen.

― Duke, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 21:30 (four years ago) link

You should, it's good.

Here is the spotify link - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4sZIkY22b8JkKR2P1x3su7?si=XzZLnMZ_SsK6JEbpW6vPKg

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 09:08 (four years ago) link

Nice little album - I've never heard anything quite like it. RIP Clive James

Voting for "Girl On The Train"

― sbahnhof, Saturday, 7 December 2019 10:30 (four years ago) link

several years ago now I inherited a load of LPs from my grandpa's collection when my grandma decided she wanted to get rid of them (he'd died about 15 years before this), I just went through and pulled out anything that looked vaguely interesting. One of them was a Best of Pete Atkin, has a few songs off this album on it, of which I quite liked Girl On The Train and Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger

― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 7 December 2019 11:13 (four years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 14 December 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 15 December 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link

When I first saw this poll I would have put money on it being one of the least popular polls in ILM history and...

― I've Got A Ron Wood Solo Album To Listen To (Tom D.), Sunday, 15 December 2019 00:42 (four years ago) link

I wish I was more attentive. I quite like the 1971 record but haven't knowingly heard this one before. "Girl On The Train" sounds alright, for starters...

― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 15 December 2019 09:14 (four years ago) link

Thank you other voter.

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 15 December 2019 09:48 (four years ago) link

Finally, a result I can trust...

Pete ended up going rock 'n' roll later - http://sevendialsx.blogspot.com/2017/11/pete-atkin-and-clive-james-1970s-work.html

― sbahnhof, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 07:39 (four years ago) link

two years pass...

Have You Got A Biro I Can Borrow? is awesome. The whole LP is good, I decided some time since this poll, but that's the one that gets stuck in my head all the time.

― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 18 February 2022 14:45 (two years ago) link

wow, listening to Girl on the Train and really liking this. Voice reminds me a bit of Wizz Jones (who I love).

― bulb after bulb, Friday, 18 February 2022 15:14 (two years ago) link

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