Monday 30 November 2009

Triple Echo - S/T (1980)


Haven't been able to dig up much about this entry from 1980 from Triple Echo, presumably named after Glenda Jackson's laugh-free, cross-dressing war film from 1972. Like the Bigwoods and Bros before them, the trio includes a pair of songwriting siblings - Keith Martin and his sister, Julianne Moore-lookalike Pam - which can't ever be good news for the third member and may go some way to explaining the rather skittish nature of the record. In fact, it's probably the most inconsistent I've yet come across. Alongside crooning standards that wouldn't have been out of place on some of the bigger-lapelled solo LPs from earlier in the 1970s, the usual country treatments, and slightly cringeworthy-medleys, we have the Ramones-lite of It's Up to You, and a track designed to showcase Pam's drumming chops called, umm, Drum Solo. The highlight is undoubtedly another leftfield shot, the jaunty synth-based Fruity, pretty reminiscent to these ears of The Peppers' moog anthem Pepper Box. It's a sound not unfortunately explored any further on the LP, but worth the price of entry on its own.


Triple Echo - S/T
Ellie Jay Records Stereo EJSP 9518

Side One
I'M GOING TO BE A COUNTRY GIRL AGAIN
IT'S UP TO YOU
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
ROCKIN (sic) ROBIN
DON'T WANNA BE A FARMER
DRUM SOLO

Side Two
FRUITY
WHEN WILL I BE LOVED
SLOWLY SLIPPING AWAY
MEDLEY - El Cumbanchero, William Tell, Hava Nagila
ONE DAY AT A TIME
MEDLEY - Move It, I Saw Her Standing There, Route 66

This is our first album, it is a selection of some of our most requested songs, as well as introducing a few of our own compositions.

Our thanks go to all those who have helped and supported usm and you for buying the record.

Hope you enjoy it...
Pam: Vocals, drums and keyboards.
Keith: Vocals, guitars, keyboards and mouth organ.
Alan: Vocals, bass guitar and percussion.

Special thanks to Rusty for his help and performance on the spoons and washboard.
Thanks also to Steve Hall and Linda Biron at Hallmark Studios for a great job on production and photography.

An Ellie Jay Custom Product
Published 1980

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