For more background check post on his premiere LP http://monolover.blogspot.se/search?q=harvey+andrews . Shown here was the follow-up two years later, but since the actual debute hardly sold at all and often forgotten this is sometimes seen as his first. Maybe the initial public fail was the reason he decided to do a remake of the song "Boothferry Bridge" for this. I like the first version best, but they're both very nice. Although larger part of the cuts are soft with finely tuned melodies they also carry resolute veiwpoints and strong feelings. The backing is often sparse, only supporting the melodies and letting the vocals take charge. List of guest musicians includes names as Ralph McTell, Danny Thompson, Rick Wakeman and Cozy Powell. Overall it's a very good album, but one track makes it outstanding. "Hey Sandy" is the true story of Sandra Lee Scheuer, who was killed by a stray bullet during demonstrations at Kent State University in Ohio 1970. She didn't even participate, but was hit in the neck walking over a nearby schoolyard when the soldiers shot at the demonstrators. There's been a couple of songs about the Kent State shootings since. What makes this special is he's concentrating on the individual rather than political circumstances. He describes the death of an innocent teenage girl almost from her veiwpoint and instead of just another victim you get a real person, presented with so much empathy it hurts. Musically carried by Richard Thompson's perceptive double bass counterpointing the melody and a sharp electric guitar by Paul Keogh towards the end. I don't often get goosebumps from songs nowadays and almost never tears in my eyes, but this gives me both http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-22-BajRA . To my knowledge never released in US. German on Cube (2326011) and Intercord (126.304). UK reissue on LP and CD (Beeswing LBEE 002/LBEECD 002). First UK had label as shown here, glossy cover and lyric insert.(SYSÖ*) (FXÖ*)
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