("Busker" - one who plays in public places, usually while soliciting money.) After Don Partridge - often called "king of the buskers" - started to make money on his two big selling singles - "Rosie" and "Blue Eyes" - he decided to give something back to his fellow street musicians and hired Royal Albert Hall in London for a "Buskers Concert", where the profits were divided equally between the participants. It could have been a new start for all of the acts, where of many had struggled for a long time whithout recognicion and gained both experience and skill along the way. But apart from Dave Brock (now famed as the founder and eternal motor of Hawkwind) and California born Susan Keeley (who got an EMI contract and released a couple of non-selling singles) it didn't lead to much. Listening to the LP today, at least partly recorded at that Albert Hall gig, it's like getting an important message from another time another place. To me beyond good or bad - it's there and that's the only thing that counts. Though more or less presented as a live album I can't help hearing some of the tracks as recorded in studio with added reverb and/or public noise to mimick stage performances. No big deal, maybe it was for the best. However I'm totally charmed by 60 y.o. street soprano Meg Aitkens two contrbutions. You may think of Mrs. Miller hearing it, but this is a lot more sincere and beautifully out there. Very surprised how professional many of these buskers sound. Not just Don Partridge, Dave Brock and Susan Keeley, but also artists like Jasper Banard, Stephen Sak and Robin Burns - all three doing good self-penned songs well fitting the contemporary singer-songwriter tradition. As a whole good listening, especially if you're into sixties folk singers and/or enjoy the odd stuff. To my knowledge this UK vinyl was the only release, also as mono (SX 6356). It came with label as shown here and laminated flip/back cover. (LYBÖ*)(FÄV*)(SYSÖ*)(HÖWK*)
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