{"title":"Lesley Duncan","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lesley-step-lightly-the-gm-recordings-plus-1974-1982","title":"Lesley Step Lightly - The GM Recordings Plus 1974 - 1982","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLesley Duncan\u003c\/strong\u003e was arguably Britain’s first female singer-songwriter of any note, first signed as a jobbing songwriter by publisher FDH in 1962 on £7 a week, later releasing five solo albums from 1971-1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA parallel career as a backing singer is how \u003cstrong\u003eLesley\u003c\/strong\u003e was better known in the industry, being part of what Beat Instrumental magazine called the British equivalent of the Wrecking Crew along with Sue and Sunny, Madeline Bell, Kay Garner, Vicky Brown, Kiki Dee and Liza Strike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe complete recordings of \u003cstrong\u003eLesley\u003c\/strong\u003e covering 1968-1972 was released on RPM’s 2CD anthology \u003cem\u003eSing Lesley Sing\u003c\/em\u003e. Now comes \u003cem\u003eLesley Steps Lightly\u003c\/em\u003e, the anthology of \u003cstrong\u003eLesley’s\u003c\/strong\u003e period with the (Billy) Gaff Managementset up (managers of The Faces, Status Quo, Rory Gallagher, Greenslade at the time), releasing recordings on their GM label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo \u003cstrong\u003eLesley’s\u003c\/strong\u003e name were 3 LPs and 7 singles, all included here, from 1974-1978. LPs \u003cem\u003eEverything Changes\u003c\/em\u003e (Disc 1), \u003cem\u003eMoon Bathing\u003c\/em\u003e (Disc 2), and \u003cem\u003eMaybe It’s Lost\u003c\/em\u003e (Disc 3), ninety per cent written by \u003cstrong\u003eLesley\u003c\/strong\u003e, are very largely chronicles of relationships both happy and troubled, most but not all of them about \u003cstrong\u003eLesley’s\u003c\/strong\u003e own; some songs are about friends rather than herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen husband Jimmy Horowitz produced all, and they assembled a stellar cast of studio players to back \u003cstrong\u003eLesley\u003c\/strong\u003e. Additional material on Disc One is the 1974 BBC In Concert recording made at the Golders Green Hippodrome. Disc Two has an extra b-side plus the live cut of one of \u003cstrong\u003eLesley’s\u003c\/strong\u003e big song’s \u003cem\u003eEarth Mother\u003c\/em\u003e recorded live in 1973 at the Reading Festival. Disc 3 goes beyond the GM years and rounds up unreleased songs recorded with her second husband arranger \/ producer Tony Cox during the early 1980s, her final mainstream single in 1982 an acerbic delivery of Dylan’s \u003cem\u003eMasters Of War\u003c\/em\u003e, and the 1979 ‘live aid’ style charity single cover of \u003cstrong\u003eLesley’s\u003c\/strong\u003e song \u003cem\u003eSing Children Sing\u003c\/em\u003e with Pete Townshend, Madeline Bell, Kate Bush, Joe and Vicki Brown, Billy Nicholls and Phil Lynott.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA major 20 page essay details \u003cstrong\u003eLesley’s\u003c\/strong\u003e whole career and importantly offers fascinating contextual material with input from Jimmy Horowitz, Linda Lewis, Madeline Bell, Tony Hazzard, Kiki Dee, Jeff Dexter and Tony Cox.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RPM","offers":[{"title":"CD | x3","offer_id":50483845103947,"sku":"1066346","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e8b5aa8e-a1d6-4aaa-816f-365e7ae8d99a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727574326"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/lesley-duncan.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}