{"title":"Scott Fagan","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"south-atlantic-blues-2","title":"South Atlantic Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe long lost 1968 debut album by singer-songwriter, Scott Fagan, once tipped to be bigger than Elvis via Earth Recordings. \u003ci\u003eSouth Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlues\u003c\/i\u003e reissued for the first time in its original artwork, with an iconic portrait of Fagan by famed rock photographer, Joel Brodsky, following a widely celebrated 2015 release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevisiting his mystical, mythical, and deeply soulful masterpiece, this psych-folk gem doffs a Tropicalia hat direct from downtown New York. “His songs embrace a broad sonic fantasia, swirling in ’60s New York R\u0026amp;B and ’40s jazz, as well as the Caribbean rhythms of calypso, meringue and Pachanga.” New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Fagan’s story is worthy of a movie in itself. A swinging hipster who landed in 60s Greenwich folk scene, escaping the abject poverty of his U.S. Virgin Islands upbringing, Fagan found himself mentored by the Brill Building’s Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, and feted as the next big thing. “Forget Rodriguez, forget Searching for Sugar Man,” says Sharyn Felder, daughter of the late Doc Pomus, the legendary songwriter who signed Fagan to management in 1964. “Scott was so much more. He was cut from a different cloth.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth Atlantic Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect soundtrack to this tale, an epic song cycle wrapped around an impassioned love story, driven by Fagan’s dense, allusive lyrics, and production by Elmer Jared Gordon (Pearls Before Swine) and rich arrangements by Horace Ott (Nina Simone, Sam Cooke, The Shirelles). The Earth Recordings reissue coincides with a resurgence in activity for Fagan, with a new album in the works – the never-recorded soundtrack to \u003ci\u003eSoon\u003c\/i\u003e, the 1971 Broadway rock musical he co-wrote and starred in – and a documentary ‘Soon: the Story of Scott Fagan’ currently filming through Scissor Kick Films, from director Marah Strauch, writer Chris Campion (who rediscovered the singer-songwriter in 2015), and producer Eric Bruggeman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Earth Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50396138078539,"sku":"2166619","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Scott_Fagan_-_South_Atlantic_Blues_de617e55_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726478763"},{"product_id":"south-atlantic-blues","title":"South Atlantic Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003eScott Fagan's debut album, 'South Atlantic Blues,' is a genuine lost classic - a mystical, mythical and deeply soulful masterpiece. Recorded when Scott was just 21, virtually homeless and with pennies to his name, it was released in 1968 on Atco Records but remained obscure, confounded by a series of frustrating near-misses. From being mentored by Doc Pomus to being discovered by Jasper Johns, Scott's incredible story and music unfolds on 'South Atlantic Blues,' remastered and reissued for the first time ever on CD and vinyl on Saint Cecilia Knows (the label that also released the acclaimed Mickey Newbury box set, 'An American Trilogy) in association with Scott Fagan's own lil'fish records. Steeped in delicate psych, soul and resonant acoustic guitars \"that stroke and stone you to the core\" (Shindig). t's an epic song cycle about Fagan's hard-scrabble life in the Virgin Islands, where he was raised and lived until 19 before returning to his birthplace of New York City. A teenage prodigy, mentored and managed by songwriters Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, Scott recorded early material for Columbia and Bert Berns' BANG label before signing with Atco. In 1969, artist Jasper Johns discovered 'South Atlantic Blues' in a cut-out bin, fell in love with the record, and used it as the inspiration for three artworks, known as 'Scott Fagan Record.' The pieces are now housed in the permanent collections of MOMA, the Met and the Walker Art Center. Born on 52nd Street, Scott was the son of a sax player and singer who fraternized with jazz greats. That familial connection with music would come full circle when Fagan discovered he was the biological father of songwriter Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields. They did not meet until the premiere of a documentary about Doc Pomus in 2013.LP - 180 Gram Vinyl with download.CD - The CD comes with extensive liner notes, rare photos, and a download of five bonus tracks - the original 1965 demo for Doc Pomus as well as a recently-discovered acetate, the only copy in existence of a previously-unknown Doc Pomus song, 'All For The Sake Of Love', that only Scott Fagan recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"saint Cecilia","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50493628481867,"sku":"395309","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a0f0e4e3-918a-4e2a-a022-17912882f7d5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727699393"},{"product_id":"soon-1","title":"Soon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott Fagan\u003c\/strong\u003e finally brings \u003cem\u003eSoon\u003c\/em\u003e into the world, 55 years after first writing it with songwriting partner \u003cstrong\u003eJoe Kookoolis\u003c\/strong\u003e. These songs began life as a 1971 Broadway rock opera, planned as the follow-up to \u003cstrong\u003eFagan\u003c\/strong\u003e’s 1968 debut, \u003cem\u003eSouth Atlantic Blues\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe production, starring \u003cstrong\u003eFagan\u003c\/strong\u003e and a young \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Gere\u003c\/strong\u003e, closed early and the album was shelved before it could be recorded. Now, cut over seven days in July 2025 at Sam Phillips Recording Service in Memphis, it finally gets its due.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross 13 songs, \u003cem\u003eSoon\u003c\/em\u003e moves from the gospel lift of \u003cem\u003eLet The World Begin Again\u003c\/em\u003e to protest pieces \u003cem\u003eFaces Names and Places\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStraight\u003c\/em\u003e, with tender turns in \u003cem\u003eChild of Sympathy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTo Touch the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e. A long-lost set of songs well worth the wait.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records\/ Earth Recordings","offers":[{"title":"LP - White \/ With Print \/ Rough Trade Exclusive","offer_id":57966391361867,"sku":"R4734-6955","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - White","offer_id":57966391394635,"sku":"R4734-8774","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":57966391427403,"sku":"R4734-4680","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":57966391460171,"sku":"R4734-2394","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ScottFagan-Soon.jpg?v=1785247608"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/scott-fagan.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}