{"product_id":"riley-riley-wood-and-waggett","title":"Riley Riley Wood and Waggett","description":"\u003cp\u003eIssued by underground imprint RCA Neon in mid-1971, the \u003cem\u003eShape Of The Rain\u003c\/em\u003e album by \u003cstrong\u003eRiley Riley Wood and Waggett\u003c\/strong\u003e sold poorly at the time despite glowing reviews from the British music weeklies. A surging collision of Beatlesesque writing and harmonies and Byrds-like jingle-jangle guitars, sadly it would take another couple of decades before the LP was finally disinterred by a new generation of record collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHalf-a-century after its original release, that lost jewel of an album finally gets the attention it deserves as the cornerstone of Grapefruit’s definitive new 3-CD anthology of a criminally neglected late Sixties \/ early Seventies British band. In addition to that 1971 album, our release features a post-LP single, a clutch of studio demos, taped rehearsals and alternative versions as well as more than a dozen previously-unissued demos of material for an aborted second album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded in 1972 by band leader and chief vocalist\/songwriter Keith Riley, these songs are a staggering new find, occupying similar musical territory to newly-solo McCartney, Badfinger man Pete Ham’s home demos, and Chris Bell’s post-Big Star work. The release also features some incendiary \u003cem\u003eShape Of The Rain\u003c\/em\u003e live recordings, including a 50-minute show from May 1970 that stands as a rare and enthralling document of a West Coast-influenced English psychedelic band captured in full and glorious flow at the turn of the decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoasting a 24-page booklet that includes numerous rare photos as well as a new history of the band, this expanded, four-hour edition of \u003cstrong\u003eRiley Riley Wood and Waggett\u003c\/strong\u003e features approximately two hours of previously unreleased music. It’s a fascinating overview of a band that, with the right handling, could surely have joined the likes of Badfinger, The Raspberries, and Big Star as early Seventies proto-power pop avatars of an immediately post-Beatles new dawn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50449052336459,"sku":"1088332","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/481bd9bf-4f40-4c02-ad74-ab542aebe4ce_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727098796","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/riley-riley-wood-and-waggett","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}