I put Maze on and joined the band playing my tambourine and shaker. Boy, you couldn't tell me, "I wasn't part of the band. My husband would"shake his head and say, " you sure do love that MAZE band, don't you!
So nice to hear this for the first time. In 1968, when I was 12, my sister bought A Tramp Shining and played it so much that I knew it by heart. This was not on it and somehow, I missed out on the Yard Went On Forever. I guess because my sister didn't buy that one, for some reason.
The 2 albums are so unique and spectacular, it’s hard to say one is better than the other. But The Yard Went on Forever was more stunning. In any event, they are both incomparable.
@@Onpointe41 indeed. A Tramp Shining was a collection of songs that loosely could be considered a concept album, but The Yard was most definitely a concept album that told a story from start to finish, in the literary style and sequence of In Medias Res. The Yard stands out as Jimmy’s and Richard’s magnum opus in my opinion. I was instantly captivated and blown away the first time I played it back in 1987, and The Webb Sessions is one of my desert island CD’s.
Paul Weller brought me here too, thanks to an article in this month's Record Collector! Cheers Paul. Pity it's in mono....I might have to do something about that!
