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Legend - Legend (Red Boot) (1971) [Reissue 2005] (Repost)

Posted By: gribovar
Legend - Legend (Red Boot) (1971) [Reissue 2005] (Repost)

Legend - Legend (Red Boot) (1971) [Reissue 2005]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 310 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 112 MB | Covers - 37 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Repertoire Records (REPUK 1064)

In some circles, Mickey Jupp is something of a minor legend, a roots rocker with excellent taste and a cutting wit, best heard on the songs "Switchboard Susan" and "You'll Never Get Me Up in One of Those," both covered by Nick Lowe. Basher's endorsement is a clear indication that Jupp is a pub rocker, a guy who specializes in laid-back good times, so it shouldn't come as a great surprise that his first band, Legend, was proto-pub, an unabashed celebration of old-time rock & roll, filled with three-chord Chuck Berry rockers and doo wop backing vocals. Nevertheless, listening to their 1971 LP is a bit of a shock, as it's completely disassociated with anything that was happening in 1971, even with Tony Visconti enlisted as their producer…