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Way and Hal Halsey & Halsall
Otway on The Cobbles
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Where Did I Go Right 1979
Makes Good Music
John's finest album until the 1995 Morgan Fisher: Keyboards
When Love's in Bloom was recorded at Olllie's house, probably in the same makeshift 'studio' where he did the original version of Travelling Show [from the Caves album]. Superbly packaged TRIPLE album of previously unreleased tracks, demos & rarities. The 1979 Ollie & Otway section has become known as WAY & HAL since rather inferior versions of these Otway/Halsall compositions surfaced 3 years later on OtWAY & BARrett's WAY & BAR album. Ollie contributes guitar, bass, drums & violin to his own production which is little short of a masterpiece. £19.99 plus postage and packing Live in a Pub, Somewhere 1979 There remains just this one live tape of the remarkable duo performing 'In a pub, Somewhere' Otway reads an extract from his
Video by Peor
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AVAILABLE NOW! Abbots Langley
Bonus tracks: This new album of previously unreleased recordings by Ollie Halsall is now available from Market Square Records [MSMCD 145]. The material, which includes nine Halsall originals, dates from a 1980 colaboration with drummer John Halsey and is completed by some very unusual extra recordings. £7.99 plus postage and packing Caves 1999
Multitrack demos from 1979 Included at this point since it owes its very survival to Otway who later recorded Door to Door Daughter & Travelling Show. This collection of 1979 demos remains, effectively, Ollie's only solo effort and an intensely satisfying album Authorised limited re-release 2007 |
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Morgan Fisher
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Miniatures 1980 Bum Love Ollie & John Halsey's brief contribution to one of the strangest albums of all time, compiled by Morgan Fisher, former Love Affair and Mott The Hoople keyboardist. Morgan played on Otway's Where Did I Go Right album and tour [with Ollie & John Halsey] and now lives in Japan, producing some fascinating work. Check here |
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Kids's TV show music with John Gorman. Musicians include not only Morgan Fisher [keyboards] and John Halsey [drums] - essentially Otway's touring band - but also bassist Clive Griffiths, making it, perversely, the nearest thing to a Patto reunion! This album is also listed on the Play the Perfect Fool page partly because of the above connections, but more as an excuse to show another photo of the lovely Sall James!
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