Thursday, May 8, 2025

Life's little package of puzzles (Spooner Oldham) (LP 3396)

Spooner Oldham  Pot Luck (CD, Family Productions, 1972) ***  

Genre: RnB, soul

Places I remember: Slow Boat Records

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: The Lord Loves A Rolling Stone

Gear costume: Life's Little Package of Puzzles

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5

Active compensatory factors: Spooner is much more famous for his collaborations, and session work with stars like Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt (and more) than he is for this solo album - his one and only.

His voice is pretty cool - not polished at all, and it suits the material on the album. That said, he was clearly much happier in a support role, rather than singing and carrying an album. There are a number of instrumentals here, which balances the vocal ones well. 

Where do they all belong? A lovely side road in his career.

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