Terry Hall - LaughDeluxe 2LP Edition of Terry Halls second solo album includes the singles Ballad of a Landlord and I Saw the Light. Features an alternate sleeve and includes new liner notes by journalist Pete Paphides, including reflections from Damon Albarn, Ian Broudie and Stephen Duffy. Originally released in 1997 on the Southsea Bubble Company label, Terry Hall's Laugh, followed his acclaimed debut with a blend of wit, melancholy, and melody that marked him as one

the Gods… They free the body and the spirit through ecstatic states

The show was directed by Beth McCarthy and first aired on the cable television network MTV on December 14

life in the city

and Damon Albarn of Blur—who had previously worked with Hall on his 1995 ‘Rainbows EP’

Bobby Womack and Ibeyi)

but it’s the eclecticism and hybridisation found in South African crates that keeps vinyl archaeologists like Fred “Voom Voom” Spider digging deeper

carefully arranged backing vocals like a heavenly chorus throughout the record

plus sharpened readings of recent tracks ‘Eucalyptus’

Being with people

Earl was restless in upstate NY and accepted an invite to record in Donaldson’s studio in an undisclosed rural coastal town in Northern California

If a fade-in seems like career suicide seen through the prism of modern digital streaming etiquettes

BW&S shot out of Boston in the mid-'80s with the force of a rocket ship