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....( a fan says: A surprisingly good, and highly obscure album. I'm guessing this was an entirely self-produced affair that he recorded in NYC in 1978. If so, he should win an award as the production on this ranks with some of the very best in the industry at the time. Had this been released on a major label, I bet it would have been a big-selling LP. Most of the tracks are solidly semi-commercial in their orientation, and the song writing is very catchy and entertaining. Soutar has a rather fair voice, and his vocals are quite refined. On some cuts, he duets and/or harmonizes with back-up flautist Elyse Clark. Her input, both vocally and instrumentally, is on par with the high overall quality of the rest of the music found here. The majority of the tracks on side one are rather high energy, and somewhat hard, while those on side two are comparatively softer and more folk flavored. But despite its inherent musical strength, this would still probably have flown under the radar of most underground collectors if it weren't for the liberal yet tasteful use of fuzz guitar. This gives it an element of garage that would never be noticed otherwise
A1 Love's Fool
A2 Summer Sounds
A3 Breaking Away
A4 All Too Close
A5 Sunny Faces
B1 Somehow, Somewhere, Someway
B2 Feathers
B3 Pleasure of Your Presence
B4 Flower
B5 Why Must You Hide
B6 The Girl Next Door
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