Name: Black Cat, Dark Horse
Brand: Lloyd / Bean

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

PICI0053LP

Colour

Black

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-06-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

798234005884

Total Cap

Black LP

PICI0053CD

798234005891

Artist

Lloyd / Bean

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Tiny Global Productions

Lloyd / Bean was an amateur engineer, radio recording enthusiast, and record company executive. Born on January 4, 1918, he made a significant impact in the music industry until his death on December 31, 2000.
He is best known for creating various bootleg labels such as Alto Records, Ozone, and Session Disc. These labels focused on jazz radio broadcasts as well as popular entertainment and scores from musicals and dance movies. Lloyd / Bean released around 400 LPs throughout his career.
His passion for music led him to establish numerous other labels including Accessor Pro, Ambrosia, Andros Records, Antron, Aspen, Axtor Disque, Bamboo Industries Records, Beppo, Big Chief-Jerollomo,Big Molly,Bombasi,Bonsard,and many more. His contributions to the music industry are invaluable.

Newest Listed Items

Since we've known him, Robert Lloyd has made quite clear his enormous affection for the songs and sounds of Freakwater, the duo of Janet Beveridge-Bean and Catherine Irwin who've been wrongly denied their place as rightful and willful progenitors of alt-country's 'movement', which (frankly) is to their credit. Their genius in offering absolute authentic to the sound oldtime Appalachian folk music with a modern façade that in no way negates tradition (one of their albums is titled Feels Like The Third Time) is unparalleled within the genre, and Freakwater remain under-appreciated. After the start of Covid, Robert dared approach Janet with the idea of recording together. Over the course of the long pandemic, songs were bandied about for months, and when recording was finally practical, a band was assembled with dates set up for a recording session in Valencia, Spain. Robert and Janet were joined by Robert's long-time ally, Pete Byrchmore, the musical foil for Robert's solo album on Virgin and a former Nightingale, Mark Bedford, the bassist for Madness and Terry Edwards' Near Jazz Experience, and Pablo Roda, Spanish mystery drummer, couldn't have worked out more perfectly. Tracks were selected without regard for collective presentation, just the goal of walking out of the studio with an album of perfect gems. Forget Lee & Nancy or George & Tammy, Rob and Janet have an immediate chemistry that only sounds long-lived - and too uniquely them to merit any comparison.

Black Cat, Dark Horse

Music GB