Sunday, 4 March 2018

Chuck & Mary Perrin - The Last Word


Rating: 4/5

Review:
Decent late-60s folk



This is a compilation of the Perrins' first two LPs, Brother and Sister aka The Chuck & Mary Perrin Album (1968) and Next Of Kin (1970) with two extra tracks, originally released on The Peoria Folk Anthology Volume 3.

It's all pleasant, late 60s folky stuff.  It's not particularly outstanding in any way, but it's very decently written, performed and produced.  The sound is a bit Peter, Paul & Mary meet The Everly Brothers, with plenty of reverb on the voices and a slightly wistful, gotta-be-movin'-on feel to quite a lot of it.  It's the sort of thing I loved back then, hitchhiking around the country with my guitar and a yearning teenage heart; now it's more a pleasant reminder of a period than anything especially musically distinguished, but that's OK with me.

If you like that late-60s/early-70s folky sound, it's well worth trying a few samples and if you enjoy them you'll like the album.  It's more than competently done and I'm glad to have this in my collection to hear every so often.

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