{"product_id":"5013929186705-riley-riley-wood-waggett-uk","title":"Riley Riley Wood \u0026 Waggett","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* Issued by underground imprint RCA Neon in mid-1971, the Shape Of The Rain album “Riley Riley Wood \u0026amp; Waggett” sold poorly at the time despite glowing reviews from the British music weeklies. A surging collision of Beatlesesque writing and harmonies and Byrds-like jingle-jangle guitars, sadly it would take another couple of decades before the LP was finally disinterred by a new generation of record collectors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * Half-a-century after its original release, that lost jewel of an album finally gets the attention it deserves as the cornerstone of Grapefruit’s definitive new 3-CD anthology of a criminally neglected late Sixties\/early Seventies British band.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * In addition to that 1971 album, our release features a post-LP single, a clutch of studio demos, taped rehearsals and alternative versions as well as more than a dozen previously-unissued demos of material for an aborted second album. Recorded in 1972 by band leader and chief vocalist\/songwriter Keith Riley, these songs are a staggering new find, occupying similar musical territory to newly-solo McCartney, Badfinger man Pete Ham’s home demos and Chris Bell’s post-Big Star work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * Our release also features some incendiary Shape Of The Rain live recordings, including a 50-minute show from May 1970 that stands as a rare and enthralling document of a West Coast-influenced English psychedelic band captured in full and glorious flow at the turn of the decade. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * Boasting a 24-page booklet that includes numerous rare photos as well as a new history of the band, this expanded, four-hour edition of “Riley Riley Wood \u0026amp; Waggett” features approximately two hours of previously unreleased music. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * It’s a fascinating overview of a band that, with the right handling, could surely have joined the likes of Badfinger, The Raspberries and Big Star as early Seventies proto-power pop avatars of an immediately post-Beatles new dawn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39384504729697,"sku":"5013929186705","price":20.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/orig_8242466_1375710_jpg.jpg?v=1705486997","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/5013929186705-riley-riley-wood-waggett-uk","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}