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Categories Mod/Garage/PowerPop/Ska LE MAT - The Waltz Of The Fool CD (NEW) (M) Ratings

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LE MAT - The Waltz Of The Fool CD (NEW) (M)

LE MAT - The Waltz Of The Fool CD (NEW) (M)

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Detour Records Off-Shoot Label "Paisley Archive" Are Ecstatic In Adding This Amazing And Must Have Release To Their Label. To Be Honest, This Release Has Been On The Cards For Many Years And Is Why The Catalogue Number Of PA004 Is So Low.

Formed Out Of The Ashes Of The Mighty Fine Southend-On-Sea Modsters "The Leepers", Le Mat Formed In 1980 And Were One Of The First To Embrace To New Neo-Psychedelic Scene That Was Exploding Through-Out The London Mod Scene. Times Were Changing As It Did Back In 1967/68. This New Scene Was Centred Around A New Shop The Regal (Where two members of the band actually worked) That Was Located In Newburgh Street One Block Away From Carnaby Street And At Night Time, The Bands And Their Paisley-Cladded Fans Emerged On Places In Soho Like The Groovey Cellar Or Gossips To Dance The Night Way To A Spiralling Kaleidoscope Of Assorted Colours…

A few labels championed this new colourful scene, one in particular was Whaam! Records which was run by the infamous Dan Treacy & Ed Ball along with their own bands The Times and TV Personalities. The bands that spearheaded this new scene was ‘Mood Six’, ‘The Barracudas’ & ‘Dr. & The Medics’ but were followed by other equalled talented bands ‘Miles Over Matter’, ‘The Gifted Children’, ‘The Direct Hits’, ‘The Pastels’, ‘The Page Boys’ & ‘The Marble Staircase’. Major label interest started and WEA Records got in on the act and released the ground breaking compilation album…. “A Splash Of Colour’.

Sadly as quick as this scene came, it was all over within two years….

This Le Mat album gathers up all the bands recorded output from their debut single and album thanks to Whaam! Also includes 12 live tracks from one of the bands reunion shows back in 2010 and Comes with a 12 page booklet with sleeve notes from the bands singer and a whole array of rare photos and memorabilia. *Front cover photo by "Peter Scofield".

 

FEATURES

The Message

Sun Arise

Running With The Wind

Somewhere In The Night

In The Room

Song For The Common People

Of Cats And Fiddles

Watkins Glen

Requiem

The Waltz Of The Fool

 Ev'ry Dream

The Witch

Paint A Day

The Message

Running With The Wind

In The Room

Drifting Away

Sometimes, I call Your Name

Holy Joe

The Seeker

Song For The Common People

Sun Arise

Paint It Black

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Number of ratings: 5
Average rating: 4.6
An underrated masterpiece.
from Liam Jones on 23/05/2021
A severely underrated album, and arrived promptly. I recommend anyone check it out if you're a fan of Post-Punk, Gothic Rock, and Psychedelia.
Brilliant Album
from Jem H on 31/01/2019
This is a fantastic album from a great band. They were always very good live, get this as soon as you can!
10/10
from Anonymous on 13/06/2017
10/10
A must for all fans.
from Anonymous on 12/06/2017
I own the original L.P. and was really pleased to hear it had been transferred to C.D. The quality is superb and it also has live bonus tracks too. It's well packaged with a booklet. Brilliant!
Mixed reaction to tracks
from Anonymous on 07/06/2017
For me the cd gets off to a weak start with The Message and Rolf Harris's Sun Arise. The following tracks pick up and better reflect the new psychelia label assigned to the band. However I can not forgive the weak start and also in my opinion none of the individual tracks achieves the brilliance of some of their contemporaries at their best such as Plastic Flowers/Just Like A Dream by Mood Six and Somethings Happening Here by Miles over Matter and others. I have therefore rated the album a strong 3 stars.

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