ARTiST: Big Linda
ALBUM: I Loved You
BiTRATE: 219kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Sony
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 80.26 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 49min 03sec total
RiP DATE: 2007-12-28
STORE DATE: 2008-02-25
Track List:
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01. Suddenly Attacked 3:27
02. Golden Girl 2:35
03. Another Way 4:04
04. Idelu 4:02
05. Windpower 6:42
06. Jenny Don't 3:47
07. Get It While You Can 4:28
08. Gone 6:05
09. 15 Seconds 3:18
10. Forgiven 3:49
11. Just Passing 6:46
Release Notes:
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The story of Big Linda is the story of rock ænÆ roll itself. It involves
circumstance and intrigue. It involves an extraordinary trip to Antigua and a
very real person called Big Linda. And it also involves four ever-more real
characters who met under a cloud of coincidence and just knew they had to be
together.
Big Linda is Rob Alder (voice), Patrick Murdoch (guitars), Vezio Bacci (bass)
and Geoff Holroyde (drums). Holroyde (born in Peterborough, grew up in
Birmingham, hair by Rock Manes Inc.) bumped into Murdoch (born on the Wirral,
grew up occasionally in Hong Kong) at Metropolis Studios where they decided to
jam together. Producer Andy Wright subsequently introduced the pair to a mystery
man who offered to fly them both to Antigua to record some songs at the islandÆs
palatial Pelican Lodge Studios. Blithely, brilliantly they agreed, thereby
necessitating a course of events that would see them bump into Bacci (born in
Rome, youÆre getting the picture by now) at AntiguaÆs main airport terminal.
They recorded nine songs in the hills, came up with an amazing name (after
hearing that their mysterious benefactor occasionally, ahem, corresponded with a
Madame with just such a name) and then came home.
The first song they recorded eventually became Golden Girl but this band are no
Shadows and they knew something was missing from the off: Alder. But where were
they going to find him? They must have tried and tested a dozen singers and just
about given up before Holroyde noticed the quiet, unassuming 22 year old locked
in his own thoughts in a corner of Townhouse Studios. He looked like a young Jim
Morrison and something about him made Holroyde wonder whether he sounded like
him too. And when Holroyde heard him sing, Big Linda knew they had their man.
Naturally, Alder was already in another band but this was soon rectified when he
promptly left a week later. Alder (born in Bishop Stortford - I am sure even
RobÆs yawning at the incumbent rhetoric therein) turned up to an official
rehearsal armed with melodies, lyrics and a voice that blew the room apart. This
was now something entirely different: A Rock Band with tunes and choruses
(remember them?) that were set to mark a generation. Naturally, thereÆs no such
thing as generation anymore but you know what I mean. And thereÆs something very
Un-Generation about Big Linda.
The nine songs recorded in Antigua were torn asunder and quickly became ten,
then fifteen and now an album called I Loved You that (no doubt) you are gonna
love. Let me tell you û the feeling is almost mutual. The record has been
produced by Paul Stacey (Oasis) and includes the edgy Ramones-esque Golden Girl,
I DonÆt Even Like You (inspired by an incident when the wrong girl proposes on
Feb 29th unleashing the answer; ôMarry you? I donÆt even like you!ö), an
incredible, (did I say incredible?) version of Thomas DolbyÆs Windpower and a
song called Another Way thatÆs got some serious business (or no business at all)
existing in this day and age (ie itÆs seriously Non Year Zero). You havenÆt
heard it yet? Well then you havenÆt heard anything.
YouÆre bored, IÆm bored, donÆt be. Big Linda might just be what the worldÆs been
waiting for.
And I think they might be sticking with the name.