One of the more exciting discoveries I made at the WFMU Record Fair this year came on the final day of the event. I was helping my bosses unload several boxes of LPs they had just purchased from another dealer, and I came across three records that I wanted to purchase: an original copy of Gram Parsons’ G.P., and the re-issue (limited to 1,000 copies) of Nick Garrie’s The Nightmare Of J.B. Stanislas. I asked my boss how much he wanted for them, and he responded with an offer of fifteen dollars. Both records were marked at $15, so for the sake of this post, we’ll say that I got the Nick Garrie album for free. Holy fuck was I ever happy. The few original copies that have ever surfaced usually sell for upwards of two-hundred or three-hundred dollars, so for the foreseeable future, this will more than satiate my thirst for owning the album.
“Eddie Vartan-produced 1969 LP, wonderfully dreamy and baroque and folky and orchestrated. Lots of languid, lazy-day la, la, la’s here! Talented, curly-haired singer-songwriter Nick Garrie was youthful, peripatetic, and quite cosmopolitan (you can tell from his lyrics, referencing all corners of Europe). He had a Scottish mother, a Russian father, and was raised in both France and England, calling Paris his home at the time this record came out. Though nowadays it gets compared to the work of Nick Drake, Billy Nichols, Peter Sarstedt, Bill Fay, and others of note, due to music biz circumstances beyond Nick’s control, it immediately sank into obscurity upon initial release. The Rev-ola CD issue (first time ever on CD) is complete with extensive liner notes, track-by-track commentary by Nick himself, and seven bonus tracks including his fantastic and even harder to find than the LP 1968 single “Queen Of Spades” b/w “Close Your Eyes”. Great stuff for fans of UK popsike like Kaleidoscope.” – Aquarius Records
Nick Garrie
The Nightmare Of J.B. Stanislas
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Tracklist:
01. The Nightmare Of J.B. Stanislas
02. Can I Stay With You
03. Bungle’s Tours
04. David’s Prayer
05. Ink Pot Eyes
06. The Wanderer
07. Stephanie City
08. Little Bird
09. Deeper Tones Of Blue
10. Queen Of Dreams
11. Wheel Of Fortune
12. Evening
