{"product_id":"big-outdoor-type-blue-eyed-boy-80-84","title":"Big Outdoor Type - Blue Eyed Boy ’80- ‘84","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name of \u003cstrong\u003eNeil Davidge\u003c\/strong\u003e is more familiar for his seminal work with \u003cstrong\u003eMassive Attack\u003c\/strong\u003e, the link with the dance grooves and adjustments of DNA and for film and TV music credits. By contrast the first half of the 1980's Bristol band \u003cstrong\u003eBig Outdoor Type\u003c\/strong\u003e was an earlier pop-tinged project with a planet of rhythm thrown in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeil and his writing partner, vocalist \u003cstrong\u003eTracey Fuller\u003c\/strong\u003e, had managed to come up with something a little more sophisticated than much of the local fare usually on offer. Music journalist \u003cstrong\u003eDave Massey\u003c\/strong\u003e picked up on the band and reviewed them to a national readership for \u003cstrong\u003eSounds\u003c\/strong\u003e. After that, well nothing much happened. Fast forward some four decades and Massey was able to compile the '\u003cstrong\u003eBlue Eyed Boy\u003c\/strong\u003e' album for \u003cstrong\u003eBristol Archive Records\u003c\/strong\u003e, saying:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I was hearing terrific tracks I'd not come across before. The overall quality was so high it was too good not to see the light of day. These tracks, along with a whole mass of home, four-track and Bristol demo studio produced works, have come together in a rather wonderful collection that was a delight to compile.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpening track 'Don't be a Stranger' is a beautiful blast of summery warmth. The next tracks are a blissful cross between \u003cstrong\u003eSwing Out Sister\u003c\/strong\u003e's 'Breakout' and the woozy sway of \u003cstrong\u003eAssociates\u003c\/strong\u003e in 'Sulk' mode on 'Winters Cold', the jive swing of 'The Spell', while the haunting 'Incredible Shrinking Girl' and the later 'Follow Love' are songs that echo the classic \u003cstrong\u003ePostcard\u003c\/strong\u003e era of \u003cstrong\u003eSound of Young Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e with some southern sweetening. The more jangly angles of 'City of Hell' and spacious, sub psychedelic Latin lusciousness of 'Our Last Man in Brazil' take that process several dance steps further. There is also a hint of the filmic element that would later inform \u003cstrong\u003eNeil Davidge\u003c\/strong\u003e's future career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis album collection was for so long a lost possible classic that never was. That's not the case any longer. Dive right in, breathe the refreshing air, enjoy the view and feel the benefit of the great outdoors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BRISTOL ARCHIVE","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":57015972069720,"sku":"TKM-34257","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4266\/0184\/files\/f66344af4d219f1780d2ddea094ffa62.jpg?v=1775056518","url":"https:\/\/truckmusic.store\/products\/big-outdoor-type-blue-eyed-boy-80-84","provider":"Truck","version":"1.0","type":"link"}