Fine Old Tom
by Tom Newman
- Type: Album
- Released: 1975
- Label: Virgin
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:08:02
- Community rating: 3.76/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Best known for producing Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells', Tom Newman stepped into the solo spotlight with 'Fine Old Tom'. The highly eclectic record blends intricate psychedelic folk-rock with ambitious art rock arrangements, featuring contributions from various Virgin Records studio stalwarts.
Genres
Descriptors: folk, acoustic, demos, DIY, vintage, male-vocals, lo-fi, melodic
Tracklist
- Sad Sing (2:24)
- Nursery Rhyme (2:42)
- Song For S.P. (4:11)
- Will You Be Mine In The Morning? (2:57)
- Alison Says (2:35)
- Day Of The Percherons (3:34)
- Suzie (3:34)
- Poor Bill (3:25)
- Superman (3:32)
- Ma Song (2:06)
- Penny's Whistle Boogie (3:41)
- She Said, She Said (2:30)
- Ma Song - Demo (2:30)
- Superman - Demo (3:33)
- Oh Susie - Demo (3:40)
- Poor Bill - Demo (3:43)
- She Said She Said - Demo (2:20)
- Sweet 16 (2:28)
- Ham 'n' Eggs (3:25)
- Day Of The Percherons - Demo (2:28)
- Sad Sing - Demo (2:11)
- Have Mercy On My Eyes (4:21)
Credits
- Lennon-McCartney - songwriter [songs by]
- Ned Callan - songwriter [songs by], bass guitar
- Chris Cutler - drums, drums, percussion [pots 'n' pans over guitar solo], snare [snare drum]
- Fred Frith - guitar [dring dring guitar, intro riff], bass, bass [l. hand channel bass guitar], guitar [gutar over drum breaks], electric piano [pianet on 'runs down'], guitar [guitar improvisations], guitar [guitar riffs], bass guitar, bass drum [bass drum!??]
- Mike Oldfield - guitar [little twiddly bit after 1st and 2nd verse 1st lines, pretty gaelic tune over end], guitar [keith richards type guitar solo], acoustic guitar [2 acoustic guitars], electric guitar [electric twiddles 3rd & 4th verses]
- Hughie Flint - drums
- Mike Storey - fortepiano
- John Varnom - guitar [chuck berry intro, twiddles on verses 1 & 2], guitar [pizzicato guitar]