Album of The Week; "Seed of Memory" by Terry Reid (Patreon)

One of the albums I grew up on, this is full of great songwriting, musicianship and beautifully crisp and raw production. To this day I still often use the acoustic guitar sounds on this record as a reference when tracking and mixing acoustic parts.

Terry, also know as "Superlungs" for his incredible vocal abilities is often known for having turned down the Led Zeppelin job (he was first choice as lead singer before Robert Plant). People who frame this as some kind of mistake on Terry's part really don't get it and have clearly never bothered to explore his solo work.

The song linked above the post is of course the title track, but also check out "Brave Awakening", a beautiful wilting country-tinged piece of English storytelling, "The bairns don't have get-togethers round here, not anymore".. (I recommend reading the lyrics along with it);

https://youtu.be/6BrGgmJ0SAU?si=z7azG4aJJuEVa3oF

Also check out "To Be Treated Right";

https://youtu.be/C959v_3SSKo?si=uEM91zczk6f30u1o

I'd originally intended for these "album of the week" posts to be guitar centric but as someone who has always drawn inspiration mainly from great songwriters as opposed to virtuoso players, I think I'm gonna need to be including more albums of this sort, and *gasp* perhaps even albums that contain no guitar at all! 😬😆

Hope you guys enjoy this record! 🙏🏻