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JAMES NEWTON ADAMS
CORE
A third strike for this Notting Hill songster. Two years after his second album "Comeback Crazy"
this new offering hits the nail on the head and proceeds to hammer it through the wall!
Tracks including Easy, Mess You About, Good Times and Sunny Day, are just some of the fresh ingredients in this spicy album.
Just add some punchy drums, pounding bass, sprinkle on some flavorsome Les Paul licks, sizzle for 42 minutes and you have the ultimate experience that is the JNA sound. Soulful upbeat rock, like pouring full fat milk on your cornflakes.
When James realised he was in some way related to 17th century genius Sir Isaac Newton, he wondered why he was never any good at Maths, but then one day it occurred to him that perhaps his talents lay elsewhere. After all he was a Musician, a Blacksmith and an Artist. Most of his life, people hadn't taken him seriously, in fact, he hadn't taken himself that seriously.
It wasn't until he met Sascha Panknin, the washed out bassist from the Fantastischen Vier and a longhair guitar picker from the "West Side" of Portobello Road, 'Wig' Simmins that suddenly people started to listen. James and the newly-formed band had penned a bunch of songs together, now they were getting into the vibe. It was time to do some recording. So they did.
After hammering out the album tracks in a Scottish studio, they spent some time recording and mixing it in Spain.
This is the result. Hope you like it!
"This new album from James Newton Adams & Co is a rather marvelous musical elaboration." G.J.
 VALENTINE'S DAY EP
JAMES NEWTON ADAMS
COMEBACK CRAZY
Return of the Notting Hill Blacksmith!
2 years after his acclaimed debut "Stripdown" we placed him in a studio
and rolled tape.
And so transpired these tales of innocence, irony and insanity.
"Comeback Crazy" an album with more hooks than the hanging gardens of
Babylon.
Grown up nursery rhymes for indie pop lovers everywhere.
Some already call it "album of the year" ... others would go even further.
TRACK LISTING:
1.took your fancy
2.zig zag song
3.insane
4.disco is all you know
5.crossing the line
6.call of the wild
7.king of the clowns
8.travelled far (piano version)
9.real sad
10.backseat driver
11.reactor
12.skin
13.everlasting day
14.comeback interlude
15.comeback crazy
16.pack your bags up
17.travelled far
18.daylight falling
written by james adams
except insane + king of the clowns written by adams/simmins + zigzag song written by adams/elle
published by ed.ferdinand/ emi music publishing
produced by sascha panknin
WORLD TOUR DATES:
JAMES NEWTON ADAMS and the Purveyors live
22.09.2004 blag club London
21.10.2004 blag club London
11.12.2004 campfield place
12.11.2004 notting hill forge London
17.11.2004 resonance fm London
18.11.2004 radio mvs1025 Mexico City
22.12.2004 woodys London
23.12.2004 20th century theater London
02.03.2005 troubadour London
06.03.2005 cobden club London
07.03.2005 cobden club London (www.4stickslive.com)
28.06.2005 heartland FM interview and live
06.08.2005 SSC site Perthshire
24.08.2005 weem Hotel Perthshire
08.09.-11.09.2005 spain tour Malaga/Granada
24.09.2005 kirkmichael festival
12.11.2005 strathgarry house (feat. Hay-mix n Ash-tray)
31.12.2005 ash-barn festival
27.01.2006 logcabin
04.02.2006 drummonds
29.03.2006 playroom London
05.04.2006 drummonds
01.07.2006 rocksyncrony
04.08.-11.08.2006 spain tour Malaga/Granada
JAMES NEWTON ADAMS
STRIPDOWN
What happens when you place a 26 year old blacksmith from Notting Hill, London
in a recording studio and roll some tape?
In the case of James Newton Adams you get an extraordinary song based album in the Lo-Fi tradition,
think BECK meets COLDPLAY whilst chilling out over at LOU REED's place.
James brings his voice,
Tom Gray, son of The Police producer Nigel Gray plays guitar,
Nick Webb of The Lea Shores blows the cornet
and producer Sascha Panknin (disjam, butter, superpulse) adds bass, keyboards
and a handful of electronic accessories.
"Stripdown": a must for everyone who likes Electro-Future-Retro music.
TRACK LISTING:
1.don`t analyse
2.badtown
3.easy when the sun go down
4.even if i let you
5.a fine place to go
6.stripdown
7.wayward stray
8.papers and ties
9.immunise
10.stream of consciousness
11.generator
12.kitchensink
13.pretty lady
14.the high
15.into the sea
16.chemical reaction
17.little one
written by james adams, except "even if i let you" written by c.kaehler
produced by sascha panknin
published by ed.ferdinand/ emi music publishing
mastered by the hans at area 21
For more info click here....
www.myspace.com/jamesnewtonadams
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